modificar

v.

1 to alter.

2 to modify (grammar).

Lisa modificó el vestido Lisa modified the dress.

3 to amend, to revise.

Ricardo modificó su conducta Richard amended his behavior.

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modificar

Conjugation model [SACAR], like {{link=sacar}}sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 to alter, modify

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verb

to modify, alter

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VT [+ producto, vehículo] to modify; [+ texto] to change, alter; [+ vida] to change

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <aparato> to modify; <plan> to change; <horario/ley> to change, alter

b) (Ling) to modify

2.

modificarsev pron to change, alter

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= adjust, alter, change, edit, modify, doctor, redraw [re-draw], repackage [re-package], fine tune [fine-tune], repack, redact.

Ex. The brightness can be adjusted by turning the two knobs at the lower right of the screen.

Ex. Even the same collection some years on will have altered, and the device, in order to remain effective, must evolve in keeping with the development of the collection.

Ex. A scheme should permit changes in terminology as subjects change their names.

Ex. During the construction of a thesaurus, the computer can be enlisted to sort, merge, edit and compare terms.

Ex. This revised chapter modified the code in keeping with the recently agreed ISBD(M), and proposed a slightly different description for monographs.

Ex. The purpose of the present paper is to determine the effect of doctoring AACR2 in this manner.

Ex. the Internet has fundamentally redrawn the way in which people can organize themselves.

Ex. The objective of the second phase is to synthesise, repackage and disseminate findings for various audiences.

Ex. These statistics have been used to fine tune the system and improve response time = Se han usado estos resultados estadísticos para ajustar el funcionamiento del sistema y mejorar el tiempo de respuesta.

Ex. The problem posed by the increasing number of documents may be solved by repacking them photographically into smaller categories.

Ex. Also, the movie has been redacted by the producer -- it ends with a horrifying montage of real photos of dead and wounded Iraqis.

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* modificar el precio = reprice.

* modificar un registro = amend + record.

* modificar y adaptar = repackage [re-package], repack.

* sin modificar = unmodified, unaltered, unedited.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <aparato> to modify; <plan> to change; <horario/ley> to change, alter

b) (Ling) to modify

2.

modificarsev pron to change, alter

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= adjust, alter, change, edit, modify, doctor, redraw [re-draw], repackage [re-package], fine tune [fine-tune], repack, redact.

Ex: The brightness can be adjusted by turning the two knobs at the lower right of the screen.

Ex: Even the same collection some years on will have altered, and the device, in order to remain effective, must evolve in keeping with the development of the collection.

Ex: A scheme should permit changes in terminology as subjects change their names.

Ex: During the construction of a thesaurus, the computer can be enlisted to sort, merge, edit and compare terms.

Ex: This revised chapter modified the code in keeping with the recently agreed ISBD(M), and proposed a slightly different description for monographs.

Ex: The purpose of the present paper is to determine the effect of doctoring AACR2 in this manner.

Ex: the Internet has fundamentally redrawn the way in which people can organize themselves.

Ex: The objective of the second phase is to synthesise, repackage and disseminate findings for various audiences.

Ex: These statistics have been used to fine tune the system and improve response time = Se han usado estos resultados estadísticos para ajustar el funcionamiento del sistema y mejorar el tiempo de respuesta.

Ex: The problem posed by the increasing number of documents may be solved by repacking them photographically into smaller categories.

Ex: Also, the movie has been redacted by the producer -- it ends with a horrifying montage of real photos of dead and wounded Iraqis.

* modificar el precio = reprice.

* modificar un registro = amend + record.

* modificar y adaptar = repackage [re-package], repack.

* sin modificar = unmodified, unaltered, unedited.

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modificar [A2 ]

vt

1 ‹aparato› to modify; ‹plan› to change; ‹horario/ley› to change, alter

la dosis puede modificarse según criterio médico the dosage may be altered o varied on the advice of your doctor

la entonación modifica el sentido de la frase the intonation alters o changes the meaning of the sentence

2 (Ling) to modify

■ modificarse

v pron

to change, alter

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modificar (conjugate modificar) verbo transitivo

a) ‹aparato› to modify;

‹plan› to change;
‹horario/ley› to change, alter

b) (Ling) to modify;

◊ modifica al verbo it modifies the verb

modificarseverbo pronominal
to change, alter
modificar verbo transitivo to modify, alter: han modificado el texto sustancialmente, the text was altered substantially
'modificar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cambiar
- editar
English:
adjust
- alter
- modify
- qualify
- revise

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modificar vt

1. [diseño] to alter, to modify;

[plan, ley] to change; [programa] to change, to alter; [presupuesto] to revise;

modificar genéticamente to genetically modify

2. Gram to modify

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modificar

v/t modify

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modificar {72} vt

alterar: to modify, to alter, to adapt

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modificar vb to alter

han decidido modificar la cubierta they've decided to alter the cover