react

react
ri'ækt
verb
1) (to behave in a certain way as a result of something: How did he react when you called him a fool?; He reacted angrily to the criticism; Hydrogen reacts with oxygen to form water.) reaccionar
2) ((with against) to behave or act in a certain way in order to show rejection of: Young people tend to react against their parents.) reaccionar
3) ((with to) to be affected, usually badly, by (a drug etc): I react very badly to penicillin.) reaccionar (a)
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- reactionary
- reactor
react vb reaccionar
react
tr[rɪ'ækt]
intransitive verb
1 reaccionar
■ how did he react to the news? ¿cómo reaccionó ante la noticia?
■ they reacted to the robberies by installing alarms su reacción ante los robos fue la de instalar alarmas
react [ri'ækt] vi
: reaccionar
react
v.
• reaccionar v.
ri'ækt
intransitive verb reaccionar

to react with something — (Phys, Chem) reaccionar con algo

to react TO something: how did he react to the news? — ¿cómo reaccionó al oír la noticia?

[riː'ækt]
VI
1) (gen) reaccionar

to react against sth/sb — reaccionar contra algo/algn

companies have reacted by increasing their prices — la reacción de las empresas ha sido subir los precios, las empresas han reaccionado subiendo los precios

to react on sth/sb — afectar algo/a algn

alcohol always reacted badly on him — el alcohol siempre le afectaba negativamente, siempre tenía una reacción mala con el alcohol

to react to — [+ news, situation] reaccionar ante; [+ foreign substance] reaccionar a

to react to sb — reaccionar or responder ante algn

2) (Chem, Phys) reaccionar (with con)

to react together — tener una reacción conjunta, reaccionar conjuntamente

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[ri'ækt]
intransitive verb reaccionar

to react with something — (Phys, Chem) reaccionar con algo

to react TO something: how did he react to the news? — ¿cómo reaccionó al oír la noticia?


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