divisar

v.

1 to spy, to make out.

divisó un barco en la lejanía he could make out a ship in the distance

2 to perceive, to distinguish, to sight, to spot.

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divisar

► verbo transitivo

1 to discern, make out, distinguish

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verb

to discern

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VT to make out, distinguish

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verbo transitivo <tierra/barco> to sight, make out

a lo lejos se divisaba un poblado — they (or he etc) could make out a village in the distance

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= descry, espy, catch + sight of.

Ex. He looked up and descried a gym class, all wet and draggled, scurrying back across the sodden football field.

Ex. Laura Carpozzi head of the circulation department, who was on the far side of the desk, heard the checker's outburst and espied the bottleneck in the stream of traffic.

Ex. 'Good grief!', he cried, catching sight of the clock.

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verbo transitivo <tierra/barco> to sight, make out

a lo lejos se divisaba un poblado — they (or he etc) could make out a village in the distance

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= descry, espy, catch + sight of.

Ex: He looked up and descried a gym class, all wet and draggled, scurrying back across the sodden football field.

Ex: Laura Carpozzi head of the circulation department, who was on the far side of the desk, heard the checker's outburst and espied the bottleneck in the stream of traffic.

Ex: 'Good grief!', he cried, catching sight of the clock.

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divisar [A1 ]

vt

‹tierra/barco› to sight, make out

a lo lejos se divisaba un poblado they could make out a village in the distance

logré divisarlo entre la multitud I managed to make him out o spot him in the crowd

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divisar (conjugate divisar) verbo transitivo ‹tierra/barco› to sight, make out;

◊ a lo lejos se divisaba un poblado they (or he etc) could make out a village in the distance

divisar verbo transitivo to make out, discern: a lo lejos divisé la luz de una casa, in the distance I could make out lights in a house

'divisar' also found in these entries:
English:
sight
- spy
- make

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divisar vt

to spy, to make out;

divisó un barco en la lejanía he could make out a ship in the distance;

el Everest se divisaba en la distancia Everest could be made out in the distance

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divisar

v/t make out, see

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divisar vt

: to discern, to make out