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1 advocate
s.1 abogado, letrado.2 intercesor, medianero, favorecedor, defensor, protector.s.1 abogado(a) (ley) (inglés de Escocia)2 defensor(ora) (de causa, doctrina)3 partidario.4 protector.vt.1 abogar por, defender (policy, plan)2 apoyar.3 abogar a favor de que, abogar por que. (pt & pp advocated) -
2 urge
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1. verb1) (to try to persuade or request earnestly (someone to do something): He urged her to drive carefully; `Come with me,' he urged.) exhortar, incitar2) (to try to convince a person of (eg the importance of, or necessity for, some action): He urged (on them) the necessity for speed.) insistir
2. noun(a strong impulse or desire: I felt an urge to hit him.) impulso, deseo- urge onurge1 n impulso / ganasurge2 vb animar / recomendar vivamente / instartr[ɜːʤ]1 impulso, deseo1 encarecer, preconizar, instar, insistir3 (encourage) animar■ the mother urged the child to take part in the play la madre animó al niño a que participara en la obra\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto urge somebody on darle cuerda a alguien1) press: instar, apremiar, insistirwe urged him to come: insistimos en que viniera2) advocate: recomendar, abogar por3)to urge on : animar, alentarurge n: impulso m, ganas fpl, compulsión fv.• afanar v.• ahincar v.• apremiar v.• arrastrar v.• azuzar v.• calentar v.• hostigar v.• impeler v.• incitar v.• instar v.• perorar v.• requerir v.n.• impulso s.m.• instinto s.m.• prurito s.m.
I ɜːrdʒ, ɜːdʒnoun ganas fpl, impulso mthe creative urge — el impulso creativo or creador
sexual urges — impulsos mpl sexuales
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to urge somebody to + INF — instar a alguien a que (+ subj) (frml), pedirle* a alguien con insistencia que (+ subj)
Phrasal Verbs:- urge on[ɜːdʒ]1.N impulso m ; (sexual etc) deseo mthe urge to write — el deseo apremiante de escribir, la ambición de hacerse escritor
to feel an urge to do sth — sentir fuertes deseos or ganas de hacer algo
to get or have the urge (to do sth): when you get or have the urge to eat something exotic... — cuando te entren ganas de comer algo exótico
2. VT1) (=try to persuade) animar, alentarto urge sb to do sth — animar or instar a algn a hacer algo
2) (=advocate) recomendar, abogar porto urge sth on or upon sb — insistir en algo con algn
- urge on* * *
I [ɜːrdʒ, ɜːdʒ]noun ganas fpl, impulso mthe creative urge — el impulso creativo or creador
sexual urges — impulsos mpl sexuales
II
to urge somebody to + INF — instar a alguien a que (+ subj) (frml), pedirle* a alguien con insistencia que (+ subj)
Phrasal Verbs:- urge on
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