sortear

v.

1 to raffle.

van a sortear un viaje there will be a prize draw for a holiday

2 to negotiate (esquivar) (obstáculos).

sortearon todas las dificultades que encontraron they got o worked around all the difficulties they came up against

3 to get around, to avoid, to dodge.

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sortear

► verbo transitivo

1 (echar a suertes) to draw lots for, cast lots for

2 (rifar) to raffle

3 MILITAR to draft

4 figurado (obstáculos, dificultad) to get round, overcome; (preguntas) to dodge, evade, get round

5 (en los toros) to dodge

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1. VT

1) (=decidir al azar) to draw lots for

2) (=rifar) [gen] to raffle; (Dep) to toss up for

3) (=evitar) [+ obstáculo] to dodge, avoid

el torero sorteó al toro — the bullfighter dodged out of the bull's way

el esquiador sorteó las banderas con habilidad — the skier swerved skilfully round the flags

aquí hay que sortear el tráfico — you have to weave in and out of the traffic here

4) (=librarse de) [+ dificultad] to avoid, get round; [+ pregunta] to handle, deal with, deal with skilfully o (EEUU) skillfully

2. VI

1) [en sorteo] to draw lots

2) [con moneda] to toss, toss up

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verbo transitivo

1) <premio/puesto> to draw lots for

sortearon los puestos de salida — they drew lots to decide the starting positions

se sorteará un coche — there will be a prize draw for a car

2)

a) <bache/obstáculo> to avoid, negotiate

b) <problema/dificultad> to get around

sorteó las preguntas con habilidad — he dealt with the questions skillfully

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= raffle.

Ex. One of the new features of this conference was the raffle, organized by asking delegates to bring gifts from their own countries to be raffled to raise funds to pay for delegates from the developing world to attend future IFLA conferences.

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* sortear un pregunta = field + question.

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verbo transitivo

1) <premio/puesto> to draw lots for

sortearon los puestos de salida — they drew lots to decide the starting positions

se sorteará un coche — there will be a prize draw for a car

2)

a) <bache/obstáculo> to avoid, negotiate

b) <problema/dificultad> to get around

sorteó las preguntas con habilidad — he dealt with the questions skillfully

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= raffle.

Ex: One of the new features of this conference was the raffle, organized by asking delegates to bring gifts from their own countries to be raffled to raise funds to pay for delegates from the developing world to attend future IFLA conferences.

* sortear un pregunta = field + question.

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sortear [A1 ]

vt

A ‹premio/puesto› to draw lots for

sortearon los puestos de salida they drew lots to decide the starting positions

se sorteará un coche there will be a prize draw for a car

B ‹bache/obstáculo› to avoid, negotiate; ‹problema/dificultad› to get around

conducía a gran velocidad, sorteando los vehículos he drove very fast, dodging o swerving in and out of the traffic

sorteó las preguntas con habilidad he dealt with o handled the questions skillfully

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sortear (conjugate sortear) verbo transitivo
1 ‹premio/puesto› to draw lots for;

◊ se sorteará un coche there will be a prize draw for a car

2

a) ‹bache/obstáculo› to avoid, negotiate

b) ‹problema/dificultad› to get around

sortear verbo transitivo
1 (un obstáculo, peligro) to avoid, get round, overcome: tuvimos que sortear muchos peligros, we had to overcome many dangers
2 (echar a suertes) to draw lots for
(rifar) to raffle (off)
'sortear' also found in these entries:
English:
get round
- negotiate
- get
- raffle

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sortear

♦ vt

1. [rifar] to raffle;

[echar a suertes] to draw lots for;

van a sortear un viaje there will be a prize draw to win a Br holiday o US vacation

2. [esquivar] to dodge;

logró sortear todos los obstáculos he managed to negotiate all the obstacles;

sortearon todas las dificultades que encontraron they got o worked around all the difficulties they came up against;

sorteó hábilmente sus preguntas he skilfully avoided o sidestepped her questions

3. Mil

sortear a alguien = to decide by lots where someone will be posted for their military service

♦ See also the pronominal verb sortearse

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sortear

v/t

1 premio draw lots for

2 obstáculo get round

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sortear vt

1) rifar: to raffle, to draw lots for

2) : to dodge, to avoid

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sortear vb to hold a prize draw for [pt. & pp. held]

sortearon un viaje a Nueva York they held a prize draw for a trip to New York