enterrar

v.

1 to bury.

María enterró su gatito Mary buried her kitten.

María enterró sus recuerdos Mary buried her memories.

2 to forget about.

3 to sink or drive in.

le enterró el puñal en el vientre he plunged the dagger into his belly

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enterrar

Conjugation model [ACERTAR], like {{link=acertar}}acertar

► verbo transitivo

1 to bury, inter

2 figurado (olvidar) to forget, give up

► verbo pronominal enterrarse

1 figurado to bury oneself

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FRASEOLOGÍA

enterrarse en vida figurado to cut oneself off from the world

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verb

to bury

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VT

1) (=ocultar en tierra) to bury

2) (=olvidarse de) to bury, forget

3) LAm [+ arma] to thrust (en into)

bury (en in)

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1.

verbo transitivo to bury

lo entierran mañana — the funeral is tomorrow

enterrar algo en algo — to bury something in something

2.

enterrarse v pron

enterrarse en vida — to become a recluse

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= bury, lay + Nombre + to rest, inter.

Ex. And if the topic does become tomorrow's carrion, it would not, perhaps, be inappropriate that it was buried under its own dead horse subject heading.

Ex. A New Orleans style funeral provided a humorous backdrop for library staff to relive the tragedies and successes of the old system as it was laid to rest.

Ex. The author talks about the funerary role played by chapter houses where bishops or important patrons were interred.

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* enterrar el hacha de guerra = bury + the hatchet, bury + the tomahawk, bury + the war axe.

* sin enterrar = unburied.

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1.

verbo transitivo to bury

lo entierran mañana — the funeral is tomorrow

enterrar algo en algo — to bury something in something

2.

enterrarse v pron

enterrarse en vida — to become a recluse

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= bury, lay + Nombre + to rest, inter.

Ex: And if the topic does become tomorrow's carrion, it would not, perhaps, be inappropriate that it was buried under its own dead horse subject heading.

Ex: A New Orleans style funeral provided a humorous backdrop for library staff to relive the tragedies and successes of the old system as it was laid to rest.

Ex: The author talks about the funerary role played by chapter houses where bishops or important patrons were interred.

* enterrar el hacha de guerra = bury + the hatchet, bury + the tomahawk, bury + the war axe.

* sin enterrar = unburied.

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enterrar [A5 ]

vt

1 ‹cadáver› to bury

lo entierran mañana a las diez the burial is tomorrow at ten

2 ‹tesoro/joyas› to bury

3 (sobrevivir) to outlive, bury (colloq)

4 (liter); ‹ilusiones/recuerdos/odio› to bury, put … behind one

5 (clavar) enterrar algo EN algo to bury sth IN sth

le enterró el puñal en el pecho she buried the dagger in his chest

le enterró las uñas en la espalda she dug her nails into his back

■ enterrarse

v pron

enterrarse en vida to cut oneself off from the world

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enterrar (conjugate enterrar) verbo transitivo
to bury;

◊ lo entierran mañana the funeral is tomorrow

enterrar vt
1 to bury: todavía hay muchos tesoros enterrados, there's still a lot of buried treasure
2 (olvidar, terminar con algo) aquello enterró mis ilusiones, that destroyed all my hopes
figurado enterrar el hacha de guerra, (reconciliarse) to forgive and forget

'enterrar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
guerra
English:
bury
- rest
- embed
- hatchet
- sink

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enterrar

♦ vt

1. [cadáver] to bury

2. [objeto, tesoro] to bury;

Comp

enterrar el hacha de guerra to bury the hatchet

3. [clavar] to sink o drive in;

le enterró el puñal en el vientre he plunged the dagger into his belly

4. [olvidar] to forget about

5. [sobrevivir]

enterró a todos sus hermanos he survived all his brothers

♦ See also the pronominal verb enterrarse

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enterrar

v/t bury;

enterrar a todos fig outlive everybody

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enterrar {55} vt

: to bury

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enterrar vb to bury [pt. & pp. buried]