apresurar

v.

1 to hurry along, to speed up.

apresurar a alguien para que haga algo to try to make somebody do something more quickly

María apresuró a los muchachos Mary speeded up the kids.

2 to expedite, to press.

Ricardo apresuró el procedimiento Richard expedited the procedure.

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apresurar

► verbo transitivo

1 to hurry up, speed up, accelerate

► verbo pronominal apresurarse

1 to hurry, hurry up

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FRASEOLOGÍA

apresurar el paso to quicken one's pace

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verb

to hurry, quicken, speed up

- apresurarse

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1.

VT (=dar prisa a) to hurry, hurry along; (=acelerar) to speed up; [+ paso] to quicken

2.

See:

apresurarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (meter prisa a) to hurry

b) (acelerar) to speed up

apresuré el paso — I quickened my pace

c) (precipitar) to hasten

2.

apresurarse v pron

apresúrate, que llegamos tarde — hurry up or we'll be late

no nos apresuremos demasiado — let's not be hasty

se apresuraron a desmentir la noticia — they were quick to deny the news

se apresuró a defenderla — he hastened o rushed to her defense

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= hasten.

Ex. Just as with all earth science literature, commercial publishers, societies, and government agencies have hastened to produce a wide range of data bases in CD-ROM format.

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* apresurarse = hurry, hurry up, get on + Posesivo + running shoes, hot-foot it to, make + haste, rattle + Posesivo + dags, get + a wiggle on, get + a move on.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (meter prisa a) to hurry

b) (acelerar) to speed up

apresuré el paso — I quickened my pace

c) (precipitar) to hasten

2.

apresurarse v pron

apresúrate, que llegamos tarde — hurry up or we'll be late

no nos apresuremos demasiado — let's not be hasty

se apresuraron a desmentir la noticia — they were quick to deny the news

se apresuró a defenderla — he hastened o rushed to her defense

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= hasten.

Ex: Just as with all earth science literature, commercial publishers, societies, and government agencies have hastened to produce a wide range of data bases in CD-ROM format.

* apresurarse = hurry, hurry up, get on + Posesivo + running shoes, hot-foot it to, make + haste, rattle + Posesivo + dags, get + a wiggle on, get + a move on.

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apresurar [A1 ]

vt

1 (meter prisa a) to hurry

los apresuraron para que salieran del edificio they were hurried out of the building

2 (acelerar) to speed up

apresuré el paso I speeded up, I quickened my step

3 (precipitar) to hasten, precipitate

■ apresurarse

v pron

apresúrate, que llegamos tarde hurry up or we'll be late

es una decisión que hay que considerar con tiempo, no nos apresuremos it's a decision that needs a lot of thought, let's not rush into it o be hasty

apresurarse A + INF:

se apresuraron a desmentir la noticia they were quick to deny the news

se apresuró a defenderla he hastened o rushed to her defense, he was quick to defend her

se apresuraron a subir los precios they rushed to put their prices up, they wasted no time in putting their prices up

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apresurar (conjugate apresurar) verbo transitivo

a) (meter prisa a) to hurry

b) (acelerar) ‹proceso/cambio› to speed up;

‹paso› to quicken
apresurarse verbo pronominal:

◊ ¡apresúrate! hurry up!;

no nos apresuremos demasiado let's not be hasty;
se apresuró a defenderla he hastened o rushed to her defense
apresurar verbo transitivo to speed up

'apresurar' also found in these entries:
English:
rush

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apresurar

♦ vt

1. [meter prisa a] to hurry along, to speed up;

nos apresuró para que termináramos he tried to get us to finish quicker;

no quiero apresurar las cosas I don't want to rush things

2. [acelerar]

apresurar el paso to quicken one's pace;

apresura la marcha o no llegaremos hurry up or we won't get there on time

♦ See also the pronominal verb apresurarse

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apresurar

v/t hurry

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apresurar vt

: to quicken, to speed up

♦ See also the reflexive verb apresurarse

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apresurar vb to hurry [pt. & pp. hurried]

apresurar el paso to hurry up / to get a move on