- aludir
- v.to insinuate, to hint, to suggest, to quote.* * *aludir► verbo intransitivo1 to allude (a, to), mention (a, -), refer (a, to)* * *VI
aludir a — to allude to, mention
* * *verbo intransitivoa) (sin nombrar)aludir a alguien/algo — to refer to somebody/something, allude to somebody/something
se sintió aludido — he thought we were referring to him
no se dio por aludido — he didn't take the hint
no te des por aludido — don't take it personally
b) (mencionar)aludir a alguien/algo — to refer to somebody/something, mention somebody/something
* * *= intone, hint.Ex. Also in 1876 the concept of the librarian as educator, frequently intoned in recent decades, began to take shape.Ex. Stanley C Holliday hammers home the same message by more whimsical means hinting darkly that a sticky end at the hands of irritated colleagues awaits all librarians who fail to make adequate and accurate notes.----* aludir a = allude to, hint at, make + reference to.* aludir a una idea = allude to + idea.* * *verbo intransitivoa) (sin nombrar)aludir a alguien/algo — to refer to somebody/something, allude to somebody/something
se sintió aludido — he thought we were referring to him
no se dio por aludido — he didn't take the hint
no te des por aludido — don't take it personally
b) (mencionar)aludir a alguien/algo — to refer to somebody/something, mention somebody/something
* * *= intone, hint.Ex: Also in 1876 the concept of the librarian as educator, frequently intoned in recent decades, began to take shape.
Ex: Stanley C Holliday hammers home the same message by more whimsical means hinting darkly that a sticky end at the hands of irritated colleagues awaits all librarians who fail to make adequate and accurate notes.* aludir a = allude to, hint at, make + reference to.* aludir a una idea = allude to + idea.* * *aludir [I1 ]vi1 (sin nombrar) aludir A algn/algo to refer TO sb/sth, allude TO sb/sth2 (mencionar) aludir A algn/algo to refer TO sb/sth, mention sb/sthno aludió a la cuestión de las licencias she didn't refer to o mention the question of the licenses* * *
aludir (conjugate aludir) verbo intransitivoa) (sin nombrar) aludir a algn/algo to refer to sb/sth, allude to sb/sth;◊ se sintió aludido he thought we were referring to him;
no se dio por aludido he didn't take the hintb) (mencionar) aludir a algn/algo to refer to sb/sth, mention sb/sth
aludir verbo intransitivo to allude to, mention
'aludir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
referirse
- dar
English:
dig
- refer to
- allude
- refer
* * *aludir vi1.aludir a algo/alguien [sin mencionar] to allude to sth/sb2.aludir a algo/alguien [mencionando] to refer to sth/sb;en el discurso evitó aludir a los impuestos he avoided mentioning taxes in his speech* * *aludirv/i:aludir a algo allude to sth* * *aludir vi: to allude, to refer
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.