decidirse

decidirse

► verbo pronominal

1 to make up one's mind

■ tienes que decidirte lo antes posible you have to make up your mind as soon as possible

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to make up one's mind

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VPR to decide, make up one's mind

no me he decidido todavía — I haven't decided o made up my mind yet

¡decídete ya, que se hace tarde! — make up your mind! it's getting late

• decidirse a hacer algo — to decide to do sth, make up one's mind to do sth

si me decido a marcharme de París ... — if I decide to o make up my mind to leave Paris ...

ojalá se decida a visitarnos — I hope she decides to visit us

parece que no se decide a llover — it looks as if it's not going to rain just yet

• decidirse por algo — to decide on sth

se decidió por el más barato — she decided on the cheapest

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(v.) = make up + Posesivo + (own) mind, make + Posesivo + mind up

Ex. Like a good introducer, the author leads students to the text, presents the difficulties and alternatives, and then retreats to allow them to make up their own mind.

Ex. The problem was that the Government could not make their mind up and agonised about it for many months.

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(v.) = make up + Posesivo + (own) mind, make + Posesivo + mind up

Ex: Like a good introducer, the author leads students to the text, presents the difficulties and alternatives, and then retreats to allow them to make up their own mind.

Ex: The problem was that the Government could not make their mind up and agonised about it for many months.

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■decidirse verbo reflexivo to make up one's mind: se decidió a escribir una novela, she made up her mind to write a novel
me decido por el negro, I'll choose the black one
'decidirse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acabar
- aclararse
- lanzarse
- optar
- decidir
- final
English:
decide
- mind
- settle on
- agonize
- go
- plump
- settle

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vpr

to decide, to make up one's mind;

aún no se ha decidido he still hasn't decided o made up his mind;

¡decídete de una vez! make up your mind!;

decidirse a hacer algo to decide to do sth;

al final, me decidí a estudiar inglés in the end, I decided to study English;

si te decides a venir, llámame if you decide to come, give me a ring;

decidirse por to decide on, to choose;

no sabía por qué color decidirme I couldn't decide which colour to go for;

me decidí por el más barato I decided on o decided to go for the cheapest

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decidirse

v/r make up one’s mind, decide

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vr

: to make up one's mind

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decidirse vb to make up your mind

¡decídete! make up your mind!

decidirse a hacer algo to decide to do something

se decidió a aceptar el trabajo he decided to take the job

decidirse por to decide on / to choose [pt. chose; pp. chosen]