predicar

v.

1 to preach.

es como predicar en el desierto it's like talking to a brick wall

2 to preach to, to claim to.

Les predicó la verdad He preached them the truth.

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predicar

Conjugation model [SACAR], like {{link=sacar}}sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 to preach

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FRASEOLOGÍA

predicar con el ejemplo to practise (US practice) what one preaches

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verb

to preach

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VT VI to preach

predicar con el ejemplo — to practise what one preaches

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1.

verbo intransitivo to preach

predicar con el ejemplo — to practice what one preaches

2.

predicar vt (Relig) to preach; (aconsejar) to advocate

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= preach.

Ex. A major failing of the information industry is that its members tend to preach to one another whereas what they should be doing is talking to everyone else outside the information industry.

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* predicar a los conversos = preach + to the converted, speak to + the converted.

* predicar con el ejemplo = practise what + Pronombre + preach, walk + the talk, put + Posesivo + money where + Posesivo + mouth is.

* predicar el evangelio = evangelise [evangelize, -USA].

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1.

verbo intransitivo to preach

predicar con el ejemplo — to practice what one preaches

2.

predicar vt (Relig) to preach; (aconsejar) to advocate

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= preach.

Ex: A major failing of the information industry is that its members tend to preach to one another whereas what they should be doing is talking to everyone else outside the information industry.

* predicar a los conversos = preach + to the converted, speak to + the converted.

* predicar con el ejemplo = practise what + Pronombre + preach, walk + the talk, put + Posesivo + money where + Posesivo + mouth is.

* predicar el evangelio = evangelise [evangelize, -USA].

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predicar [A2 ]

vi

1 (Relig) to preach

predicar con el ejemplo to practice what one preaches

2 (sermonear) to preach

■ predicar

vt

1 (Relig) to preach

2 (aconsejar) to advocate

predican austeridad they are preaching o advocating austerity

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predicar (conjugate predicar) verbo intransitivo
to preach
predicar verbo transitivo to preach
'predicar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desierta
- desierto
English:
money
- preach

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predicar

♦ vt

to preach

♦ vi

to preach;

Comp

predicar con el ejemplo to practice what one preaches, to set a good example;

Comp

es como predicar en el desierto it's like talking to a brick wall

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predicar

v/t preach;

predicar con el ejemplo practice o Br practise what one preaches

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predicar {72} v

: to preach

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predicar vb to preach