instar

instar
v.
to urge, to request, to press, to coax.
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instar
► verbo intransitivo
1 (insistir) to press, urge
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FRASEOLOGÍA
instar a alguien a que haga algo to urge somebody to do something
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1.
VT to urge, press

instar a algn a hacer algo, instar a algn para que haga algo — to urge sb to do sth

me instó a que hablase — he urged me to speak

2.
VI to be urgent, be pressing
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verbo transitivo (frml)

instar a alguien a + inf or a que + subj — to urge somebody to + inf

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= call on/upon, encourage, urge, urging, coax.
Ex. This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.
Ex. A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.
Ex. The reader is urged to examine some of these tools.
Ex. He came at Hawthorne's urging, but he seemed preoccupied with grave and heavy matters.
Ex. Quite clearly there could be no hope of coaxing such a variety of users into a uniform behaviour pattern.
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verbo transitivo (frml)

instar a alguien a + inf or a que + subj — to urge somebody to + inf

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= call on/upon, encourage, urge, urging, coax.

Ex: This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.

Ex: A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.
Ex: The reader is urged to examine some of these tools.
Ex: He came at Hawthorne's urging, but he seemed preoccupied with grave and heavy matters.
Ex: Quite clearly there could be no hope of coaxing such a variety of users into a uniform behaviour pattern.

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instar [A1 ]
vt
(frml) instar a algn A + INF or A QUE + SUBJ to urge sb to + INF
lo instaron a asistir or a que asistiese or para que asistiese they urged him to attend
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instar verbo transitivo to urge: ¡le insto a que deponga su actitud inmediatamente!, I demand you stop this at once!
'instar' also found in these entries:
English:
lobby
- urge
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instar vt
instar a alguien a hacer algo o [m5]a que haga algo to urge sb to do sth
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instar
v/t urge, press
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instar vt
apremiar: to urge, to press
instar vi
urgir: to be urgent or pressing
insta que vayamos pronto: it is imperative that we leave soon
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instar vb to urge

Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.

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