- pregonar
- v.1 to proclaim, to announce (bando).2 to spread about (secreto).3 to proclaim to, to claim to, to preach to, to declare to.* * *pregonar► verbo transitivo1 (noticia) to announce, make public; (secreto) to tell everybody, broadcast■ se lo dije en secreto, pero lo ha estado pregonando por ahí I told him in confidence, but he's been broadcasting it2 (mercancia) to cry3 (bando municipal) to proclaim* * *VT [+ inocencia propia, interés] to proclaim, announce; [+ secreto] to disclose, reveal; [+ mercancía] to hawk; [+ méritos] to proclaim (for all to hear)
no estaría bien que lo fueras pregonando por ahí — you shouldn't go spreading it around
* * *verbo transitivoa) <noticia/secreto> to make ... publicno lo vayas pregonando por ahí — (fam) don't go spreading it around
b) <virtudes/méritos> to extolc) <mercancía> to hawk, cryd) <bando/aviso> to proclaim* * *= tout, bruit.Ex. And may I say parenthetically that two publishers out of the enormous number that are so often touted as belonging to the CIP program are now printing their own homemade and superior cataloging in publication data.Ex. Among many observations in this widely bruited report, one in particular struck home: fewer books had been translated into Arabic in a millennium than were translated into Spanish in a year.* * *verbo transitivoa) <noticia/secreto> to make ... publicno lo vayas pregonando por ahí — (fam) don't go spreading it around
b) <virtudes/méritos> to extolc) <mercancía> to hawk, cryd) <bando/aviso> to proclaim* * *= tout, bruit.Ex: And may I say parenthetically that two publishers out of the enormous number that are so often touted as belonging to the CIP program are now printing their own homemade and superior cataloging in publication data.
Ex: Among many observations in this widely bruited report, one in particular struck home: fewer books had been translated into Arabic in a millennium than were translated into Spanish in a year.* * *pregonar [A1 ]vt1 ‹noticia/secreto› to make … publicno lo vayas pregonando por ahí (fam); don't go spreading it around2 ‹virtudes/méritos› to extol3 ‹mercancía› to hawk, cry4 ‹bando/aviso› to proclaim* * *
pregonar (conjugate pregonar) verbo transitivoa) ‹noticia/secreto› to make … publicb) ‹virtudes/méritos› to extolc) ‹mercancía› to hawk, cry
pregonar verbo transitivo
1 (un bando) to proclaim, announce
2 (una mercancía) to cry, hawk
3 (una noticia) to make public, reveal: no lo vayas pregonando por ahí, don't go spreading it around
4 (cualidades) to praise publicly, extol
'pregonar' also found in these entries:
English:
hawk
* * *pregonar vt1. [bando] to proclaim, to announce2. [secreto] to spread about;no vayas por ahí pregonando la noticia don't go spreading the news around3. [cualidades, virtudes] to praise, to extol* * *pregonarv/t proclaim, make public* * *pregonar vt1) : to proclaim, to announce2) : to hawk (merchandise)3) : to extol4) : to reveal, to disclose
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.