- sonreír
- v.1 to smile, to crack a smile.Ella sonríe cuando le pagan She smiles when they pay her.2 to smile at, to smile to.Me sonrió María Mary smiled at me.3 to smile on.Le sonrió la vida Life smiled on her.* * *sonreír► verbo intransitivo1 to smile► verbo transitivo1 to smile at■ le sonrió she smiled at him2 figurado (favorecer) to smile on, smile upon■ la fortuna no le sonríe fortune doesn't smile upon him► verbo pronominal sonreírse1 to smile* * *verbto smile* * *1. VI1) [persona] to smile
sonreír a algn — to smile at sb
el chiste no le hizo ni sonreír — she didn't even smile at the joke
sonreír forzadamente — to force a smile
2) (=favorecer)le sonríe la fortuna — fortune smiles (up)on him
el porvenir le sonríe — he has a bright future ahead of him
2.See:* * *1.verbo intransitivoa) persona to smilesonreír(le) a alguien — to smile at somebody
b) vida/fortuna (+ me/te/le etc) to smile on2.el futuro le sonríe — his future is bright
sonreírse v pron to smile* * *= break into + a smile, give + a grin, grin, beam.Ex. Her face broke into a warm friendly smile.Ex. James gave her what amounted to a grin.Ex. 'I know for a fact that it has to be modified, and more than a little,' she said, grinning awkwardly.Ex. Natasha continued to lean out of the window for a long time, beaming at him with her kindly, slightly quizzical, happy smile.----* dejar de sonreír = extinguish + smile.* sonreír (a) = smile (at).* sonreír socarronamente = smirk.* * *1.verbo intransitivoa) persona to smilesonreír(le) a alguien — to smile at somebody
b) vida/fortuna (+ me/te/le etc) to smile on2.el futuro le sonríe — his future is bright
sonreírse v pron to smile* * *= break into + a smile, give + a grin, grin, beam.Ex: Her face broke into a warm friendly smile.
Ex: James gave her what amounted to a grin.Ex: 'I know for a fact that it has to be modified, and more than a little,' she said, grinning awkwardly.Ex: Natasha continued to lean out of the window for a long time, beaming at him with her kindly, slightly quizzical, happy smile.* dejar de sonreír = extinguish + smile.* sonreír (a) = smile (at).* sonreír socarronamente = smirk.* * *sonreír [I18 ]vi1 «persona» to smileal pasar por mi lado, me sonrió he smiled at me as he went past2 «vida/fortuna» (+ me/te/le etc) to smile onel futuro le sonríe his future is bright■ sonreírsev pronto smile* * *
sonreír (conjugate sonreír) verbo intransitivoa) [persona] to smile;
sonreír(le) a algn to smile at sbb) [vida/fortuna] (+ me/te/le etc) to smile on
sonreír vi, sonreírse verbo reflexivo to smile: le sonreía, she was smiling at him
'sonreír' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sonreírse
English:
beam
- grin
- smile
- smirk
- raise
* * *sonreír♦ vi1. [reír levemente] to smile;me sonrió she smiled at me2. [ser favorable]sonreír a alguien to smile on sb;le sonrió la fortuna fortune smiled on him♦ See also the pronominal verb sonreírse* * *sonreírv/i smile;sonreír a alguien smile at s.o.;la suerte le sonríe fortune smiles on him* * *sonreír {66} vi: to smile* * *sonreír vb to smileel niño me sonrió the boy smiled at me
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