asomarse

asomarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (a ventana) to stick one's head out (a, of), lean out (a, of); (a balcón) to come out (a, onto)

■ varios vecinos se asomaron a la ventana para ver qué pasaba several neighbours stuck their heads out of their windows to see what was happening

2 (aparecer) to appear

■ personas que se asoman a la pantalla televisiva people who appear on our television screens

■ las calles están casi desiertas, pero aún se asoma algún borracho the streets are almost deserted, but the odd drunk is still to be seen

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1) to come out, appear

2) lean out, look out

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VPR

1) [persona]

algunos vecinos se asomaron a mirar — some neighbours came out to look

prohibido asomarse — do not lean out of the window

asomarse a o por — [+ precipicio, barandilla] to lean over; [+ ventana] [para mirar] to look out of; [sacando el cuerpo] to lean out of

me asomé a la ventana y vi que no estaba el coche — I looked out of the window and saw that the car wasn't there

la vieron asomada a la ventana, regando las macetas — they saw her leaning out of the window, watering her plants

asomaos a la terraza para ver la vista — come out on to the terrace to see the view

¡ven, asómate a la puerta! — come on, come to the door!

vamos a asomarnos a las calles esta mañana — (Radio, TV) let's take a look at what's happening on the streets this morning

si nos asomamos al panorama de la economía actual — if we take a brief look at the current economic situation

2) (=mostrarse)

el ciprés se asomaba por encima de la tapia — the cypress showed above the wall, the cypress protruded over the top of the wall

3) * (=emborracharse) to get tight *, get tipsy

4) And (=acercarse) to approach, come close, come close to

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■asomarse verbo reflexivo
1 to lean out: se asomó a la ventana, she leant out of the window
2 (entrar un momento) to pop in
(salir un momento) to pop out
'asomarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
asomar
English:
lean out
- show

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vpr

1. [sacar la cabeza]

asomarse a la ventana [abierta] to stick one's head out of the window;

[cerrada] to go/come to the window;

asomarse al balcón to go out onto the balcony, to appear on the balcony;

prohibido asomarse por la ventanilla [en letrero] do not lean out of the window;

Fig

nos vamos a asomarse ahora a un tema polémico we are now going to touch upon a controversial subject

2. [mostrarse] to show oneself, to appear;

después de una recepción tan hostil, no se volverá a asomarse por aquí en mucho tiempo after such a hostile reception, she won't show her face o herself round here again for a while

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asomarse

v/r lean out;

asomarse a o

por la ventana lean out of the window

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vr

1) : to show, to appear

2) : to lean out, to look out

se asomó por la ventana: he leaned out the window

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asomarse vb

asómate a la ventana come to the window / look out of the window