- adjudicar
- v.1 to award.2 to allot, to award, to allocate.* * *adjudicar► verbo transitivo1 (premio) to award2 (venta) to sell, knock down■ ¡adjudicado! sold!3 (obras) to award a contract to► verbo pronominal adjudicarse1 (apropiarse) to appropriate, take over2 (obtener) to win* * *verbto award* * *1.VT to award (a to)
adjudicar algo al mejor postor — to knock sth down to the highest bidder
2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <premio/contrato> to award; <vivienda> to allot, allocateb) (en subasta)le adjudicaron la alfombra al anticuario — the carpet was sold to o went to the antique dealer
2.adjudicado! — sold!
adjudicarse v pron (period) <trofeo/premio> to winnuestro equipo se adjudicó la victoria — our team won
* * *= award.Ex. In recognition of his impact on cataloging, in 1974 he was awarded the Margaret Mann Citation and, in 1978, the Melvil Dewey Medal.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <premio/contrato> to award; <vivienda> to allot, allocateb) (en subasta)le adjudicaron la alfombra al anticuario — the carpet was sold to o went to the antique dealer
2.adjudicado! — sold!
adjudicarse v pron (period) <trofeo/premio> to winnuestro equipo se adjudicó la victoria — our team won
* * *= award.Ex: In recognition of his impact on cataloging, in 1974 he was awarded the Margaret Mann Citation and, in 1978, the Melvil Dewey Medal.
* * *adjudicar [A2 ]vt1 ‹premio/contrato› to award; ‹vivienda› to allot, allocateel número de minutos adjudicados a cada candidato the number of minutes allotted o allocated to each candidate2(en una subasta): le adjudicaron la alfombra al anticuario the carpet was sold to o went to the antique dealer¡adjudicado! sold!■ adjudicarsev pron(period):el equipo chileno se adjudicó la victoria the Chilean team wonconsiguió adjudicarse el trofeo por tercera vez she succeeded in winning the trophy for the third time* * *
adjudicar (conjugate adjudicar) verbo transitivoa) ‹premio/contrato› to award;
‹vivienda› to allot, allocateb) (en subasta):◊ le adjudicaron la alfombra al anticuario the carpet was sold to o went to the antique dealer;
¡adjudicado! sold!
adjudicar verbo transitivo
1 (un premio, un contrato) to award
2 (en una subasta) to sell
'adjudicar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
asignar
- poner
English:
allot
- apportion
- award
- give
* * *adjudicar♦ vt[asignar] to award;el testamento les adjudicó los muebles the furniture was left to them in the will;les fue adjudicada la construcción del puente they were awarded the contract to build the bridge♦ See also the pronominal verb adjudicarse* * *adjudicarv/t award* * *adjudicar {72} vt1) : to adjudge, to adjudicate2) : to assign, to allocateadjudicar la culpa: to assign the blame3) : to award, to grant
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.