- 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 transitivo1 (poner en peligro) to hazard, risk2 (idea, opinión, etc) to venture, dare, hazard► verbo pronominal aventurarse1 to venture, dare* * *verbto risk, venture* * *1.VT (=arriesgar) to venture, risk; [+ opinión etc] to hazard; [+ capital] to risk, stake2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <opinión> to venture, put forward; <conjetura> to hazard
no podemos aventurar cifras — we cannot speculate on the figures
b) <dinero> to risk, stake2.aventurarse v pron to venturese 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 transitivoa) <opinión> to venture, put forward; <conjetura> to hazardno podemos aventurar cifras — we cannot speculate on the figures
b) <dinero> to risk, stake2.aventurarse v pron to venturese 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 ]vt1 ‹suposición/opinión› to venture, put forward; ‹conjetura› to hazardsería peligroso aventurar las causas del accidente it would be dangerous to speculate on the causes of the accidentno hay indicios que permitan aventurar cifras there are no clues which allow us to speculate on the figureslos sondeos aventuraron su victoria the polls predicted their victory2 ‹dinero› to risk, stakeaventuró todo su dinero en ese negocio he staked o risked all his money on that deal■ aventurarsev pronto venturese aventuró por el desierto she ventured into the desertaventurarse A + INF:no me aventuré a dirigirle la palabra I didn't dare (to) speak to herme 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♦ vt1. [dinero, capital] to risk, to venture2. [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* * *aventurarv/t1 risk2 opinión venture* * *aventurar vt: to venture, to risk♦ See also the reflexive verb aventurarse
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.