tomarse

tomarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (gen) to take

■ me tomé una aspirina I took an aspirin

2 (beber) to drink; (comer) to eat

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1) to take

2) have, drink, eat

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VERBO PRONOMINAL

1) (=cogerse) [+ vacaciones] to take

me he tomado la libertad de leer tu informe — I have taken the liberty of reading your report

no se tomaron la molestia de informarnos — they didn't bother o take the trouble to let us know

2) (=ingerir) [+ bebida] to drink, have; [+ comida] to eat, have; [+ medicina] to take

se tomó 13 cervezas — he drank o had 13 beers

me tomé un bocadillo — I ate o had a sandwich

tómate el yogur, verás qué bueno — eat up your yogurt, you'll like it

3) (=medirse) [+ pulso, temperatura] to take

4) (=entender, interpretar) to take

no te lo tomes así — don't take it that way

no te lo tomes tan a mal — don't take it so badly, don't take it so much to heart

se lo sabe tomar bien — he knows how to take it, he can take it in his stride

• se lo toma todo muy en serio — he takes it all very seriously

5) tomarse por (=creerse) to think o.s.

¿por quién se toma ese ministro? — who does that minister think he is?

6) (=tomarse de orín) to get rusty

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■tomarse verbo reflexivo
1 (alimentos) to have
(bebida) to drink
2 (reaccionar, interpretar) se lo ha tomado muy en serio, he's taken it very seriously
se lo tomó a mal, he took it the wrong way
3 (un descanso, unas vacaciones, etc) to take: me tomé el día libre, I took the day off
'tomarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
incomodarse
- inocuidad
- justicia
- risa
- asueto
- ayunas
- estribo
- libertad
- mal
- molestar
- pecho
- respiro
- serio
- tomar
- vacaciones
English:
easy
- heart
- holiday
- law
- liberty
- light-headed
- ought
- part
- take off
- bother
- day
- down
- drink
- ease
- hop
- join
- knock
- link
- philosophic
- rest
- slow
- stride
- take
- time

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vpr

1. [medicina, drogas] to take;

cuando te lo hayas tomado todo podrás ir a jugar you can go and play once you've eaten it all up;

se tomó dos cervezas he had two beers;

Esp

se tomó dos bocadillos he had two sandwiches

2. [tiempo, vacaciones, día libre] to take;

puedes tomarte todo el tiempo que necesites take as long as you need;

se ha tomado la tarde libre she's taken the afternoon off

3. [reaccionar a, interpretar] to take;

tómatelo con calma take it easy;

tomarse algo bien/(a) mal to take sth well/badly;

era una broma, no te lo tomes a mal it was a joke, don't take it the wrong way;

tomarse algo en serio/a broma to take sth seriously/as a joke

4. [emplear]

tomarse la libertad de hacer algo to take the liberty of doing sth;

tomarse la molestia de hacer algo to go to o take the trouble of doing sth;

no hace falta que te tomes tantas molestias there's no need for you to go to so much trouble

5. RP Fam

tomárselas, tomarse los vientos to clear off;

¡nos las tomamos! we're off!;

¿ya se las toman? are you off, then?

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tomarse

v/r

1 take;

se lo tomó a pecho he took it to heart

2 comida, bebida have

3

:

tomarse de las manos hold hands

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vr

1) : to take

tomarse la molestia de: to take the trouble to

2) : to drink, to eat, to have

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tomarse vb to take [pt. took; pp. taken]

no te lo tomes así don't take it like that