filtrar

v.

1 to filter.

Mario aclara el destilado Mario filters the distilled liquid.

2 to leak.

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filtrar

► verbo transitivo

1 (hacer pasar) to filter

■ filtra el café para que no queden posos filter the coffee to remove the grounds

2 (seleccionar) to filter

■ la secretaria filtra las llamadas the secretary filters his phone calls

3 (divulgar) to leak

■ filtró al enemigo información reservada he leaked confidential information to the enemy

► verbo pronominal filtrarse

1 (pasar a través) to filter

■ la luz se filtraba a través de la cortina the light filtered through the curtain

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verb

1) to filter

2) leak

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1. VT

1) [+ líquido, luz] to filter

hay que filtrar el agua — the water needs filtering

2) [+ llamadas, visitantes] to screen

3) [+ información, documento, grabación] to leak

2.

See:

filtrarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

1)

a) <líquido/rayos> to filter

b) <llamadas> to screen

2) <informaciones/noticias> to leak

2.

filtrar vi líquido/luz to filter

3.

filtrarse v pron

1) agua to leak; humedad to seep

2)

a) noticia to leak

b) dinero to seep away, dwindle

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= filter (out), winnow, strain.

Ex. Central libraries are an important part of the interlending system and by ensuring regional utilisation of public library resources and thus filtering requests they protect research libraries.

Ex. Not only are entries weeded in order to be subject-specific, but those weeded entries are winnowed even further so that only useful information is left.

Ex. Sampling for immature stages of mosquito was done weekly between May 1999 and January 2000 by straining them from the water in ravines and gutters.

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* filtrar el acceso = filter + access.

* filtrar + Información = leak + Información.

* filtrarse = seep through, percolate, seep into, seep.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1)

a) <líquido/rayos> to filter

b) <llamadas> to screen

2) <informaciones/noticias> to leak

2.

filtrar vi líquido/luz to filter

3.

filtrarse v pron

1) agua to leak; humedad to seep

2)

a) noticia to leak

b) dinero to seep away, dwindle

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= filter (out), winnow, strain.

Ex: Central libraries are an important part of the interlending system and by ensuring regional utilisation of public library resources and thus filtering requests they protect research libraries.

Ex: Not only are entries weeded in order to be subject-specific, but those weeded entries are winnowed even further so that only useful information is left.

Ex: Sampling for immature stages of mosquito was done weekly between May 1999 and January 2000 by straining them from the water in ravines and gutters.

* filtrar el acceso = filter + access.

* filtrar + Información = leak + Información.

* filtrarse = seep through, percolate, seep into, seep.

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filtrar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹líquido/rayos› to filter

2 ‹llamadas› to screen

B ‹informaciones/noticias› to leak

C (Inf) to filter

■ filtrar

vi

«líquido/luz» to filter

las nubes dejaban filtrar los rayos del sol the sun's rays filtered through the clouds

■ filtrarse

v pron

A

1 «agua» to leak

el agua se filtraba por un pequeño agujero en el tejado the water seeped o leaked through a small hole in the roof

la humedad que se filtra por las paredes the damp that seeps through the walls

2 «dinero» to seep away, dwindle

B «noticia» to leak

la noticia se ha filtrado a la prensa the news has leaked to the press

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filtrar (conjugate filtrar) verbo transitivo

a) ‹líquido/rayos› to filter

b) ‹informaciones/noticias› to leak

filtrarse verbo pronominal

a) [agua] to leak;

[humedad] to seep;

◊ la luz se filtraba por entre las persianas light filtered through the shutters

b) [noticia] to leak

filtrar verbo transitivo
1 (un líquido) to filter
2 (una noticia, un dato) to leak
'filtrar' also found in these entries:
English:
filter
- leak
- strain

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filtrar

♦ vt

1. [tamizar] to filter

2. [información, noticia] to leak

3. [llamadas] to screen

♦ See also the pronominal verb filtrarse

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filtrar

v/t

1 agua filter

2 información leak

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filtrar v

: to filter

♦ See also the reflexive verb filtrarse

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filtrar vb

1. (líquidos, luz) to filter

2. (información) to leak