copiar

v.

1 to copy (gen) & (computing).

Ricardo copia los cuadernos Richard copies the text books.

Ricardo copió durante la prueba Richard cheated during the exam.

copió lo que yo iba diciendo he took down what I was saying

2 to cheat, to copy.

3 to imitate, to follow, to copy, to emulate.

Anita copia a su madre Little Mary imitates her mother.

4 to copy to disk, to copy, to copy to the hard disk, to copy to the hard drive.

Ricardo copió sus archivos Richard copied his files to disk.

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copiar

Conjugation model [CAMBIAR], like cambiar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to copy

■ lo copió del libro he copied it from the book

2 EDUCACIÓN to cheat, copy

3 (escribir) to take down

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FRASEOLOGÍA

copiar al pie de la letra to copy word for word

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verb

to copy

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1. VT

1) (=reproducir) to copy (de from)

[+ estilo] to imitate

2) [+ dictado] to take down

copiar al pie de la letra — to copy word for word

copiar por las dos caras — (Téc) to make a double-sided copy

2.

VI [en un examen] to cheat

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1.

verbo transitivo

1)

a) <cuadro/dibujo/texto> to copy

copió el artículo a máquina — he typed out a copy of the article

b) (escribir al dictado) to take down

2)

a) (imitar) to copy

le copia todo al hermano — he copies his brother in everything

b) <respuesta/examen> to copy

copiarle algo a alguien — to copy something from somebody

2.

copiar vi to copy

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= copy down, load into, parallel, transcribe, transfer, translate, mimic, copy, pull down, shadow, pull off, take + a clue from, take + a lead from.

Ex. Then, consulting his notes again, he said that the only other thing he had copied down was the name of Rosemary Stewart.

Ex. Multiple copies of the catalogue or index in the conventional sense are not required, but the data base can be copied and loaded into various computer systems.

Ex. It directly or indirectly incorporated or paralleled several prevailing objectives and concepts of the communication and behavioral sciences and other contributory disciplines.

Ex. With a limited number of exceptions the title proper is transcribed exactly as to order, wording and spelling.

Ex. Scope notes, on the order hand, may be present in a thesaurus but are unlikely to be transferred to an index.

Ex. The structure outlined in the guidelines is not intended to translate directly into a structure for machine-readable authority records.

Ex. These variations mimic the changes in air pressure at the microphone.

Ex. Shareware, public domain software, and demos can legally be copied and distributed.

Ex. It allows users to access categories of relevant information at the desktop that have been organized and pulled down from appropriate Web sites by the program.

Ex. This shadowing project encourages children to read the books shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, to 'shadow' it and decide on their own choice of winner.

Ex. One of its main advantages is the potential to pull off descriptive entries onto disc to create annotated booklists.

Ex. Taking a clue from the video-game arcades, the scores of the top 10 players are stored and displayed to later players.

Ex. Scotland should take a lead from Irish on gun control.

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* copiar a = upload.

* copiar de = download.

* copiar registros = download + records, capture + records.

* copiarse = cheat (on).

* copiar tal cual = lift + wholesale and unmodified.

* copiar un fichero = load + file.

* copiar y pegar = copy and paste.

* volver a copiar = recopy.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1)

a) <cuadro/dibujo/texto> to copy

copió el artículo a máquina — he typed out a copy of the article

b) (escribir al dictado) to take down

2)

a) (imitar) to copy

le copia todo al hermano — he copies his brother in everything

b) <respuesta/examen> to copy

copiarle algo a alguien — to copy something from somebody

2.

copiar vi to copy

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= copy down, load into, parallel, transcribe, transfer, translate, mimic, copy, pull down, shadow, pull off, take + a clue from, take + a lead from.

Ex: Then, consulting his notes again, he said that the only other thing he had copied down was the name of Rosemary Stewart.

Ex: Multiple copies of the catalogue or index in the conventional sense are not required, but the data base can be copied and loaded into various computer systems.

Ex: It directly or indirectly incorporated or paralleled several prevailing objectives and concepts of the communication and behavioral sciences and other contributory disciplines.

Ex: With a limited number of exceptions the title proper is transcribed exactly as to order, wording and spelling.

Ex: Scope notes, on the order hand, may be present in a thesaurus but are unlikely to be transferred to an index.

Ex: The structure outlined in the guidelines is not intended to translate directly into a structure for machine-readable authority records.

Ex: These variations mimic the changes in air pressure at the microphone.

Ex: Shareware, public domain software, and demos can legally be copied and distributed.

Ex: It allows users to access categories of relevant information at the desktop that have been organized and pulled down from appropriate Web sites by the program.

Ex: This shadowing project encourages children to read the books shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, to 'shadow' it and decide on their own choice of winner.

Ex: One of its main advantages is the potential to pull off descriptive entries onto disc to create annotated booklists.

Ex: Taking a clue from the video-game arcades, the scores of the top 10 players are stored and displayed to later players.

Ex: Scotland should take a lead from Irish on gun control.

* copiar a = upload.

* copiar de = download.

* copiar registros = download + records, capture + records.

* copiarse = cheat (on).

* copiar tal cual = lift + wholesale and unmodified.

* copiar un fichero = load + file.

* copiar y pegar = copy and paste.

* volver a copiar = recopy.

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copiar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹cuadro/dibujo/texto› to copy

copió el artículo a máquina he typed out a copy of the article

2 (escribir el dictado) to take down

B

1 (imitar) to copy

me copiaron la idea/el invento they copied my idea/invention

le copia todo al hermano he copies o imitates his brother in everything

2 ‹respuesta› to copy

lo pillaron copiando el examen he was caught copying in the exam

■ copiar

vi

to copy

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copiar (conjugate copiar) verbo transitivo
to copy;

◊ copió el artículo a máquina he typed out a copy of the article;

le copia todo al hermano he copies his brother in everything;
le copié la respuesta a Ana I copied the answer from Ana
verbo intransitivo
to copy
copiar verbo transitivo
1 (una persona, máquina) to copy [de, from]
2 Educ (en un examen) to cheat
3 (imitar) to imitate

'copiar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dictado
- chuleta
- falsificar
- imitar
- pie
English:
ape
- cheat
- copy
- crib
- duplicate
- impersonate
- mark down
- write

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copiar

♦ vt

1. [transcribir] to copy;

copie este texto a máquina type up (a copy of) this text

2. [anotar] to copy;

copió lo que yo iba diciendo he took down what I was saying

3. [imitar] to copy;

copia siempre todo lo que hago she always copies everything I do

4. [en examen] to copy;

copió la respuesta she copied the answer

5. Informát to copy;

copiar y pegar algo to copy and paste sth

♦ vi

[en examen] to copy;

lo expulsaron por copiar he was thrown out of the exam for copying

♦ See also the pronominal verb copiarse

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copiar

v/t copy

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copiar vt

: to copy

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copiar vb

1. (en examen) to copy [pt. & pp. copied]

lo pillaron copiando he was caught copying

2. (escribir) to copy out

tuvimos que copiar la lección del libro we had to copy out the lesson from the book