resucitar

v.

1 to bring back to life (person).

2 to rise from the dead (person).

3 to resuscitate, to bring back to life, to pull back to life, to revive.

4 to resurrect.

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resucitar

► verbo transitivo

1 to resuscitate

2 figurado to revive

► verbo intransitivo

1 to resuscitate

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verb

1) to resuscitate

2) raise

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1. VT

1) (Rel) [+ persona] to raise from the dead

podía resucitar a los muertos — he could bring back the dead

2) [+ ley] to resurrect

2.

VI to rise from the dead

al tercer día resucitó — (Biblia) on the third day He rose again

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (Relig) to raise ... from the dead, to bring ... back to life

b) (Med) to resuscitate, revive

c) <costumbres/rencores> to revive, resurrect

2.

resucitar vi persona to rise (from the dead); costumbre/grupo to take on a new lease of life

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= resurrect, revive, resuscitate, bring + Nombre + back to life, give + a second life.

Ex. The same principal was resurrected in 1952 with the introduction of numerical control of machine tools.

Ex. The result was that by the close of the 1940s, when ADI was revived, new interests were developing which were destined to overthrow the preeminence of microfilm as a documentation concern.

Ex. An ambitious study of the interrelationships of folklore and literature, this book resuscitates the figure of the granny using oral history and fieldwork.

Ex. When some of the parrots got sick, he nursed them back to health, and they in turn brought him back to life.

Ex. This book will show you how to give a second life to everything from plastic containers to bubble wrap to pantyhose and more.

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* resucitar a los muertos = raise + the dead.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (Relig) to raise ... from the dead, to bring ... back to life

b) (Med) to resuscitate, revive

c) <costumbres/rencores> to revive, resurrect

2.

resucitar vi persona to rise (from the dead); costumbre/grupo to take on a new lease of life

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= resurrect, revive, resuscitate, bring + Nombre + back to life, give + a second life.

Ex: The same principal was resurrected in 1952 with the introduction of numerical control of machine tools.

Ex: The result was that by the close of the 1940s, when ADI was revived, new interests were developing which were destined to overthrow the preeminence of microfilm as a documentation concern.

Ex: An ambitious study of the interrelationships of folklore and literature, this book resuscitates the figure of the granny using oral history and fieldwork.

Ex: When some of the parrots got sick, he nursed them back to health, and they in turn brought him back to life.

Ex: This book will show you how to give a second life to everything from plastic containers to bubble wrap to pantyhose and more.

* resucitar a los muertos = raise + the dead.

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resucitar [A1 ]

vt

1 (Relig) to raise … from the dead, to bring … back to life

Jesús resucitó a Lázaro Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead

2 (Med) to resuscitate, revive

3 ‹costumbres/rencores/recuerdos› to revive, resurrect

■ resucitar

vi

1 «persona» to rise (from the dead)

y al tercer día resucitó (Bib) and on the third day he rose again

2 «costumbre/grupo» to take on a new lease of life

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resucitar (conjugate resucitar) verbo transitivo

a) (Relig) to raise … from the dead, to bring … back to life

b) (Med) to resuscitate, revive

c) ‹costumbres/rencores› to revive, resurrect

verbo intransitivo [persona] to rise (from the dead);
[costumbre/grupo] to take on a new lease of life
resucitar
I verbo transitivo
1 (a un muerto) to resurrect
2 (una tradición, costumbre) to revive
3 (reanimar, dar nuevas energías) este caldo resucita a cualquiera, this soup will revive anyone
II verbo intransitivo to resurrect
'resucitar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
vivificar
English:
resurrect
- revive
- life
- resuscitate

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resucitar

♦ vt

1. [persona] to bring back to life;

Jesús resucitó a varios muertos Jesus raised several people from the dead;

Comp

Fam

resucitar a un muerto: tómate un trago de este licor, resucita a un muerto have some of this to drink, it's potent stuff;

¡este olor resucita a un muerto! it smells wonderful in here!

2. [costumbre] to resurrect, to revive

♦ vi

[persona] to rise from the dead

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resucitar

I v/t resuscitate; fig

revive

II v/i de persona rise from o

come back from the dead

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resucitar vt

1) : to resuscitate, to revive, to resurrect

2) : to revitalize

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resucitar vb (muerto) to rise from the dead [pt. rose; pp. risen]