- heredar
- v.1 to inherit (recibir) (dinero, rasgos).ha heredado la nariz de su madre he has his mother's noseheredó el abrigo de su hermano she inherited the coat from her brotherun problema heredado del gobierno anterior a problem inherited from the previous governmentMaría heredó mil dólares Mary inherited one thousand dollars.Heredó el pelo rubio de su madre She inherited her mother's blod hair.Ricardo heredó a su tío Richard received an inheritance from his uncle.2 to bequeath (legar) (money). (Mexican Spanish)su madre le ha heredado la nariz he has his mother's nose* * *heredar► verbo transitivo1 to inherit■ heredó una fortuna de sus padres she inherited a fortune from her parents2 figurado to inherit■ ha heredado los ojos de su padre he's got his father's eyes* * *verbto inherit* * *VT1) [+ dinero, tradición, problema] to inherit
heredó un título nobiliario — he inherited a title
ha heredado las deudas de su padre — he has inherited his father's debts
el rey heredó el trono en 1865 — the king succeeded to the throne in 1865
2) [+ rasgo] to inheritha heredado el pelo rubio de su madre — he's inherited his mother's blond hair, he gets his blond hair from his mother
3) [+ ropa, libros] to inheritlos libros de texto que he heredado de mi hermano — the textbooks I inherited from my brother
siempre hereda la ropa de su hermana mayor — her clothes are always handed down from her elder sister
4) [+ persona] † to name as one's heir5) LAm (=legar) to leave, bequeath* * *verbo transitivo <bienes/título/tradiciones> to inherit; <trono> to succeed toheredamos este sistema de la dictadura — this system is a legacy of the dictatorship
heredó los ojos de su madre — he has his mother's eyes
* * *= inherit.Ex. Well, I happened to inherit a full set of Trollope, and I had the guts to throw it out.* * *verbo transitivo <bienes/título/tradiciones> to inherit; <trono> to succeed toheredamos este sistema de la dictadura — this system is a legacy of the dictatorship
heredó los ojos de su madre — he has his mother's eyes
* * *= inherit.Ex: Well, I happened to inherit a full set of Trollope, and I had the guts to throw it out.
* * *heredar [A1 ]vt‹bienes/título› to inherit; ‹trono› to succeed to; ‹tradiciones/costumbres› to inheritheredó una inmensa fortuna he inherited o came into a vast fortunetoda su ropa la ha heredado de sus hermanos he's had all his clothes handed down to him by his brothers, he has inherited his brothers' old clotheseste gobierno heredó una situación económica desastrosa this government inherited a disastrous economic situationheredamos este sistema de la dictadura this system is a legacy of the dictatorship, we inherited this system from the dictatorshipheredó los ojos/el carácter de su madre he has his mother's eyes/characterlo que se hereda no se roba or hurta it seems to run in the family* * *
heredar (conjugate heredar) verbo transitivo ‹bienes/título/tradiciones› to inherit;
‹trono› to succeed to;◊ heredó los ojos de su madre he has his mother's eyes
heredar verbo transitivo
1 Jur (una propiedad, bien material) to inherit
2 (una característica) ha heredado el genio de su padre, he's got his father's temper
'heredar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
segundón
- segundona
English:
come into
- inherit
- succeed
- come
* * *heredar vt1. [recibir] [dinero] to inherit (de from);heredó el título de su padre he inherited the title from his father2. [recibir] [rasgos] to inherit (de from);ha heredado la nariz de su padre he has his father's nose;ProvAmlo que se hereda no se roba like father, like son3. [recibir] [objetos, ropa] to inherit (de from);heredó el abrigo de su hermano she inherited the coat from her brother;es un problema heredado del gobierno anterior it's a problem we have inherited from the previous government4. Méx [legar] [dinero] to bequeath;[rasgos]su padre le ha heredado la nariz he has his father's nose* * *heredarv/t1 inherit (de from)2 Méx (legar) leave, bequeath* * *heredar vt: to inherit* * *heredar vb to inherit
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.