refundir

v.

1 to re-cast (material).

2 to adapt (literature).

3 to bring together.

4 to merge, to combine, to unify.

Ellos refundieron las empresas They merged the companies.

5 to recast, to rehash, to recycle, to melt again.

Ellos refundieron los metales They recast the metals.

6 to lock up, to confine, to put away, to hole up.

Ellos refundieron a Ricardo They locked up Richard.

7 to make a new version of, to re-write, to revise, to rewrite.

Ellos refundieron el texto They revised the text.

8 to hide away, to hide, to squirrel away.

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refundir

► verbo transitivo

1 (metales) to recast

2 figurado (comedia etc) to adapt

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1. VT

1) (Téc) to recast

2) [+ obra] to adapt, rewrite

3) And, CAm, Méx (=perder) to lose, mislay

4) Cono Sur (=arruinar) to ruin, crush; [+ candidato] ** to plough **, plow (EEUU)

5) CAm (=guardar) to keep carefully

2.

See:

refundirse

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) (Metal) to recast

2) (revisar) to rework; (reunir, unir) to combine

3) (Andes fam) (extraviar) to lose, mislay

2.

refundirse v pron (Méx fam) to hole up (colloq), hide away

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= recast, revise, conflate, rehash.

Ex. Significantly, however, Panizzi's rules did not prove as viable as did his ideology, and they were promptly and materially changed and recast by his most ardent admirers and followers.

Ex. It is normally taken to indicate that the document has been revised, if a work has progressed to a second or subsequent edition.

Ex. Authors did not always read proofs; revises might be omitted and routines conflated.

Ex. The author advocates that the Canadian LA needs rehashing and beefing up = El autor postula que la Asociación de Bibliotecarios Canadiense necesita reestructurarse y fortalecerse.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) (Metal) to recast

2) (revisar) to rework; (reunir, unir) to combine

3) (Andes fam) (extraviar) to lose, mislay

2.

refundirse v pron (Méx fam) to hole up (colloq), hide away

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= recast, revise, conflate, rehash.

Ex: Significantly, however, Panizzi's rules did not prove as viable as did his ideology, and they were promptly and materially changed and recast by his most ardent admirers and followers.

Ex: It is normally taken to indicate that the document has been revised, if a work has progressed to a second or subsequent edition.

Ex: Authors did not always read proofs; revises might be omitted and routines conflated.

Ex: The author advocates that the Canadian LA needs rehashing and beefing up = El autor postula que la Asociación de Bibliotecarios Canadiense necesita reestructurarse y fortalecerse.

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refundir [I1 ]

vt

A (Metal) to recast

B

1 (revisar) to revise, rewrite, rework

2 (reunir, unir) to combine

C (Andes fam) (extraviar) to lose, mislay

D (Méx fam)

1 ‹persona›

lo refundieron en la cárcel por veinte años he was sent up (AmE) o (BrE) put away for twenty years (colloq)

la refundieron en la oficina más fría del edificio they stuck her in the coldest office in the building (colloq)

2 ‹cosa› to hide away

■ refundirse

v pron

A

(Andes fam) (extraviarse): se me ha refundido el libro I've lost o mislaid my book

se han refundido las llaves the keys have gone missing o are missing

B (Méx fam) «persona» to hole up (colloq), hide away

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refundir verbo transitivo
1 (metales) to recast
2 (un texto) to adapt, rewrite

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refundir vt

1. [fundir de nuevo] to re-cast

2. [unir] to bring together

3. Lit to adapt

4. CAm, Col, Méx, Perú Fam [extraviar] to lose, to mislay

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refundir vt

1) : to recast (metals)

2) : to revise, to rewrite