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1 acaparar
v.1 to monopolize.acaparaba las miradas de todos all eyes were upon herlos atletas alemanes acapararon las medallas the German athletes swept the boardEXEX acapara las ventas EXEX monopolizes sales.Annette acapara a Ricardo Annette monopolizes Richard.2 to hoard (aprovisionarse de).3 to accumulate.4 to steal.El niñito acaparó toda la atención The little boy stole all the attention.* * *1 (productos) to hoard; (mercado) to corner, buy up2 (monopolizar) to monopolize, keep for oneself* * *VT1) (=acumular) [+ víveres, bienes] to hoard2) (=tener la totalidad de)a) [+ producción, poder, conversación] to monopolizeacaparan la distribución de gasolina en la zona — they have a monopoly on the distribution of petrol in the area
b) pey to hog *, monopolizea ver si no acaparas el teléfono — don't hog * o monopolize the telephone, will you?
3) (=quedarse con) to takehan acaparado un 25% del mercado de ventas a domicilio — they have captured o taken a 25% share of the home sales market
la industria acapara la mayor parte de las ayudas del gobierno — industry gets most of the government aid
4) (=poseer) to holdla empresa acapara el 40% de la tierra — the company owns 40% of the land
5) (=ocupar) to take upel accidente acaparó las primeras páginas de todos los periódicos — the accident took up the front pages in all the newspapers
6) [+ atención, interés] to captureeste asunto acaparó la atención de todos los políticos — this issue captured the attention of all the politicians
* * *verbo transitivoa) <productos/existencias> to hoard, stockpileb) <interés/atención> to capturec) (fam) ( monopolizar) to hog (colloq)* * *= overtax, hoard, monopolise [monopolize, -USA], overtake.Ex. Currently, they are trying to charge Internet providers more because Internet use is overtaxing the telephone networks.Ex. What one might call 'fetishistic bibliomania' is a disease -- and few serious book-readers, let alone librarians, are free from a squirrel-like proclivity to hoard books.Ex. The fact that this catalogue is in book form means that there is less likelihood of one reader monopolizing the catalogue.Ex. E-Books, while a curiosity and a lot of fun, do not seem to be overtaking the mass market.----* acaparar el mercado = dominate + the scene, corner + the market.* acaparar el tiempo de Alguien = monopolise + time.* acaparar la atención de Alguien = monopolise + attention.* acaparar las noticias = grab + the headlines, hit + the headlines.* acaparar toda la atención = steal + the limelight, steal + the show.* competir por acaparar la atención de Alguien = compete for + attention.* * *verbo transitivoa) <productos/existencias> to hoard, stockpileb) <interés/atención> to capturec) (fam) ( monopolizar) to hog (colloq)* * *= overtax, hoard, monopolise [monopolize, -USA], overtake.Ex: Currently, they are trying to charge Internet providers more because Internet use is overtaxing the telephone networks.
Ex: What one might call 'fetishistic bibliomania' is a disease -- and few serious book-readers, let alone librarians, are free from a squirrel-like proclivity to hoard books.Ex: The fact that this catalogue is in book form means that there is less likelihood of one reader monopolizing the catalogue.Ex: E-Books, while a curiosity and a lot of fun, do not seem to be overtaking the mass market.* acaparar el mercado = dominate + the scene, corner + the market.* acaparar el tiempo de Alguien = monopolise + time.* acaparar la atención de Alguien = monopolise + attention.* acaparar las noticias = grab + the headlines, hit + the headlines.* acaparar toda la atención = steal + the limelight, steal + the show.* competir por acaparar la atención de Alguien = compete for + attention.* * *acaparar [A1 ]vt1 ‹productos/existencias› to hoard, stockpile2 ‹atención/interés› to captureel trabajo acapara todo su tiempo work takes up all his timeacaparó todas las miradas all eyes were on her* * *
acaparar ( conjugate acaparar) verbo transitivo
acaparar verbo transitivo
1 (almacenar) to hoard
(especular) to corner
2 fig (a una persona) to monopolize
(la atención) to capture
' acaparar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abarcar
- barrer
English:
buy up
- corner
- hoard
- monopolize
- hog
- lime
* * *acaparar vt1. [monopolizar] to monopolize;[mercado] to corner;acaparaba las miradas de todos all eyes were upon her;los atletas alemanes acapararon las medallas the German athletes swept the board;una vez más las elecciones acapararon el interés de la prensa once more the newspapers were dominated by the elections2. [aprovisionarse de] to hoard* * *v/t1 hoard, stockpile2 tiempo take up3 interés capture4 fam ( monopolizar) monopolize, hog fam* * *acaparar vt1) : to stockpile, to hoard2) : to monopolize* * *acaparar vb to hoard
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