- divertir
- v.1 to entertain, to amuse.Su conversación divierte a María His conversation entertains Mary.2 to have fun, to enjoy to.Me divierte dispararle a las manzanas I have fun shooting apples.3 to be entertained by.Me divierte tu charla I am entertained by your conversation.4 to be pleased to.Me divierte bordar I am pleased to embroider.5 to divert, to deviate.El gerente divirtió fondos en secreto The manager diverted funds in secretEl accidente divirtió la atención The accident diverted the attention.* * *divertir► verbo transitivo1 to amuse, entertain► verbo pronominal divertirse1 to enjoy oneself, have a good time■ ¡diviértete! enjoy yourself!■ lo hice por divertirme I did it for fun* * *verbto amuse, entertain* * *1. VT1) (=hacer reír)
sus imitaciones divierten mucho al público — the audience find his impressions very funny o amusing
2) (=entretener) to entertain, amusedivirtió a los niños con sus juegos de magia — he entertained the children with his magic tricks, he kept the children amused with his magic tricks
3) frm (=distraer) to distract2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo to amuse2.me divirtió muchísimo su reacción — I was greatly amused by his reaction
divertirse v pron (entretenerse) to amuse oneself; (pasarlo bien) to have funque te diviertas! — have fun!, enjoy yourself!
nos divertimos mucho en la fiesta — we had a really good time at the party
sabe divertirse solo — he knows how to keep himself amused
* * *= entertain, give + enjoyment.Ex. Libraries are changing into activity centres, where one can keep warm, or leave one's child to be entertained, but where the shelves are half-empty.Ex. Literary novels do not set out simply to entertain and give enjoyment; indeed they can be tremendously depressing.----* divertirse = have + fun, amuse, derive + enjoyment, disport + Reflexivo.* divertirse de lo lindo = have + a ball.* para divertirse = for kicks.* por divertirse = for kicks.* sólo por divertirse = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.* * *1.verbo transitivo to amuse2.me divirtió muchísimo su reacción — I was greatly amused by his reaction
divertirse v pron (entretenerse) to amuse oneself; (pasarlo bien) to have funque te diviertas! — have fun!, enjoy yourself!
nos divertimos mucho en la fiesta — we had a really good time at the party
sabe divertirse solo — he knows how to keep himself amused
* * *= entertain, give + enjoyment.Ex: Libraries are changing into activity centres, where one can keep warm, or leave one's child to be entertained, but where the shelves are half-empty.
Ex: Literary novels do not set out simply to entertain and give enjoyment; indeed they can be tremendously depressing.* divertirse = have + fun, amuse, derive + enjoyment, disport + Reflexivo.* divertirse de lo lindo = have + a ball.* para divertirse = for kicks.* por divertirse = for kicks.* sólo por divertirse = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.* * *divertir [I11 ]vtnos divirtió con sus chistes she amused o entertained us with her jokesme divirtió muchísimo su reacción I was greatly amused by his reactionsu compañía lo divierte he finds her company entertaining■ divertirsev pron¡que te diviertas! have fun!, have a good time!, enjoy yourself!nos divertimos mucho en la fiesta we had great fun o a really good time at the party, we really enjoyed ourselves at the partysabe divertirse solo he knows how to keep himself amused, he is good at entertaining o amusing himselfse divertían haciendo sufrir al pobre animal they were amusing o entertaining themselves by tormenting the poor animal* * *
divertir (conjugate divertir) verbo transitivo
to amuse
divertirse verbo pronominal (entretenerse) to amuse oneself;
(pasarlo bien) to have fun, enjoy oneself;◊ ¡que te diviertas! have fun!, enjoy yourself!;
nos divertimos mucho en la fiesta we had a really good time at the party
divertir verbo transitivo to amuse, entertain
'divertir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
entretener
- divierta
English:
amuse
- divert
- entertain
* * *divertir♦ vt[entretener] to entertain, to amuse;divertía a sus invitados contando chistes she entertained her guests by telling jokes;leer es lo único que me divierte reading is my only distraction;nos divertía bastante su carácter gruñón his grumpiness amused us a lot♦ See also the pronominal verb divertirse* * *divertirv/t entertain* * *divertir {76} vtentretener: to amuse, to entertain♦ See also the reflexive verb divertirse* * *divertir vb to entertain / to amusele divierten las historias de su abuelo his grandfather's stories amuse him
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.