- contentar
- v.1 to please, to keep happy.Elsa contentó a sus padres Elsa pleased her parents.2 to be delighted by, to be joyed with, to be happy about, to be pleased by.Le contentan las fiestas He is delighted by parties.3 to be delighted to, to be happy to.Me contenta bailar contigo I am delighted to dance with you.* * *contentar► verbo transitivo1 (satisfacer) to please, content► verbo pronominal contentarse1 (conformarse) to make do (con, with), be satisfied (con, with)\FRASEOLOGÍAser de buen contentar familiar to be easy to pleaseser de mal contentar familiar to be hard to please* * *verbto please* * *1. VT1) (=complacer) [+ persona] to please; frm [+ deseo] to satisfy
decidió casarse para contentar a su familia — he decided to get married to please his family
contentar los deseos de todos — to satisfy everyone's wishes
para contentar al cliente — to keep the customer happy
2) LAm (=reconciliar)contentar a dos personas — to reconcile two people
3) (Com) to endorse2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoqué difícil de contentar eres! — you're so hard to please!
2.pretenden contentarnos con promesas — they're trying to keep us happy with promises
contentarse v proncontentarse con algo: se contenta con muy poco he's easy to please; no se contenta con nada she's never satisfied with anything; vas a tener que contentarte con jugo de naranja you'll have to make do with orange juice; no se contentó con gritarle, además tuvo que insultarlo not content with shouting at him, she then had to insult him; me contentaría con que me llamase — I'd be happy if she just called me
* * *= please.Ex. By polar contrast the book for the mass culture reader, the 'consumer', simply aims to please.----* contentarse con = content + Reflexivo + with.* difícil de contentar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].* fácil de contentar = easy-going [easygoing].* * *1.verbo transitivoqué difícil de contentar eres! — you're so hard to please!
2.pretenden contentarnos con promesas — they're trying to keep us happy with promises
contentarse v proncontentarse con algo: se contenta con muy poco he's easy to please; no se contenta con nada she's never satisfied with anything; vas a tener que contentarte con jugo de naranja you'll have to make do with orange juice; no se contentó con gritarle, además tuvo que insultarlo not content with shouting at him, she then had to insult him; me contentaría con que me llamase — I'd be happy if she just called me
* * *= please.Ex: By polar contrast the book for the mass culture reader, the 'consumer', simply aims to please.
* contentarse con = content + Reflexivo + with.* difícil de contentar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].* fácil de contentar = easy-going [easygoing].* * *contentar [A1 ]vt¡qué difícil de contentar eres! you're so hard to please!es imposible contentar a todos it's impossible to please everybodypretenden contentarnos con promesas they're trying to keep us happy with promises■ contentarsev proncontentarse CON algo:se contenta con muy poco he's easy to please o it doesn't take much to make him happyno se contenta con nada she's never satisfied with anythingno hay cerveza, así que vas a tener que contentarte con jugo de naranja there's no beer, so you'll have to make do with orange juiceno se contentó con gritarle, tuvo que humillarlo delante de todos not content with shouting at him, she then had to humiliate him in front of everyoneme contentaría con que me llamase I'd be happy if she just called me* * *
contentar (conjugate contentar) verbo transitivo
to please;◊ ¡qué difícil de contentar eres! you're so hard to please!
contentarse verbo pronominal contentarse con algo to be satisfied with sth;
se contenta con muy poco he's easy to please
contentar verbo transitivo
1 (alegrar) to cheer up
2 (satisfacer) to please
'contentar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alegrar
- conformar
English:
content
- please
* * *contentar♦ vtto please, to keep happy;es muy fácil de contentar she's very easy to please♦ See also the pronominal verb contentarse* * *contentarv/t please* * *contentar vt: to please, to make happy♦ See also the reflexive verb contentarse* * *contentar vb to please
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.