- entregar
- v.1 to hand over.al final del curso te entregan un diploma you're given a diploma at the end of the courseel presidente entregó los premios a los ganadores the president handed out o presented the prizes to the winnersno entregarán a los rehenes hasta que no reciban el rescate they won't turn over o release the hostages until they receive the ransom2 to deliver, to give, to hand in, to turn in.El chico entregó el paquete The boy delivered the package.El ladrón entregó a su cómplice The thief turned in his accomplice.3 to give up.El Sr. Pérez entregó a su hija Mr. Perez gave up his daughter.4 to give away, to come across with, to surrender.Las víctimas entregaron sus joyas The victims surrendered their jewels.5 to render up, to surrender.El ladrón entregó las joyas The thief rendered up the jewels.* * *entregar► verbo transitivo1 (dar) to hand over■ le entregó la escritura he handed the deeds over to him2 (deberes, ejercicios) to hand in, give in; (premios) to present, award3 COMERCIO to deliver4 MILITAR to surrender► verbo pronominal entregarse1 (rendirse) to give in (a, to), surrender■ el enemigo se entregó the enemy surrendered■ se entregó a las autoridades he gave himself up to the authorities2 (dedicarse) to devote oneself (a, to), be devoted (a, to)■ se entrega plenamente a su trabajo she's totally devoted to her work3 peyorativo (caer en) to give oneself over (a, to), take (a, to)■ se entregó a la bebida he took to the bottle* * *verb1) to deliver2) hand over3) present•* * *1. VT1) (=dar)a) [+ impreso, documento, trabajo] to hand in, give in, submit frm
hay que entregar la redacción mañana — the essay has to be handed in o given in tomorrow
el proyecto se entregará a la comisión para que lo estudie — the plan will be put before the commission for them to study
entregó su alma a Dios — he departed this life
b) [en mano] [gen] to hand over; [+ regalo] to giveme entregó la carta esta mañana — she gave me the letter this morning, she handed over the letter to me this morning
c) [+ premio, cheque] to presenthoy entregan los premios — they are presenting the awards today, the awards ceremony is today
2) (=distribuir) [gen] to give out; [+ correo, pedido] to delivermañana entregaremos las notas del examen — we'll give out the exam marks tomorrow
entregamos sus pedidos al día siguiente — next day delivery
para entregar a — (Com) [en envíos] for the attention of
3) (=ceder) [+ poderes, botín, rehenes] to hand over; [+ armas, país] to hand over, surrenderentregaron las joyas a la policía — they handed over the jewels to the police
el enemigo acabó por entregar las armas — the enemy finally handed over o surrendered their weapons
el juez entregó la custodia del niño a su abuela — the judge gave o awarded o granted custody of the boy to his grandmother
4) [en boda] [+ novia] to give away2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) (llevar) to deliverentregamos los pedidos en el día — we offer same-day delivery
2)a) (dar) to giveme/le entregó un cuestionario — she gave me/her o handed me/her a questionnaire
hoy nos entregan las llaves — they're handing over the keys today
entregó su alma a Dios — (euf) he passed away (euph)
entregarlas — (Chi fam) to kick the bucket (colloq)
b) <premio/trofeo> to presententregarle algo a alguien — to present somebody with something
3) <trabajo/deberes> to hand in, give in; <solicitud/impreso> to hand in, submit (frml)4)a) <ciudad/armas> to surrender; <poder/control> to hand overb) (dedicar) to devoteentregó su vida a los pobres — she devoted o dedicated her life to the poor
5)a) <delincuente/prófugo> to turn in, hand over; <rehén> to hand overel juez entregó al niño al padre — the judge put the child into his father's care
b) <novia> to give away2.entregarse v pron1) (dedicarse)entregarse a algo/alguien — to devote oneself to something/somebody
2)a) (rendirse) to surrender, give oneself up; (a vicio) to succumb, give inentregarse a algo — to give oneself over to something
se entregó a la bebida — he gave himself over to drink
me entregué al sueño — (liter) I succumbed to sleep (liter)
b) (sexualmente)entregarse a alguien — to give oneself to somebody
* * *= deliver, hand over, hand out, hand in, pass over, surrender, tender.Ex. You do not want to try and clear the building, thinking it is a fire when it is just somebody trying to deliver a parcel of books to the back door.Ex. Eventually, teachers should be able to 'hand the chalk over to the students' and take a back seat.Ex. An aggressive approach is made to publicity, with posters and leaflets distributed widely, visits to local shops, post offices, doctors surgeries etc, to drum up business, and the use of volunteers to hand out leaflets at street corners = Se inicia una campaña de publicidad enérgica, distribuyendo de forma general folletos y pósteres, visitando las tiendas, oficinas de correos y consultorías médicas de la localidad, etc., para promocionar el negocio, además de utilizar voluntarios para distribuir prospectos por las esquinas de las calles.Ex. Detailed written reports could be handed in to instructors after oral presentation to the class.Ex. She also indicated in passing that in future authors would not automatically pass over the copyright of research results in papers to publishers.Ex. The book's date label is stamped in the usual way, and the reader must surrender one token for each book he is borrowing.Ex. This address was tendered at the State Library of Victoria, Nov 88, to mark the retirement of Professor Jean Whyte.----* entregar en garantía = pledge.* entregar en prenda = pledge.* entregar la vida = give + Posesivo + life.* entregar + Nombre + a = turn + Nombre + over to.* entregar + Posesivo + vida = give + Posesivo + all.* entregarse = get in + the game, give + Posesivo + all.* entregarse a = give + Reflexivo + up to, abandon + Reflexivo + to, indulge in.* entregar un premio = present + award.* imposible de entregar = undeliverable.* que no se puede entregar = undeliverable.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) (llevar) to deliverentregamos los pedidos en el día — we offer same-day delivery
2)a) (dar) to giveme/le entregó un cuestionario — she gave me/her o handed me/her a questionnaire
hoy nos entregan las llaves — they're handing over the keys today
entregó su alma a Dios — (euf) he passed away (euph)
entregarlas — (Chi fam) to kick the bucket (colloq)
b) <premio/trofeo> to presententregarle algo a alguien — to present somebody with something
3) <trabajo/deberes> to hand in, give in; <solicitud/impreso> to hand in, submit (frml)4)a) <ciudad/armas> to surrender; <poder/control> to hand overb) (dedicar) to devoteentregó su vida a los pobres — she devoted o dedicated her life to the poor
5)a) <delincuente/prófugo> to turn in, hand over; <rehén> to hand overel juez entregó al niño al padre — the judge put the child into his father's care
b) <novia> to give away2.entregarse v pron1) (dedicarse)entregarse a algo/alguien — to devote oneself to something/somebody
2)a) (rendirse) to surrender, give oneself up; (a vicio) to succumb, give inentregarse a algo — to give oneself over to something
se entregó a la bebida — he gave himself over to drink
me entregué al sueño — (liter) I succumbed to sleep (liter)
b) (sexualmente)entregarse a alguien — to give oneself to somebody
* * *= deliver, hand over, hand out, hand in, pass over, surrender, tender.Ex: You do not want to try and clear the building, thinking it is a fire when it is just somebody trying to deliver a parcel of books to the back door.
Ex: Eventually, teachers should be able to 'hand the chalk over to the students' and take a back seat.Ex: An aggressive approach is made to publicity, with posters and leaflets distributed widely, visits to local shops, post offices, doctors surgeries etc, to drum up business, and the use of volunteers to hand out leaflets at street corners = Se inicia una campaña de publicidad enérgica, distribuyendo de forma general folletos y pósteres, visitando las tiendas, oficinas de correos y consultorías médicas de la localidad, etc., para promocionar el negocio, además de utilizar voluntarios para distribuir prospectos por las esquinas de las calles.Ex: Detailed written reports could be handed in to instructors after oral presentation to the class.Ex: She also indicated in passing that in future authors would not automatically pass over the copyright of research results in papers to publishers.Ex: The book's date label is stamped in the usual way, and the reader must surrender one token for each book he is borrowing.Ex: This address was tendered at the State Library of Victoria, Nov 88, to mark the retirement of Professor Jean Whyte.* entregar en garantía = pledge.* entregar en prenda = pledge.* entregar la vida = give + Posesivo + life.* entregar + Nombre + a = turn + Nombre + over to.* entregar + Posesivo + vida = give + Posesivo + all.* entregarse = get in + the game, give + Posesivo + all.* entregarse a = give + Reflexivo + up to, abandon + Reflexivo + to, indulge in.* entregar un premio = present + award.* imposible de entregar = undeliverable.* que no se puede entregar = undeliverable.* * *entregar [A3 ]vtA (llevar) ‹carta/paquete› to deliver; ‹mercancías› to deliverentregamos los pedidos en el día we offer same-day deliveryentregó las invitaciones en mano she gave the invitations out o distributed the invitations by handB1 (dar) to giveme entregó 5.000 pesos a cuenta he gave me 5,000 pesos on accountse negó a entregármelo she refused to hand it over to meme amenazó y le entregué el dinero que llevaba encima he threatened me so I gave him o handed over all the money I had on meel secretario le entregó un cheque por $50.000 the secretary gave him o handed over o presented him with a check for $50,000me entregó un cuestionario she gave me o handed me a questionnairehoy nos entregan las llaves de la casa they're handing over the keys of the house today, we get the keys to the house today[ S ] Alberto Ruiz, para entregar a José Lerga José Lerga, c/o Alberto Ruizentregó su alma a Dios (euf); he passed away (euph), he gave up o delivered up his soul to God (euph)entregarlas (Chi fam); to kick the bucket (colloq), to croak (sl)2 ‹premio/trofeo› to presentel alcalde le entregó las llaves de la ciudad the mayor presented him with the keys to the cityhoy nos entregan los certificados we receive o get our certificates todayC ‹trabajo/deberes› to hand in, give in (esp BrE); ‹solicitud/impreso› to hand in, submit (frml)el proyecto será entregado al Congreso para su discusión the bill is to be put before o submitted to Congress for discussionD1 ‹ciudad/armas› to surrender; ‹poder› to hand overhan entregado el país a las empresas extranjeras they have handed the country over to foreign companies2 (dedicar) to devoteentregó su vida a Dios/a los pobres she gave o devoted o dedicated her life to God/to the poorE1 ‹delincuente/prófugo› to turn in, hand over; ‹rehén› to hand overlo entregaron a las autoridades they turned him in o handed him over to the authoritiesel juez entregó al niño a su padre adoptivo the judge put the child into his adoptive father's care2 ‹novia› to give away■ entregarsev pronA (dedicarse) entregarse A algo/algn to devote oneself TO sth/sbB1 (rendirse) to surrender, give oneself up; (a un vicio) to succumb, give inno creo que vaya a pasar de hoy, se ha entregado I don't think she'll last another day, she's given upentregarse A algo to give oneself over TO sthse entregó a la bebida he gave himself over to drink, he took to drinkrendido, me entregué al sueño (liter); exhausted, I succumbed to sleep (liter)2 (sexualmente) entregarse A algn to give oneself TO sb* * *
Multiple Entries:
entregar
entregar algo
entregar (conjugate entregar) verbo transitivo
1 (llevar) ‹pedido/paquete/carta› to deliver
2a) (dar) to give;◊ me entregó un cuestionario she gave me o handed me a questionnaire;
no quiso entregármelo he refused to hand it over to meb) ‹premio/trofeo› to present;
entregarle algo a algn to present sb with sthc) ‹trabajo/deberes/informe› to hand in, give in;
‹solicitud/impreso› to hand in, submit (frml)
3a) ‹ciudad/armas› to surrender;
‹poder/control› to hand overb) ‹delincuente/prófugo› to turn in, hand over;
‹rehén› to hand overc) ‹novia› to give awayd) (dedicar) to devote
entregarse verbo pronominal
1 (dedicarse) entregarse a algo/algn to devote oneself to sth/sb
2a) (rendirse) to surrender, give oneself up;
entregarse a algo/algn ‹al enemigo/a la policía› to give oneself up o surrender to sth/sbb) (abandonarse):◊ se entregó a la bebida he gave himself over to drink
entregar verbo transitivo
1 (poner en poder de) to hand over
2 (unos papeles, trabajo, etc) to give in, hand in
3 Com to deliver
'entregar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
original
- dar
- desprender
- pasar
- presentar
English:
accord
- commit
- deliver
- drop off
- give in
- hand
- hand in
- hand over
- pass over
- present
- surrender
- turn in
- undelivered
- give
- put
- serve
- trade
- turn
* * *entregar♦ vt1. [dar] to hand over, to give;[premio, medalla, diploma] to present, to hand out;exigen que se les entregue un rescate they demand that a ransom be handed over;me entregó las llaves de la habitación y se fue she gave me the keys to the room and left;me entregaron un libro para que se lo diera a mi hermano they gave me a book for my brother;le entregaron las llaves de la ciudad they handed over the keys to the city to him;el presidente entregó los premios a los ganadores the president handed out o presented the prizes to the winners;al final del curso te entregan un diploma you're given a diploma at the end of the course2. [pedido, paquete, correspondencia] to deliver;[examen, informe, solicitud] to hand in;una carta certificada hay que entregarla en mano a registered letter must be delivered to the addressee in person3. [ceder] [ciudad, posesiones] to surrender;[armas] to hand over, to surrender;entregó el poder a su hermano he handed over power to his brother;con cinco goles en contra, entregaron el partido five goals down, they threw in the towel;CompVen Famentregar los papeles [rendirse] to throw in the towel;[morir] to kick the bucket4. [persona] to turn over;entregó al ladrón a la policía she turned the thief over to the police;no entregarán a los rehenes hasta que no reciban el rescate they won't turn over o release the hostages until they receive the ransom5. [dedicar] to devote;ha entregado su vida a la lucha por el desarme she has devoted her life to fighting for disarmament6. RP Fam [crimen]ese asalto lo entregó algún empleado del banco that robbery was an inside job;desvalijaron el apartamento de arriba, para mí que lo entregó el portero they cleaned out the apartment above, I think the Br caretaker o US superintendent was in on it♦ See also the pronominal verb entregarse* * *entregarv/t1 give, hand over2 trabajo, deberes hand in3 mercancías deliver4 premio present* * *entregar {52} vt1) : to deliver2) dar: to give, to present3) : to hand in, to hand over♦ See also the reflexive verb entregarse* * *entregar vb1. (llaves, delincuente, etc) to hand overme entregó el dinero he handed the money over to me2. (trabajo, etc) to hand in¿has entregado el trabajo? have you handed your essay in?3. (mercancía) to deliverlos mensajeros entregan cartas y paquetes couriers deliver letters and parcels4. (premios, etc) to presententregará los premios el presidente de la asociación the president of the association will present the prizes
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.
