- presenciar
- v.1 to be present at.Elsa presenció el concierto Elsa was present at the concert.2 to witness, to view, to see, to sight.Elsa presenció el accidente Elsa witnessed the accident.* * *presenciar► verbo transitivo1 (acontecimiento) to be present at; (accidente, atraco) to witness* * *verbto witness* * *VT (=asistir a) to be present at, attend; (=ver) to witness, see* * *verbo transitivo <suceso/asesinato> to witness; <acto/espectáculo> to be present at, to attend
yo presencié la discusión — I saw o witnessed the argument
* * *= see, watch, witness.Ex. Where the conference cannot be seen to have a name, then the work will normally be treated as a collection.Ex. Watch what occurs as the letters 'New' and a space are typed.Ex. We sometimes only have to speak a word to witness a reaction in other people that should logically follow only if the object itself were present.----* presenciar el espectáculo de = be presented with + the spectacle of.* * *verbo transitivo <suceso/asesinato> to witness; <acto/espectáculo> to be present at, to attendyo presencié la discusión — I saw o witnessed the argument
* * *= see, watch, witness.Ex: Where the conference cannot be seen to have a name, then the work will normally be treated as a collection.
Ex: Watch what occurs as the letters 'New' and a space are typed.Ex: We sometimes only have to speak a word to witness a reaction in other people that should logically follow only if the object itself were present.* presenciar el espectáculo de = be presented with + the spectacle of.* * *presenciar [A1 ]vt‹suceso/asesinato› to witness; ‹acto/espectáculo› to be present at, to attendhabía presenciado el atentado she had witnessed the attackel rey presenció el desfile the king was present at o attended the paradeyo presencié la discusión I saw o witnessed the argument, I was there o (frml) I was present when they had the argument* * *
presenciar (conjugate presenciar) verbo transitivo ‹suceso/asesinato› to witness;
‹acto/espectáculo› to be present at, to attend
presenciar verbo transitivo
1 (un accidente, etc) to witness
2 (un espectáculo, etc) to attend
'presenciar' also found in these entries:
English:
see
- witness
* * *presenciar vt[asistir] to be present at; [ser testigo de] to witness;50.000 personas presenciaron la final en directo 50,000 people were present at o attended the final* * *presenciarv/t1 accidente witness2 (estar presente en) attend, be present at* * *presenciar vt: to be present at, to witness* * *presenciar vb (ser testigo) to witnesspresenció el delito she witnessed the crime
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.