entonar

v.

1 to sing.

El panadero entonó una canción The baker sang a song.

2 to pick up.

esta sopa te entonará this soup will do you the world of good

3 to sing in tune.

4 to tone up, to revitalize, to invigorate.

El ejercicio entonó mi cuerpo Exercise toned up my body.

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entonar

► verbo transitivo

1 (nota) to pitch; (canción) to sing, intone

2 (organismo) to tone up

3 (colores) to match

► verbo intransitivo

1 MÚSICA to intone

2 (colores) to match

3 figurado (armonizar) to be in harmony (con, with), be in tune (con, with)

► verbo pronominal entonarse

1 (engreírse) to give oneself airs, be conceited

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1. VT

1) (Mús) [+ canción] to intone, sing; [afinando] to sing in tune; [+ voz] to modulate; [+ nota] to give, set; [+ órgano] to blow

2) [+ alabanzas] to sound

3) (Med) to tone up

4) (Arte, Fot) to tone

5) (=vigorizar) to liven up, enliven, invigorate

2. VI

1) (Mús) (=cantar) to intone frm, sing; (=cantar afinadamente) to be in tune (con with)

2) [colores] to match

3.

See:

entonarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) <canción> to intone, sing; <voz> to modulate; <nota> to sing, give

2) (animar) café/sopa <persona> to perk ... up

2.

entonar vi

1) (Mús) to sing in tune

2) color/estilo

entonar con algo — to go well with something

3.

entonarse v pron (fam) to get tipsy o (BrE) merry (colloq)

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= intone.

Ex. Also in 1876 the concept of the librarian as educator, frequently intoned in recent decades, began to take shape.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) <canción> to intone, sing; <voz> to modulate; <nota> to sing, give

2) (animar) café/sopa <persona> to perk ... up

2.

entonar vi

1) (Mús) to sing in tune

2) color/estilo

entonar con algo — to go well with something

3.

entonarse v pron (fam) to get tipsy o (BrE) merry (colloq)

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= intone.

Ex: Also in 1876 the concept of the librarian as educator, frequently intoned in recent decades, began to take shape.

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entonar [A1 ]

vt

A (Mús)

1 ‹canción/himno› to intone, sing

2 ‹voz› to modulate

3 ‹nota› to sing, give

B ‹músculos› to tone up

C (reanimar) to perk … up

■ entonar

vi

A (Mús) to sing in tune

B «color/estilo»: entonar CON algo; to go well WITH sth

■ entonarse

v pron

(fam); to get tipsy (colloq), to get merry (BrE colloq)

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entonar (conjugate entonar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹canción› to intone, sing;
‹voz› to modulate;
‹nota› to sing, give
2 (animar) [café/sopa] ‹persona› to perk … up
verbo intransitivo (Mús) to sing in tune
entonar
I verbo transitivo
1 Mús to sing
2 Med to tone up
II verbo intransitivo
1 Mús to sing in tune
2 (combinar) to go [con, with]
'entonar' also found in these entries:
English:
intone

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entonar

♦ vt

1. [cantar] [canción, himno] to sing;

[nota musical] to give; [plegaria] to sing, to sound;

entonar el mea culpa to admit one's responsibility, to cry mea culpa

2. [tonificar] [persona] to perk up;

[músculos] to tone up;

esta sopa te entonará this soup will perk you up

♦ vi

1. [al cantar] to sing in tune

2. [armonizar]

entonar (con algo) to match (sth)

♦ See also the pronominal verb entonarse

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entonar

I v/t

1 intone, sing

2 fig fam

perk up

II v/i sing in tune

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entonar vi

: to be in tune

entonar vt

1) : to intone

2) : to tone up