inmovilizar

v.

to immobilize.

María inmoviliza sus piernas Mary immobilizes his legs.

El banco inmoviliza los bonos The bank immobilizes the bonds.

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inmovilizar

Conjugation model [REALIZAR], like realizar

► verbo transitivo

1 to immobilize

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verb

to immobilize

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VT

1) [+ persona, vehículo] to immobilize

2) (=paralizar) to paralyse, bring to a standstill

3) (Econ) [+ capital] to tie up

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verbo transitivo

1) <persona/país/vehículo> to immobilize

2) (Com, Fin) <capital> to tie up

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= make + immobile, paralyse [paralyze, -USA], immobilise [immobilize, -USA], pin down.

Ex. The needs of readers housebound by physical disability, or made immobile by increasing age, are met by a supply of reading material from a van delivery service.

Ex. The information rich are similarly paralyzed because of their inability to create order from all the information washing over them.

Ex. Prior to white contact the Eskimos had a complex and progressive culture which was immobilized, fragmented, and exploited by European invaders -- hence the title 'Give or Take a Century'.

Ex. They lost mobility by being pinned down to hold the fortress.

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* inmovilizar capital = tie up + capital.

* inmovilizar contra = pin + Nombre + against.

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verbo transitivo

1) <persona/país/vehículo> to immobilize

2) (Com, Fin) <capital> to tie up

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= make + immobile, paralyse [paralyze, -USA], immobilise [immobilize, -USA], pin down.

Ex: The needs of readers housebound by physical disability, or made immobile by increasing age, are met by a supply of reading material from a van delivery service.

Ex: The information rich are similarly paralyzed because of their inability to create order from all the information washing over them.

Ex: Prior to white contact the Eskimos had a complex and progressive culture which was immobilized, fragmented, and exploited by European invaders -- hence the title 'Give or Take a Century'.

Ex: They lost mobility by being pinned down to hold the fortress.

* inmovilizar capital = tie up + capital.

* inmovilizar contra = pin + Nombre + against.

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inmovilizar [A4 ]

vt

A

1 ‹persona› to immobilize

la huelga que inmovilizó el país the strike which immobilized o paralyzed the country o which brought the country to a standstill

2 (Med) ‹pierna› to immobilize

3 ‹vehículo› to immobilize

B (Com, Fin) ‹capital› to tie up

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inmovilizar (conjugate inmovilizar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹persona/país/vehículo› to immobilize
2 (Com, Fin) ‹capital› to tie up
inmovilizar verbo transitivo
1 (impedir el movimiento) to immobilize
2 Fin (un capital) to immobilize, tie up
'inmovilizar' also found in these entries:
English:
immobilize
- pin
- pin down
- tie up
- hold
- pinion

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inmovilizar vt

1. [físicamente] to immobilize

2. [capitales] to tie up

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inmovilizar

v/t immobilize; fig

paralyze

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inmovilizar {21} vt

: to immobilize