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tə'wo:d(z), ]( American) to:rd(z)1) ((moving, facing etc) in the direction of: He walked toward the door; She turned towards him.) hacia2) (in relation to: What are your feelings towards him?) hacia3) (as a contribution or help to: Here's $3 towards the cost of the journey.) para4) ((of time) near: Towards night-time, the weather worsened.) hacia, cerca detr[tə'wɔːd]1 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL→ link=towards towards{heading toward town: dirigiéndose rumbo al puebloefforts towards peace: esfuerzos hacia la paztoward midnight: alrededor de la medianoche3) regarding: hacia, con respecto ahis attitude toward life: su actitud hacia la vida4) for: para, como pago parcial de (una compra o deuda)prep.• cerca de prep.• del lado de prep.• hacia prep.• para con prep.• sobre prep.• tocante a prep.tɔːrd, tə'wɔːdesp BrE towards tɔːrdz, tə'wɔːdz preposition1)a) ( in the direction of) haciafurther south, toward the Mexican border — más al sur, más cerca de la frontera con México
b) ( facing)she sat with her back toward me/toward the fire — estaba sentada de espaldas a mí/a la chimenea
2) ( of time) hacia, alrededor de3) ( as contribution)she gave us $100 toward it — nos dio 100 dólares como contribución, contribuyó con 100 dólares
4) ( regarding) para con, haciayour attitude toward them — tu actitud para con or hacia ellos
[tǝ'wɔːd]PREP1) (direction) haciawe walked toward the sea — caminamos hacia el mar or rumbo al mar
2) (time) alrededor de, a eso detoward six o'clock — hacia las seis, a eso de las seis
3) (attitude) para con, con respecto a, haciahis attitude toward the church — su actitud para con or con respecto a or hacia la iglesia
to feel friendly toward sb — sentir simpatía hacia or por algn
4) (purpose) parait helps toward a solution — contribuye a la solución, ayuda en el esfuerzo por encontrar una solución
* * *[tɔːrd, tə'wɔːd]esp BrE towards [tɔːrdz, tə'wɔːdz] preposition1)a) ( in the direction of) haciafurther south, toward the Mexican border — más al sur, más cerca de la frontera con México
b) ( facing)she sat with her back toward me/toward the fire — estaba sentada de espaldas a mí/a la chimenea
2) ( of time) hacia, alrededor de3) ( as contribution)she gave us $100 toward it — nos dio 100 dólares como contribución, contribuyó con 100 dólares
4) ( regarding) para con, haciayour attitude toward them — tu actitud para con or hacia ellos
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