- rescatar
- v.1 to rescue.Ellos rescatan el barco They rescue the ship.2 to recover (recuperar) (herencia).3 to retrieve, to recapture, to recover, to recuperate.Ellos rescataron el dinero They retrieved the money.4 to ransom, to free.Ellos rescatan a su primo They ransom their cousin.5 to redeem.Ellos rescataron la casa They redeemed the house.* * *rescatar► verbo transitivo1 (rehén, náufrago, persona atrapada, etc) to rescue; (cadáver) to recover; (ciudad) to recapture2 (recuperar) to recover3 figurado (recobrar - gen) to rescue; (- tiempo) to make up for■ rescatar del olvido to rescue from oblivion4 figurado (librar) to rescue* * *verbto rescue, save* * *1. VT1) (=salvar) to save, rescue2) [+ cautivo] to rescue, free; [+ pueblo] to recapture, recover3) [+ objeto empeñado] to redeem4) [+ póliza] to surrender5) [+ posesiones] to get back, recover6) [+ tiempo perdido] to make up7) [+ delitos] to atone for, expiate frm8) [+ terreno] to reclaim9) LAm (=revender) to resell2.VI And to peddle goods from village to village* * *verbo transitivo1) (salvar - de prisión) to rescue, free; (- de peligro) to rescue, save
intentaba rescatar sus joyas — she was trying to save her jewels
2) <dinero/pulsera> to recover, get back; <tierra> to reclaimrescataron el cadáver — they recovered the body
* * *= rescue, redeem, salvage, get + Nombre + back on + Posesivo + feet.Ex. Ill with pneumonia, he is rescued by a subway trainman and taken to Bellevue Hospital.Ex. Eliot somehow suggests that a mix of blood and electricity might yet redeem the petty materialism of the modern world that he had previously seen only as a wasteland.Ex. It details steps to be taken to salvage discs which have been damaged by spilled substances such as coffee with cream and sugar, Classic Coke, hamburger and french fries, and hand cream.Ex. The chief librarian was given a blank cheque to get the library back on its feet.----* rescatar Algo/Alguien de las garras de = rescue + Nombre + from the jaws of.* rescatar con una grúa = winch to + safety.* * *verbo transitivo1) (salvar - de prisión) to rescue, free; (- de peligro) to rescue, saveintentaba rescatar sus joyas — she was trying to save her jewels
2) <dinero/pulsera> to recover, get back; <tierra> to reclaimrescataron el cadáver — they recovered the body
* * *= rescue, redeem, salvage, get + Nombre + back on + Posesivo + feet.Ex: Ill with pneumonia, he is rescued by a subway trainman and taken to Bellevue Hospital.
Ex: Eliot somehow suggests that a mix of blood and electricity might yet redeem the petty materialism of the modern world that he had previously seen only as a wasteland.Ex: It details steps to be taken to salvage discs which have been damaged by spilled substances such as coffee with cream and sugar, Classic Coke, hamburger and french fries, and hand cream.Ex: The chief librarian was given a blank cheque to get the library back on its feet.* rescatar Algo/Alguien de las garras de = rescue + Nombre + from the jaws of.* rescatar con una grúa = winch to + safety.* * *rescatar [A1 ]vtA (salvar — de una prisión) to rescue, free; (— de un peligro) to rescue, savelograron rescatar a los mineros atrapados they managed to free o rescue the trapped minersintentaba rescatar sus joyas she was trying to save her jewelsalgunas de las ideas se pueden rescatar some of the ideas are worth saving o keepingB1 (recuperar) ‹dinero/pulsera› to recover, get backrescataron el cadáver they recovered the body2 ‹tierra› to reclaim* * *
rescatar (conjugate rescatar) verbo transitivoa) (salvar) to rescueb) ‹dinero/pulsera› to recover, get back
rescatar verbo transitivo
1 (de un secuestrador, peligro) to rescue
2 (del olvido) to recover
'rescatar' also found in these entries:
English:
deliver
- redeem
- rescue
- salvage
- save
- free
- recover
* * *rescatar vt1. [liberar, salvar] to rescue2. [pagando rescate] to ransom3. [recuperar] [herencia] to recover* * *rescatarv/t persona, animal rescue, save; bienes salvage, save* * *rescatar vt1) : to rescue, to save2) : to recover, to get back* * *rescatar vb to rescue
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.