- ransom
- 'rænsəm
1. noun(a sum of money etc paid for the freeing of a prisoner: They paid a ransom of $40,000; (also adjective) They paid $40,000 in ransom money.) rescate
2. verb1) (to pay money etc to free (someone).) rescatar, pagar el rescate de alguien2) (to keep (a person) as a prisoner until a sum of money etc is paid for his release.) exigir/imponer rescate•ransom n rescateransomtr['rænsəm]noun1 rescate nombre masculinotransitive verb1 rescatar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto hold to ransom pedir rescate por 2 figurative use chantajearransom money rescate nombre masculinoransom ['ræntsəm] vt: rescatar, pagar un rescate porransom n: rescate mransomn.• redención s.f.• rescate s.m.• talla s.f.v.• redimir v.• rescatar v.
I 'rænsəmnoun rescate mto hold somebody to o (AmE also) for ransom — exigir* un rescate por alguien
she says the army is holding the country to ransom — dice que el ejército está chantajeando al país; (before n)
ransom demand — nota f (or llamada f etc) exigiendo un rescate; king
II
transitive verb pagar* un rescate por['rænsǝm]1.N rescate mking 1., 1)to hold sb to ransom — pedir un rescate por algn; (fig) poner a algn entre la espada y la pared
2.VT rescatar; (Rel) redimir3.CPDransom demand N — petición f de rescate
ransom money N — rescate m , dinero m exigido a cambio del rehén
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I ['rænsəm]noun rescate mto hold somebody to o (AmE also) for ransom — exigir* un rescate por alguien
she says the army is holding the country to ransom — dice que el ejército está chantajeando al país; (before n)
ransom demand — nota f (or llamada f etc) exigiendo un rescate; king
II
transitive verb pagar* un rescate por
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
