alistar

v.

1 to enlist, to enrol, to recruit.

Ricardo alistó a su hijo en la milicia Richard enlisted his son in the army.

2 to get ready.

3 -vr.

4 to make ready, to fix, to deploy, to prepare.

Ella alista su estrategia She makes ready her strategy.

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alistar

► verbo transitivo

1 to enlist, recruit

► verbo pronominal alistarse

1 to enlist, join up, enrol (US enroll)

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FRASEOLOGÍA

¡alístate! MILITAR join the army!, join up!

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1. VT

1) (=registrar) to list, put on a list; (=matricular) to enrol, enroll (EEUU); (Mil) to enlist

2) (=disponer) to prepare, get ready

3) CAm [+ zapato] to sew, sew up

2.

See:

alistarse

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= conscript, recruit.

Ex. This film tells the moving story of the more than 40,000 Koreans who were forcibly conscripted as laborers by the Japanese during the Second World War.

Ex. Reduced establishments have made it very difficult to recruit new IT talent.

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* alistar en el ejército = join + the army.

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= conscript, recruit.

Ex: This film tells the moving story of the more than 40,000 Koreans who were forcibly conscripted as laborers by the Japanese during the Second World War.

Ex: Reduced establishments have made it very difficult to recruit new IT talent.

* alistar en el ejército = join + the army.

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alistar [A1 ]

vt

(AmL) to get ... ready

■ alistarse

v pron

1 (Mil) to enlist, join up

alistar en la marina/el ejército to join the navy/army

2 (AmL) (prepararse) to get ready

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alistar vtr Mil to recruit, enlist
'alistar' also found in these entries:
English:
enrol
- enroll
- sign up
- enlist

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alistar

♦ vt

1. [reclutar] to recruit

2. [inscribir en lista] to list

3. [preparar] to prepare, to get ready

♦ See also the pronominal verb alistarse

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alistar

MIL v/t draft

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alistar vt

1) : to recruit

2) : to make ready

♦ See also the reflexive verb alistarse