aventurar

v.

1 to venture, to hazard.

María aventuró una sugerencia Mary ventured a suggestion.

2 to risk, to run the risk of, to chance, to gamble.

El millonario aventuró su dinero The millionaire risked his money.

3 to take a chance, to take chances.

Me aventuré I took a chance.

4 to launch into a venture.

* * *

aventurar

► verbo transitivo

1 (poner en peligro) to hazard, risk

2 (idea, opinión, etc) to venture, dare, hazard

► verbo pronominal aventurarse

1 to venture, dare

* * *

verb

to risk, venture

* * *

1.

VT (=arriesgar) to venture, risk; [+ opinión etc] to hazard; [+ capital] to risk, stake

2.

See:

aventurarse

* * *

1.

verbo transitivo

a) <opinión> to venture, put forward; <conjetura> to hazard

no podemos aventurar cifras — we cannot speculate on the figures

b) <dinero> to risk, stake

2.

aventurarse v pron to venture

se aventuró por el desierto — she ventured into the desert

aventurarse a + inf: no me aventuré a hablarle I didn't dare (to) speak to her; me aventuraría a decir que ... — I would go so far as to say that ...

* * *

----

* aventurarse = venture, go out on + a limb, take + chances (on), take + Posesivo + chances.

* aventurarse a decir = venture.

* aventurarse a entrar en = venture into.

* aventurarse a especular sobre = hazard + a guess at.

* aventurarse a salir = venture forth.

* aventurarse aún más = go + one step further.

* el que no se aventura no cruza el mar = nothing ventured, nothing gained.

* * *

1.

verbo transitivo

a) <opinión> to venture, put forward; <conjetura> to hazard

no podemos aventurar cifras — we cannot speculate on the figures

b) <dinero> to risk, stake

2.

aventurarse v pron to venture

se aventuró por el desierto — she ventured into the desert

aventurarse a + inf: no me aventuré a hablarle I didn't dare (to) speak to her; me aventuraría a decir que ... — I would go so far as to say that ...

* * *

* aventurarse = venture, go out on + a limb, take + chances (on), take + Posesivo + chances.

* aventurarse a decir = venture.

* aventurarse a entrar en = venture into.

* aventurarse a especular sobre = hazard + a guess at.

* aventurarse a salir = venture forth.

* aventurarse aún más = go + one step further.

* el que no se aventura no cruza el mar = nothing ventured, nothing gained.

* * *

aventurar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹suposición/opinión› to venture, put forward; ‹conjetura› to hazard

sería peligroso aventurar las causas del accidente it would be dangerous to speculate on the causes of the accident

no hay indicios que permitan aventurar cifras there are no clues which allow us to speculate on the figures

los sondeos aventuraron su victoria the polls predicted their victory

2 ‹dinero› to risk, stake

aventuró todo su dinero en ese negocio he staked o risked all his money on that deal

■ aventurarse

v pron

to venture

se aventuró por el desierto she ventured into the desert

aventurarse A + INF:

no me aventuré a dirigirle la palabra I didn't dare (to) speak to her

me aventuraría a decir que … I would go as far as to say that …, I would even venture to say that …

* * *

aventurar (conjugate aventurar) verbo transitivo ‹opinión› to venture, put forward;
‹conjetura› to hazard
aventurarse verbo pronominal
to venture;

◊ me aventuraría a decir que … I would go so far as to say that …

aventurar vtr (hipótesis, opinión) to venture

'aventurar' also found in these entries:
English:
hazard
- venture

* * *

aventurar

♦ vt

1. [dinero, capital] to risk, to venture

2. [opinión, conjetura] to venture, to hazard;

no me atrevo a aventurar un resultado I wouldn't like to hazard a guess at what the result will be;

me aventuré a sugerir el aplazamiento de la reunión I ventured to suggest that the meeting should be postponed

♦ See also the pronominal verb aventurarse

* * *

aventurar

v/t

1 risk

2 opinión venture

* * *

aventurar vt

: to venture, to risk

♦ See also the reflexive verb aventurarse