llamarse

llamarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (tener nombre) to be called

■ me llamo Juan my name is Juan, I'm called Juan

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to be called, be named

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VPR

1) [persona, lugar] to be called

mi primo se llama Benjamín — my cousin's name is Benjamín, my cousin is called Benjamín

¿cómo te llamas? — what's your name?

se llama Mari Paz — her name is Mari Paz

¿sabes cómo se llama la película? — do you know the name of the film?, do you know what the film is called?

¡como me llamo Manuel que lo haré! — I'll do it, as sure as my name's Manuel!

2) Esp

* (=costar)

¿cómo se llama esto? — how much is this?, what's the damage? **

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(v.) = refer to as

Ex. Because this style of catalogue attempts to group documents which are related to each other by having the same author this type of catalogue is sometimes referred to as a bibliographic catalogue.

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(v.) = refer to as

Ex: Because this style of catalogue attempts to group documents which are related to each other by having the same author this type of catalogue is sometimes referred to as a bibliographic catalogue.

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■llamarse verbo reflexivo to be called: ¿cómo se llama?, what's his name?
♦ Locuciones: llamarse andana, to go back on one's word
'llamarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
andana
- engaño
- llamar

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vpr

[tener por nombre, título] to be called;

¿cómo te llamas? what's your name?;

me llamo Patricia my name's Patricia;

¿cómo se llama su última película? what's her latest movie o Br film called?;

¡tú vienes conmigo, como que me llamo Sara! you're coming with me, or my name's not Sara!;

eso es lo que se llama buena suerte that's what you call good luck;

no nos llamemos a engaño, el programa se puede mejorar y mucho let's not kid ourselves, the programme could be a lot better;

que nadie se llame a engaño, la economía no va bien let no one have any illusions about it, the economy isn't doing well

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llamarse

v/r be called;

¿cómo te llamas? what’s your name?

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vr

: to be called, to be named

¿cómo te llamas?: what's your name?

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llamarse vb to be called

¿cómo se llama esto en inglés? what's this called in English?

mi gato se llama Félix my cat is called Félix / my cat's name is Félix

¿cómo te llamas? what's your name?

me llamo Alex my name's Alex