concretarse

concretarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (limitarse) to limit oneself (a, to), confine oneself (a, to), keep (a, to)

■ me concreté a decir lo que sabía I confined myself to just saying what I knew

2 (materializarse) to materialize; (tomar forma) to take shape; (realizarse) to become realized, come true

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VPR

1) (=materializarse)

a) [ley, prohibición] to come into force; [esperanzas] to be fulfilled; [sueños] to come true

queda por ver cómo se concretan en la práctica los puntos del acuerdo — it remains to be seen how the points contained in the agreement work out in practice

nunca llegó a concretarse su proyecto — his project never came to anything, nothing came of his project

su ayuda nunca llegó a concretarse — their help never materialized o was never forthcoming

b)

concretarse en algo: un avance de la derecha que se concretó en su triunfo electoral — an advance by the right which resulted in its electoral win

el proyecto se concretaba en tres objetivos principales — in essence the project had three main objectives

2) (=limitarse)

concretarse a algo — to limit o.s. to sth, confine o.s. to sth

el profesor se concretó al siglo XVIII — the teacher limited o confined himself to the 18th century

concretarse a hacer algo — to limit o confine o.s. to doing sth

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(v.) = materialise [materialize, -USA]

Ex. There are several reasons why such integration is slow to materialize in practice.

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(v.) = materialise [materialize, -USA]

Ex: There are several reasons why such integration is slow to materialize in practice.

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vpr

1. [limitarse]

concretarse a hacer algo to confine o limit oneself to doing sth;

se concretó a lo que le habían preguntado he confined himself to answering the question

2. [materializarse] to take shape;

la prometida subvención nunca llegó a concretarse the promised subsidy never materialized

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concretarse

v/r

1 materialize; de esperanzas be fulfilled

2

:

concretarse a limit o.s. to

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vr

: to become real, to take shape