imaginarse

VPR

1) (=suponer) to imagine

no te puedes imaginar lo mal que iba todo — you can't imagine how bad things were

-no sabes lo cansados que estamos -sí, ya me imagino — "you've no idea how tired we are" - "yes, I can imagine"

¡pues, imagínate, se nos averió el coche en plena montaña! — just imagine, the car broke down right up in the mountains!

-¿lo habéis pasado bien? -imagínate — "did you have a good time?" - "what do you think? o we sure did"

imaginarse que — [en suposiciones] to imagine that, suppose that, guess that *; [en oraciones condicionales] to imagine that, suppose that

me imagino que tendrás ganas de descansar — I imagine o suppose o guess * you'll need a rest

no me imaginaba que tuvieras un hermano — I never imagined o guessed * you had a brother

imagínate que os pasa algo — suppose something happens to you

me imagino que sí — I should think so, I (would) imagine so

2) (=visualizar) to imagine, picture

imagínatela cubierta de nieve — imagine o picture it covered in snow

me la imaginaba más joven — I had imagined o pictured her as being younger

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(v.) = picture

Ex. One can now picture a future investigator in his laboratory, his hands are free, he is not anchored.

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(v.) = picture

Ex: One can now picture a future investigator in his laboratory, his hands are free, he is not anchored.

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■imaginarse verbo reflexivo
1 to imagine: no soy capaz de imaginármelo, I can't imagine it
2 (suponer) to suppose: me imaginé que estarías aquí, I supposed you would be here ➣ Ver nota en imagine
'imaginarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
imaginar
- ver
English:
envisage
- envision
- fancy
- figure
- imagine
- picture
- suppose
- suspect
- think
- expect
- visualize

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vpr

1. [suponer] to imagine;

no te llamé porque me imaginé que estabas muy ocupada I didn't call you, because I thought you'd be very busy;

me imagino que estarás cansado I imagine o suppose you must be tired;

no te imaginas cómo me alegré you can't imagine how pleased I was;

¡imagínate! just think o imagine!;

me imagino que sí I suppose so;

se puso muy contenta – me lo imagino she was very happy – I can well believe it;

Fam

¿te imaginas que viene? what if he were to come?

2. [visualizar] to imagine, to picture;

no me lo imagino vestido de indio I can't imagine o picture him dressed as an Indian;

no me lo imaginaba así I hadn't imagined o pictured it like this

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imaginarse

v/r imagine;

¡ya me lo imagino! I can just imagine it!;

¡imagínate! just imagine!

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vr

1) : to suppose, to imagine

2) : to picture