portarse

portarse

► verbo pronominal

1 to behave

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VPR

1) (=comportarse) to behave, conduct o.s. frm

portarse bien — to behave well

portarse mal — to misbehave, behave badly

se portó muy bien conmigo — he treated me very well, he was very decent to me

se ha portado como un cerdo — he has behaved like a swine

2) (=distinguirse) to show up well, come through creditably

3) LAm (=comportarse bien) to behave well

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= behave, conduct + Reflexivo.

Ex. Although the system behaves simply, it incorporates some complex retrieval techniques, developed from information retrieval research.

Ex. At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.

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* portarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.

* portarse muy mal con = be rotten to.

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= behave, conduct + Reflexivo.

Ex: Although the system behaves simply, it incorporates some complex retrieval techniques, developed from information retrieval research.

Ex: At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.

* portarse como un canalla con = be rotten to.

* portarse muy mal con = be rotten to.

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■portarse verbo reflexivo to behave: pórtate bien, behave yourself
se portó mal con ella, he behaved badly to her
'portarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tratar
- con
- portar
English:
behave
- good
- misbehave

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vpr

to behave;

portarse bien to behave (well);

se ha portado bien conmigo she has treated me well;

portarse mal to misbehave, to behave badly;

pórtate bien behave (yourself)!;

se portó muy mal con su hermano he treated his brother very badly;

Fam

anda, pórtate bien y tráeme un café be a star and bring me o us a cup of coffee

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portarse

v/r behave

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vr

conducirse: to behave

pórtate bien: behave yourself

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portarse vb to behave

pórtate bien behave yourself / be good