aligerar

v.

1 to lighten (peso).

La compañía aligera la pena Company lightens grief.

2 to speed up (ritmo).

aligerar el paso to quicken one's pace

3 to hurry up (darse prisa).

aligera, que llegamos tarde hurry up, or we'll be late

4 to quicken, to expedite, to hasten.

El chico aligeró los trámites The boy quickened the processes.

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aligerar

► verbo transitivo

1 (descargar) to lighten, make lighter

2 (aliviar) to relieve, ease, soothe

3 (apresurar) to speed up

► verbo intransitivo

1 (apresurar) to speed up

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FRASEOLOGÍA

¡aligera! familiar hurry up!

aligerar el paso to quicken one's pace

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verb

1) to lighten

2) hurry

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1.

VT (=hacer ligero) to lighten; [+ dolor] to ease, relieve, alleviate; (=abreviar) to shorten; (=acelerar) to quicken

voy a dar un paseo para aligerar las piernas — I'm going for a walk to stretch my legs

2.

VI (=darse prisa) to hurry, hurry up

3.

See:

aligerarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <carga> to lighten

lo hizo para aligerar su conciencia — he did it to ease his conscience

aligerar a alguien de algo — to relieve somebody of something

b) (acelerar)

aligerar el paso — to quicken one's pace

2.

aligerarse v pron

aligerarse de algo: se aligeró de la capa he removed his cape; aligerarse de una carga — to get rid of a burden

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= lighten.

Ex. Uncritical acceptance of Library of Congress cards, complete with call numbers and subject headings, will lighten the work of the cataloguer, but we should be aware of the possible pitfalls for the reference librarian.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <carga> to lighten

lo hizo para aligerar su conciencia — he did it to ease his conscience

aligerar a alguien de algo — to relieve somebody of something

b) (acelerar)

aligerar el paso — to quicken one's pace

2.

aligerarse v pron

aligerarse de algo: se aligeró de la capa he removed his cape; aligerarse de una carga — to get rid of a burden

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= lighten.

Ex: Uncritical acceptance of Library of Congress cards, complete with call numbers and subject headings, will lighten the work of the cataloguer, but we should be aware of the possible pitfalls for the reference librarian.

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aligerar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹carga› to lighten

se deshizo de algunos libros para aligerar la maleta he got rid of a few books to make his suitcase lighter o to lighten his suitcase

lo hizo para aligerar su conciencia he did it to ease his conscience

aligerar a algn DE algo to relieve sb OF sth

su socio lo aligera de muchas responsabilidades his partner relieves him of a lot of responsibilities o takes a lot of responsibilities off his shoulders

2

(acelerar): aligerar el paso to quicken one's pace

■ aligerarse

v pron

aligerarse DE algo:

se aligeró de la capa he removed his cape

para aligerarme de estos bultos to get rid of these parcels

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aligerar (conjugate aligerar) verbo transitivo

a) ‹carga› to lighten;

aligerar a algn de algo to relieve sb of sth

b) (acelerar):

◊ aligerar el paso to quicken one's pace

aligerar
I verbo transitivo
1 (acelerar) to speed up
2 (quitar peso) to make lighter
II vi fam ¡aligera!, hurry up!
'aligerar' also found in these entries:
English:
lighten
- ease

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aligerar

♦ vt

1. [peso] to lighten;

necesitamos aligerar el avión de peso we need to make the plane lighter;

los compañeros me aligeran de trabajo my colleagues take on some of my work themselves

2. [pena] to relieve, to ease;

aligeró su conciencia she eased her conscience

3. [ritmo] to speed up;

aligerar el paso to quicken one's pace

♦ vi

[darse prisa] to hurry up;

aligera, que llegamos tarde hurry up, or we'll be late

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aligerar

v/t

1 carga lighten

2

:

aligerar el paso quicken one’s pace

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aligerar vt

1) : to lighten

2) acelerar: to hasten, to quicken