- consolar
- v.1 to console.me consuela pensar que podría haber sido peor it's some consolation to reflect that it could have been worseMaría solaza a su amiga triste Mary solaces her sad friend.2 to give consolation, to afford consolation.* * *consolar► verbo transitivo1 to console, comfort► verbo pronominal consolarse1 to take comfort (con, from)* * *verbto console* * *1.VT to console, comfort
me consuela de no haber ido — it's one consolation for not having gone
2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo to console, comfort2.si en algo te consuela — if it's any consolation to you
consolarse v pron (refl)no se consuela de su pérdida — he hasn't got(ten) over his loss yet
me consuelo pensando que ... — I take comfort o I find some consolation in the thought that ...
para consolarme me fui de compras — I went shopping to cheer myself up
* * *= comfort, console, reassure.Ex. Dr. Burgoyne distinguishes between books which comfort and confirm and those that challenge and subvert.Ex. When the Jesuit order left China they left behind, as their last legacy, a haunting epitaph: 'Move on, voyager, congratulate the dead, console the living, pray for everyone, wonder, and be silent'.Ex. The student might be reassured to recognize that this type of fundamental analysis of a subject need be conducted only once for each subject entering the indexing system.----* consolarse = derive + comfort.* consolarse (con) = take + comfort (at/in/from).* * *1.verbo transitivo to console, comfort2.si en algo te consuela — if it's any consolation to you
consolarse v pron (refl)no se consuela de su pérdida — he hasn't got(ten) over his loss yet
me consuelo pensando que ... — I take comfort o I find some consolation in the thought that ...
para consolarme me fui de compras — I went shopping to cheer myself up
* * *= comfort, console, reassure.Ex: Dr. Burgoyne distinguishes between books which comfort and confirm and those that challenge and subvert.
Ex: When the Jesuit order left China they left behind, as their last legacy, a haunting epitaph: 'Move on, voyager, congratulate the dead, console the living, pray for everyone, wonder, and be silent'.Ex: The student might be reassured to recognize that this type of fundamental analysis of a subject need be conducted only once for each subject entering the indexing system.* consolarse = derive + comfort.* consolarse (con) = take + comfort (at/in/from).* * *consolar [A10 ]vtto console, comforttrató de consolarla con palabras cariñosas he tried to console o comfort her with kindly wordssi en algo te consuela if it's any consolation to you■ consolarsev pron(refl):no se consuela de tan terrible pérdida he hasn't got(ten) over this terrible lossme consuelo pensando que pudo haber sido peor I take comfort o I find some consolation in the thought that it could have been worsese consuela emborrachándose he drowns his sorrows in drinkme fui de compras para consolarme I went shopping to cheer myself up* * *
consolar (conjugate consolar) verbo transitivo
to console, comfort;◊ si en algo te consuela if it's any consolation to you
consolarse verbo pronominal (refl): me consuelo pensando que … I take comfort o I find some consolation in the thought that …
consolar verbo transitivo to console, comfort
'consolar' also found in these entries:
English:
comfort
- console
* * *consolar♦ vtto console;me consuela pensar que podría haber sido peor it's some consolation to reflect that it could have been worse;consuela saber que no somos los únicos it's some consolation to know we're not the only ones;no consiguió consolarla con sus palabras his words failed to console o comfort her♦ See also the pronominal verb consolarse* * *consolarv/t console* * *consolar {19} vtconfortar: to console, to comfort* * *consolar vb to comfort
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.