arriscar

v.

1 to plunge over a cliff (rebaño ovejas).

Quien no arrisca no aprisca, nothing ventured, nothing gained

2 to risk.

3 to risk to.

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1.

VT to risk

2.

See:

arriscarse

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verbo intransitivo (Col)

arriscar con algo — to be up to something

ese caballo no arrisca con tanta carga — that horse isn't up to carrying a load like that

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verbo intransitivo (Col)

arriscar con algo — to be up to something

ese caballo no arrisca con tanta carga — that horse isn't up to carrying a load like that

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arriscar [A2 ]

vt

(Chi) ‹ropa› to wrinkle (AmE), to crumple (BrE), to crease (BrE)

arriscó la nariz en señal de asco she turned her nose up o wrinkled her nose in disgust

■ arriscar

vi

(Col) arriscar CON algo; to be up to sth

ese caballo no arrisca con tanta carga that horse isn't up to carrying a load like that

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arriscar

♦ vt

Andes, CAm, Méx [remangar] to roll up

♦ vi

Col [osar] to dare;

a que usted no arrisca con un bulto de cemento I bet you can't lift a bag of cement

♦ See also the pronominal verb arriscarse