hermanar

v.

1 to unite (esfuerzos, personas).

2 to match, to mate, to partner, to treat as similar.

El mecánico acopla los engranajes The mechanic matches the gear assembly.

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hermanar

► verbo transitivo

1 (unir) to unite, join

2 (combinar) to combine

3 (personas) to unite spiritually

4 (ciudades) to twin

► verbo pronominal hermanarse

1 (combinarse) to combine

2 (hombres) to become brothers in spirit; (mujeres) to become sisters in spirit

3 (ciudades) to become twinned

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VT

1) (=hacer juego) to match

2) (=unir) [+ ciudades] to twin, make sister cities (EEUU)

3) (=armonizar) to harmonize, bring into harmony

4) Cono Sur (=hacer pares) to pair

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verbo transitivo

a) (en sentimiento, propósito) to unite

b) <ciudades> to twin (BrE)

c) <calcetines> to match up, put ... in pairs; <fichas/naipes> to match up

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= twin.

Ex. For medical libraries, a library from the West would 'twin' with a Third World library, with activities sorted out between the libraries on a one-to-one basis = En el caso de las bibliotecas médicas, una biblioteca del mundo occidental se "hermanaba" con otra del tercer mundo, decidiendo entre ellas qué actividades iban a realizar.

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verbo transitivo

a) (en sentimiento, propósito) to unite

b) <ciudades> to twin (BrE)

c) <calcetines> to match up, put ... in pairs; <fichas/naipes> to match up

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= twin.

Ex: For medical libraries, a library from the West would 'twin' with a Third World library, with activities sorted out between the libraries on a one-to-one basis = En el caso de las bibliotecas médicas, una biblioteca del mundo occidental se "hermanaba" con otra del tercer mundo, decidiendo entre ellas qué actividades iban a realizar.

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hermanar [A1 ]

vt

1 (en un sentimiento, un propósito) to unite

hermanados en el dolor united in grief

este acuerdo hermanará a nuestros dos países this agreement will bring our two countries closer together o will unite our two countries

2 ‹ciudades› to twin

la ciudad está hermanada con Oxford the city is twinned with Oxford

3 ‹calcetines› to match up, put … in pairs; ‹fichas/naipes› to match up

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hermanar (conjugate hermanar) verbo transitivo

a) (en sentimiento, propósito) to unite

b) ‹ciudades› to twin

c) ‹calcetines› to match up, put … in pairs;

‹fichas/naipes› to match up
hermanar verbo transitivo
1 (sentimientos, objetos) to unite, combine
2 (personas) to unite spiritually
(ciudades) to twin
'hermanar' also found in these entries:
English:
twin

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hermanar

♦ vt

1. [esfuerzos, personas] to unite

2. [ciudades] to twin

3. [compatibilizar] to combine;

el director hermana la tragedia y la comedia the director combines o blends tragedy with comedy;

hermana la inteligencia con la sencillez she combines intelligence with unaffectedness

♦ See also the pronominal verb hermanarse

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hermanar

v/t

1 personas unite

2 ciudades twin

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hermanar vt

1) : to unite, to bring together

2) : to match up, to twin (cities)