recommend

recommend
rekə'mend
verb
1) (to advise: The doctor recommended a long holiday.) recomendar
2) (to suggest as being particularly good, particularly suitable etc: He recommended her (to me) for the job.) recomendar
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recommend vb recomendar
recommend
tr[rekə'mend]
transitive verb
1 recomendar
■ what do you recommend? ¿qué me recomiendas?
2 (advise) recomendar, aconsejar, sugerir
recommend [.rɛkə'mnd] vt
1) : recomendar
she recommended the medicine: recomendó la medicina
2) advise, counsel: aconsejar, recomendar
recommend
v.
• aconsejar v.
• encarecer v.
• encargar v.
• recomendar v.
'rekə'mend
transitive verb
a) (praise, declare acceptable) recomendar*

the play has little/nothing to recommend it — la obra tiene poco/no tiene nada que se pueda recomendar

b) (advise)

to recommend something/-ING — aconsejar or recomendar* algo/+ inf

it's not to be recommended — no es nada aconsejable or recomendable

recommended dosage — dosis f recomendada; (on label) posología f

recommended (retail) price — precio m de venta recomendado

recommended reading — lecturas fpl recomendadas

[ˌrekǝ'mend]
VT
1) (=advocate, speak well of) recomendar

to recommend sb for a job — recomendar a algn para un trabajo

she comes highly recommended (by Anne) — viene muy bien recomendada (por Anne)

I don't recommend the pizza — no recomiendo la pizza

the town has much/little to recommend it — el pueblo tiene mucho/poco atractivo

2) (=advise) recomendar, aconsejar

what do you recommend for a sore throat? — ¿qué recomienda para el dolor de garganta?

this method is not to be recommended — este método no es nada recomendable or aconsejable

to recommend doing sth — recomendar or aconsejar hacer algo

the doctor recommended that he (should) stay in bed — el médico le recomendó or aconsejó que guardara cama

to recommend sb to do sth — recomendar or aconsejar a algn hacer algo or que haga algo

I would recommend against going on your own — le recomendaría or aconsejaría no ir solo or que no fuera solo

3) frm (=commit) [+ person, soul] encomendar

I recommend him to your keeping — se lo encomiendo

* * *
['rekə'mend]
transitive verb
a) (praise, declare acceptable) recomendar*

the play has little/nothing to recommend it — la obra tiene poco/no tiene nada que se pueda recomendar

b) (advise)

to recommend something/-ING — aconsejar or recomendar* algo/+ inf

it's not to be recommended — no es nada aconsejable or recomendable

recommended dosage — dosis f recomendada; (on label) posología f

recommended (retail) price — precio m de venta recomendado

recommended reading — lecturas fpl recomendadas


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