mojarse

mojarse

► verbo pronominal

1 to get wet

2 familiar (comprometerse) to commit oneself, get involved

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VPR

1) (=humedecerse)

a) [reflexivo] to get wet

mojarse hasta los huesos — to get soaked to the skin

b)

mojarse el pelo — [involuntariamente] to get one's hair wet; [voluntariamente] to wet one's hair

me he mojado las mangas — I got my sleeves wet

2) * (=comprometerse) to get one's feet wet

no se mojó — he kept out of it, he didn't get involved

3)

- mojarse las orejas

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(v.) = get + involved with/in, implicate + Reflexivo

Ex. This article aims to cover tools that shed light on what the stakes might be in getting involved with CD-ROM technology = Este artículo intenta analizar las herramientas que nos aclaren cuáles podrían ser los riesgos de involucrarse con la tecnología del CD-ROM.

Ex. In addition to convincing the assembly to vote against war, they must figure out the mystery of the burned bodies without implicating themselves.

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(v.) = get + involved with/in, implicate + Reflexivo

Ex: This article aims to cover tools that shed light on what the stakes might be in getting involved with CD-ROM technology = Este artículo intenta analizar las herramientas que nos aclaren cuáles podrían ser los riesgos de involucrarse con la tecnología del CD-ROM.

Ex: In addition to convincing the assembly to vote against war, they must figure out the mystery of the burned bodies without implicating themselves.

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■mojarse verbo reflexivo
1 to get wet
2 fam (implicarse) to commit oneself: nunca se moja, he never gets involved
'mojarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
empaparse
- empapar
- mojar
English:
curl
- get
- paddle
- wet

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vpr

1. [con líquido] to get wet;

[humedecerse] to get damp;

me he mojado el pelo para no pasar calor I've wet my hair so I don't get too hot;

se ha mojado la ropa the clothes have got wet;

no dejes que se moje la cámara don't let the camera get wet;

no llevaba paraguas y se me mojó el pelo I didn't have an umbrella and my hair got wet;

con esas nubes seguro que nos vamos a mojarse by the look of those clouds we're going to get wet

2. Fam [comprometerse]

yo prefiero no mojarme I don't want to get involved;

no se moja por nadie he wouldn't stick his neck out for anyone;

me han pedido que me moje y colabore económicamente they've asked me to put my money where my mouth is

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mojarse

v/r

1 get wet

2 fam (orinarse) wet o.s.

3 (tener parte en un asunto) get involved

4 (comprometerse) commit o.s.

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vr

: to get wet

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mojarse vb

1. (en general) to get wet

el periódico se ha mojado the newspaper's got wet

2. (comprometerse) to commit yourself [pt. & pp. committed]

no le gusta mojarse he doesn't like committing himself