captar

v.

1 to win (atraer) (simpatía).

2 to grasp.

3 to pick up, to receive.

4 to perceive, to apprehend, to grab, to capture.

Yo capté las vibraciones I perceived the vibrations.

5 to gain.

La empresa capta ganancias The company gains profits.

6 to get, to detect.

La cámara capta el movimiento The camera detects movement.

7 to understand.

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captar

► verbo transitivo

1 (ondas) to receive, pick up; (agua) to harness

2 (entender) to understand, grasp

■ no pudo captar el significado de la palabra he couldn't grasp the meaning of the word

3 (atraer a personas) to attract, recruit

■ captó nuevos adeptos para la secta he recruited new followers to the sect

4 (atención, interés) to hold; (confianza) to win, gain

► verbo pronominal captarse

1 to draw, attract, win over

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verb

1) to catch, grasp

2) win, attract

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VT

1) (=atraer) [+ dinero, capital] to raise; [+ votos] to win; [+ clientes, audiencia] to attract

con la campaña captaron miles de nuevos votantes — through the publicity campaign they won thousands of new voters

intentaron captar nuevos clientes — they tried to attract new clients

esto no logró captar el interés del público — this failed to capture public interest

llora para captar la atención de sus padres — he cries to get his parents' attention

2) [+ emisora, señal] to pick up

no capto BBC1 — I don't o can't pick up BBC1

un aparato que capta las señales acústicas — a device that picks up o captures sound signals

esta antena no capta bien las imágenes — you don't get a good picture with this aerial, this aerial doesn't give a good picture

un videoaficionado captó esta escena — this scene was caught on amateur video

3) (=comprender) [+ sentido, esencia] to get, grasp

supo captar la importancia política del asunto — she managed to grasp the political significance of the matter

no ha sabido captar el mensaje del electorado — she has failed to pick up on o get o understand the message from the electorate

no captó la indirecta — he didn't get o take the hint

4) [+ aguas] to collect

el pantano capta las aguas de lluvia — the reservoir collects rainwater

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verbo transitivo

1) <atención/interés> to capture; <clientes> to win, gain; <partidarios/empleados> to attract, recruit

2) <sentido/matiz> to grasp; <significado/indirecta> to get

3) <emisora/señal> to pick up, receive

4) <aguas> to collect, take in

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= capture, take in.

Ex. In those early days, so the story goes, the library movement was in danger of being captured by an aristocratic intellectual class designing to make the public library an elitist center for scholarly research.

Ex. People like to browse the books and magazines, take in the ambiance, and be seen and perceived as a patron of the arts and literature.

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* captar el interés = capture + the imagination, capture + the interest.

* captar el interés de = catch + the imagination of.

* captar la atención = hold + attention, catch + Posesivo + eye, rivet + the attention, catch + Posesivo + attention.

* no captar la idea = miss + the point.

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verbo transitivo

1) <atención/interés> to capture; <clientes> to win, gain; <partidarios/empleados> to attract, recruit

2) <sentido/matiz> to grasp; <significado/indirecta> to get

3) <emisora/señal> to pick up, receive

4) <aguas> to collect, take in

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= capture, take in.

Ex: In those early days, so the story goes, the library movement was in danger of being captured by an aristocratic intellectual class designing to make the public library an elitist center for scholarly research.

Ex: People like to browse the books and magazines, take in the ambiance, and be seen and perceived as a patron of the arts and literature.

* captar el interés = capture + the imagination, capture + the interest.

* captar el interés de = catch + the imagination of.

* captar la atención = hold + attention, catch + Posesivo + eye, rivet + the attention, catch + Posesivo + attention.

* no captar la idea = miss + the point.

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captar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹atención/interés› to capture

2 ‹clientes› to win, gain; ‹partidarios/empleados› to attract, recruit

B ‹sentido/matiz› to grasp; ‹significado/indirecta› to get

no captó la indirecta she didn't get the hint (colloq)

parecía no captar las dimensiones del problema he appeared not to grasp the scale of the problem

C ‹emisora/señal› to pick up, receive

las imágenes que captó nuestro fotógrafo the shots o pictures which our photographer took

D ‹aguas› to collect, take in

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captar (conjugate captar) verbo transitivo

a) ‹atención/interés› to capture;

‹clientes› to win, gain;
‹partidarios/empleados› to attract, recruit

b) ‹sentido/matiz› to grasp;

‹significado/indirecta› to get

c) ‹emisora/señal› to pick up, receive

captar verbo transitivo
1 (una señal) to receive, pick up
2 (clientes) to gain, to win
3 (una broma, ironía) to understand, grasp
4 (el interés, adeptos, etc) to attract: fue captada por una secta peligrosa, she was lured into a dangerous sect
'captar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
caer
- coger
English:
capture
- catch
- enthral
- enthrall
- miss
- pick up
- receive
- engage
- gist
- grasp
- hint
- pick
- target

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captar

♦ vt

1. [atraer] [simpatía] to win;

[interés] to gain, to capture; [adeptos] to recruit, to attract; [clientes] to win, to attract;

esa secta ha captado a muchos jóvenes de la zona that sect has recruited o attracted many young people from the area

2. [percibir] to detect;

no captó la ironía que había en su voz she didn't detect the irony in his voice;

captar una indirecta to take a hint

3. [entender] to grasp;

captar las intenciones de alguien to understand sb's intentions

4. [sintonizar] to pick up, to receive

5. [aguas] to collect

♦ See also the pronominal verb captarse

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captar

v/t

1 understand

2 RAD pick up

3 aguas channel

4 clientes acquire, win

5 negocio take

6 FOT, datos capture

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captar vt

1) : to catch, to grasp

2) : to gain, to attract

3) : to harness, to collect (waters)