telefonear

v.

1 to phone.

2 to phone, to call on the phone, to call up, to ring up.

María telefonea a su madre siempre Mary phones her mother always.

María telefoneó ayer Mary called up yesterday.

3 to receive a telephone call.

Se me telefoneó I received a telephone call.

4 to receive a telephone call from.

Me telefoneó María I received a telephone call from Mary.

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telefonear

► verbo intransitivo

1 to telephone, phone

► verbo transitivo

1 to telephone, phone

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verb

to call, phone, telephone

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VT VI to telephone, phone (up)

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1.

verbo transitivo to telephone, phone, call

¿puedo telefonear a Londres? — can I make a (telephone) call to London?

2.

telefonear vi to telephone, phone

telefoneé para pedir un taxi — I phoned o telephoned for a cab

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= phone, telephone.

Ex. For price and order information, write or phone the address given above.

Ex. If the borrower has telephoned in a request for a renewal, a character should be typed in the 'Renewal only' field.

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1.

verbo transitivo to telephone, phone, call

¿puedo telefonear a Londres? — can I make a (telephone) call to London?

2.

telefonear vi to telephone, phone

telefoneé para pedir un taxi — I phoned o telephoned for a cab

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= phone, telephone.

Ex: For price and order information, write or phone the address given above.

Ex: If the borrower has telephoned in a request for a renewal, a character should be typed in the 'Renewal only' field.

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telefonear [A1 ]

vt

[Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] to telephone, phone, call

me telefoneó para decirme que venía she called o she phoned me to say she was coming

¿puedo telefonear a Londres? can I make a (telephone) call to London?, can I call London?

■ telefonear

vi

to telephone, phone

telefoneé para pedir un taxi I phoned o telephoned for a cab, I called a cab

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telefonear (conjugate telefonear) verbo transitivo
to telephone, phone, call;

◊ ¿puedo telefonear a Londres? can I make a (telephone) call to London?

verbo intransitivo
to telephone, phone
telefonear verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to telephone, phone
También puedes usar otras expresiones:
• to ring sb, to ring sb up;
• to call sb se utiliza sobre todo en la expresión to call sb back, contestar una llamada;
• to give sb a ring y, sobre todo, to give sb a tinkle (tintineo) son más coloquiales, mientras que to give sb a buzz (telefonazo) procede del argot.

'telefonear' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
llamar
English:
always
- ring
- telephone
- phone

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telefonear

♦ vt

to phone, Br to ring;

me telefoneó para contármelo she phoned to tell me

♦ vi

to phone;

no nos dejan telefonear al extranjero we're not allowed to phone abroad

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telefonear

v/t & v/i call, phone

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telefonear v

: to telephone, to call

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telefonear vb to telephone / to phone