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1 apropiarse
1 to appropriate (de, -), take possession (de, of)* * *VPR* * *verbo pronominales para todos, así que no te apropies de él — (fam) it's for everyone so don't keep it all to yourself
te lo presto, pero no te lo apropies — (fam) I'll lend it to you, but don't get too attached to it
* * *= co-opt, swipe.Ex. Social workers accused librarians of moving into their territory, of co-opting their activity, of doing social work without training, of being representative of establishment interests.Ex. A thief has swiped the solid-gold medallion given as a Nobel Prize in Physics to Ernest Lawrence.----* apropiarse de = appropriate, grab, commandeer.* apropiarse indebidamente = embezzle, misappropriate.* * *verbo pronominales para todos, así que no te apropies de él — (fam) it's for everyone so don't keep it all to yourself
te lo presto, pero no te lo apropies — (fam) I'll lend it to you, but don't get too attached to it
* * *= co-opt, swipe.Ex: Social workers accused librarians of moving into their territory, of co-opting their activity, of doing social work without training, of being representative of establishment interests.
Ex: A thief has swiped the solid-gold medallion given as a Nobel Prize in Physics to Ernest Lawrence.* apropiarse de = appropriate, grab, commandeer.* apropiarse indebidamente = embezzle, misappropriate.* * *apropiarse [A1 ]apropiarse ( DE) algo to appropriate sth ( frml)es para todos, así que no te lo apropies or no te apropies de él ( fam); it's for everyone so don't keep it all to yourself o don't monopolize it o ( colloq) don't hog itte lo presto, pero no te lo apropies ( fam); I'll lend it to you, but I'd like it back o but don't get too attached to itapropiándose de una frase del Presidente using o borrowing one of the President's phrases* * *
apropiarse ( conjugate apropiarse) verbo pronominal apropiarse (de) algo to take o (frml) appropriate sth
apropiarse verbo reflexivo to appropriate
' apropiarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adueñarse
English:
appropriate
- borrow
- grab
* * *vprapropiarse de [tomar posesión de] to appropriate;se ha apropiado de ese sillón he treats that chair as if it belongs to him;se apropió de mis ideas para redactar el proyecto he stole my ideas for the plan* * *v/r:apropiarse de algo take sth* * *apropiarse vrapropiarse de : to take possession of, to appropriate
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