- relegar
- v.1 to relegate.relegar algo al olvido to banish something from one's mindMaría relegó a su hijo Mary relegated her son.2 to delegate, to assign, to relegate.María relegó sus responsabilidades Mary relegated her responsibilities.* * *relegar► verbo transitivo1 to relegate (a, to), consign (a, to)* * *verbto relegate* * *VT1) (=apartar) to relegate
relegar algo al olvido — to consign sth to oblivion
2) ( Hist) (=desterrar) to exile, banish* * *verbo transitivose siente relegado — he feels left out
relegar algo/a alguien A algo: el problema quedó relegado a un segundo plano the matter was pushed into the background; relegado al olvido — consigned to oblivion
* * *= relegate.Ex. Adding a column of figures is a repetitive thought process, and it was long ago properly relegated to the machine.----* relegar al olvido = consign to + oblivion.* relegarse a un segundo plano = take + a back seat.* * *verbo transitivose siente relegado — he feels left out
relegar algo/a alguien A algo: el problema quedó relegado a un segundo plano the matter was pushed into the background; relegado al olvido — consigned to oblivion
* * *= relegate.Ex: Adding a column of figures is a repetitive thought process, and it was long ago properly relegated to the machine.
* relegar al olvido = consign to + oblivion.* relegarse a un segundo plano = take + a back seat.* * *relegar [A3 ]vta menudo los ancianos se sienten inútiles y relegados old people often feel useless and of no importancerelegar algo/a algn A algo:esto hizo que el problema quedara relegado a un segundo plano this meant that the matter was pushed into the backgroundun escritor relegado al olvido a writer consigned to oblivion* * *
relegar (conjugate relegar) verbo transitivo:◊ se siente relegado he feels left out;
el problema quedó relegado a un segundo plano the matter was pushed into the background;
relegado al olvido consigned to oblivion
relegar verbo transitivo to relegate
relegar al olvido, to consign to oblivion
'relegar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
postergar
- desplazar
- segundo
English:
relegate
* * *relegar vtto relegate (a to);relegar algo al olvido to banish sth from one's mind;fue relegado al olvido it was consigned to oblivion;relegar algo a segundo plano to push sth into the background* * *relegarv/t relegate* * *relegar {52} vt1) : to relegate2)relegar al olvido : to consign to oblivion
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.