confortar

v.

to console, to comfort.

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confortar

► verbo transitivo

1 (dar vigor) to invigorate

2 figurado (consolar) to comfort

3 figurado (animar) to cheer

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VT

1) (=consolar) to comfort

2) (Med) to soothe

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verbo transitivo to reassure, comfort

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= comfort, console, take + heart.

Ex. Dr. Burgoyne distinguishes between books which comfort and confirm and those that challenge and subvert.

Ex. When the Jesuit order left China they left behind, as their last legacy, a haunting epitaph: 'Move on, voyager, congratulate the dead, console the living, pray for everyone, wonder, and be silent'.

Ex. But I take heart from something that Bill Frye said when he agreed to outline a national program for preserving millions of books in danger of deterioration = Aunque me fortalezco con algo que Bill Frye dijo cuando aceptó esbozar un programa nacional para la conservación de millones de libros en peligro de deterioro.

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* confortarse (con) = take + comfort (at/in/from).

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verbo transitivo to reassure, comfort

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= comfort, console, take + heart.

Ex: Dr. Burgoyne distinguishes between books which comfort and confirm and those that challenge and subvert.

Ex: When the Jesuit order left China they left behind, as their last legacy, a haunting epitaph: 'Move on, voyager, congratulate the dead, console the living, pray for everyone, wonder, and be silent'.

Ex: But I take heart from something that Bill Frye said when he agreed to outline a national program for preserving millions of books in danger of deterioration = Aunque me fortalezco con algo que Bill Frye dijo cuando aceptó esbozar un programa nacional para la conservación de millones de libros en peligro de deterioro.

* confortarse (con) = take + comfort (at/in/from).

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confortar [A1 ]

vt

to reassure, comfort

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confortar (conjugate confortar) verbo transitivo
to reassure, comfort
confortar verbo transitivo to comfort: me confortó con sus sabias palabras, she comforted me with her words of wisdom

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confortar vt

1. [fortalecer]

esta sopa te confortará this soup will do you good

2. [alentar, consolar] to console, to comfort

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confortar

v/t

:

confortar a alguien comfort s.o.

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confortar vt

consolar: to comfort, to console