- acquaint
- ə'kweint
verb1) (to make (usually oneself) familiar (with): You must acquaint yourself with the routine of the office.) familiarizarse con2) (to inform (a person) of: Have you acquainted her with your plans?) informar•- be acquainted with
- make someone's acquaintance
acquainttr[ə'kweɪnt]transitive verb1 informar (with, de)■ he acquainted me with the facts me informó de los hechos\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto acquaint oneself with something familiarizarse con algoto be acquainted with somebody conocer a alguien, tener trato con alguiento be acquainted with something conocer algo, tener conocimientos de algoacquaint [ə'kweɪnt] vt1) inform: enterar, informar2) familiarize: familiarizar3)to be acquainted with : conocer a (una persona), estar al tanto de (un hecho)acquaintv.• enterar v.• familiarizar v.• informar v.ə'kweɪnttransitive verbto acquaint somebody with something — (inform of) poner* a alguien al corriente de algo; (familiarize with) familiarizar* a alguien con algo
to acquaint oneself with something — familiarizarse* con algo
[ǝ'kweɪnt]VT1) (=inform)to acquaint sb with sth — informar a algn de or sobre algo
to acquaint o.s. with sth — informarse sobre algo
2) (=know)to be acquainted — conocerse
to be acquainted with — [+ person] conocer; [+ fact] saber; [+ situation] estar enterado or al corriente de
to become acquainted with — [+ person] (llegar a) conocer; [+ fact] saber; [+ situation] ponerse al tanto de
* * *[ə'kweɪnt]transitive verbto acquaint somebody with something — (inform of) poner* a alguien al corriente de algo; (familiarize with) familiarizar* a alguien con algo
to acquaint oneself with something — familiarizarse* con algo
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
