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ri'ækt1) (to behave in a certain way as a result of something: How did he react when you called him a fool?; He reacted angrily to the criticism; Hydrogen reacts with oxygen to form water.) reaccionar2) ((with against) to behave or act in a certain way in order to show rejection of: Young people tend to react against their parents.) reaccionar3) ((with to) to be affected, usually badly, by (a drug etc): I react very badly to penicillin.) reaccionar (a)•- reaction- reactionary
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react vb reaccionartr[rɪ'ækt]1 reaccionar■ how did he react to the news? ¿cómo reaccionó ante la noticia?■ they reacted to the robberies by installing alarms su reacción ante los robos fue la de instalar alarmasreact [ri'ækt] vi: reaccionarv.• reaccionar v.ri'æktintransitive verb reaccionarto react with something — (Phys, Chem) reaccionar con algo
to react TO something: how did he react to the news? — ¿cómo reaccionó al oír la noticia?
[riː'ækt]VI1) (gen) reaccionarto react against sth/sb — reaccionar contra algo/algn
companies have reacted by increasing their prices — la reacción de las empresas ha sido subir los precios, las empresas han reaccionado subiendo los precios
to react on sth/sb — afectar algo/a algn
alcohol always reacted badly on him — el alcohol siempre le afectaba negativamente, siempre tenía una reacción mala con el alcohol
to react to — [+ news, situation] reaccionar ante; [+ foreign substance] reaccionar a
to react to sb — reaccionar or responder ante algn
2) (Chem, Phys) reaccionar ( with con)to react together — tener una reacción conjunta, reaccionar conjuntamente
* * *[ri'ækt]intransitive verb reaccionarto react with something — (Phys, Chem) reaccionar con algo
to react TO something: how did he react to the news? — ¿cómo reaccionó al oír la noticia?