- desenvolver
- v.1 to unwrap.Elsa desenvolvió los regalos Elsa unwrapped the gifts.2 to unravel, to clear up, to untangle.Ella desenvuelve los códigos She unravels codes.* * *desenvolver► verbo transitivo1 (quitar lo que envuelve) to unwrap2 (aclarar) to clear up► verbo pronominal desenvolverse1 (desembalarse) to come unwrapped2 (transcurrir) to develop, go3 (manejarse) to manage, cope■ se desenvuelve muy bien en los negocios he manages very well in business* * *( pp desenvuelto)1. VT1) (=desliar) [+ paquete] to unwrap; [+ rollo] to unwind, unroll; [+ lana] to disentangle, unravel2) [+ teoría] to develop2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo to unwrap, open2.desenvolverse v prona) persona
se desenvuelve muy bien en el trabajo — she copes very well with her work
se desenvuelve con soltura en inglés y español — she speaks English and Spanish fluently
se desenvolvió bien en la entrevista — he performed well in the interview
no sabrán desenvolverse en la vida — they won't know how to get by in life
b) hechos/sucesos to developla conferencia se desenvolvió sin incidentes — the conference took place without incident
* * *= unwrap.Ex. This article describes the difficulties involved in procuring maps and problems associated with unwrapping them.----* desenvolverse = operate, find + Posesivo + way round/through, pick + Posesivo + way, navigate.* desenvolverse por = navigate (through).* * *1.verbo transitivo to unwrap, open2.desenvolverse v prona) personase desenvuelve muy bien en el trabajo — she copes very well with her work
se desenvuelve con soltura en inglés y español — she speaks English and Spanish fluently
se desenvolvió bien en la entrevista — he performed well in the interview
no sabrán desenvolverse en la vida — they won't know how to get by in life
b) hechos/sucesos to developla conferencia se desenvolvió sin incidentes — the conference took place without incident
* * *= unwrap.Ex: This article describes the difficulties involved in procuring maps and problems associated with unwrapping them.
* desenvolverse = operate, find + Posesivo + way round/through, pick + Posesivo + way, navigate.* desenvolverse por = navigate (through).* * *desenvolver [E11 ]vtto unwrap, open■ desenvolversev pron1«persona»: a pesar de ser tan joven se desenvuelve muy bien en el trabajo despite being so young she performs very well in her job o she copes very well with her workse desenvuelve con igual soltura en inglés, alemán y español she speaks English, German and Spanish equally fluently, she is equally at ease o at home speaking English, German and Spanishse desenvolvió bien en la entrevista he performed well in the interviewno sabrán desenvolverse en la vida they won't know how to get by o manage in life, they won't know how to deal with o cope with o handle life's problems2 «hechos/sucesos» to developel programa se fue desenvolviendo de la manera prevista the program progressed o developed according to plana medida que los acontecimientos se vayan desenvolviendo as events unfold o develop* * *
desenvolver (conjugate desenvolver) verbo transitivo
to unwrap, open
desenvolverse verbo pronominala) (manejarse) to get by, manage;◊ se desenvuelve muy bien en inglés she gets by very well in English;
se desenvolvió bien en la entrevista she managed the interview all rightb) (en situaciones difíciles) to copec) [hechos/sucesos] to develop
desenvolver verbo transitivo to unwrap
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English:
unwrap
* * *desenvolver♦ vt[regalo, paquete] to unwrap, to open♦ See also the pronominal verb desenvolverse* * *desenvolver<part desenvuelto> v/t unwrap* * *desenvolver {89} vt: to unwrap, to open♦ See also the reflexive verb desenvolverse* * *desenvolver vb to unwrap [pt. & pp. unwrapped]voy a desenvolver el regalo I'm going to unwrap the present
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.