to put sth towards

to put something in the oven — poner* or meter algo en el horno

did you put salt in it? — ¿le pusiste or le echaste sal?

I put myself on the list — me apunté or me puse en la lista

not to know where to put oneself o (AmE also) one's face (colloq) — no saber* dónde ponerse or meterse

to put something behind one — olvidar or superar algo

she puts herself first — se pone ella primero or en primer lugar

to put something above/before something: I put honesty above all other virtues para mí la honestidad está por encima de todas las demás virtudes or por encima de todo; he puts his art before everything else — antepone su arte a todo

this victory puts them in o into the lead — con esta victoria pasan a ocupar la delantera

to put something to good use — \<\<time/ability/object\>\> hacer* buen uso de algo

to put somebody to something: I don't want to put you to any trouble no quiero causarle ninguna molestia; I put her to work — la puse a trabajar; death, shame I 1), test I 1) b) etc

to put something into something — \<\<money\>\> invertir* algo en algo

to put something on something — \<\<money\>\> apostar* or jugarse* algo a algo

to put something in something/somebody: I put my trust in you puse or (liter) deposité mi confianza en ti; I don't put much faith in conventional medicine — no le tengo mucha fe a la medicina convencional

to put something to somebody: to put a question to somebody hacerle* una pregunta a algn; the employers' offer will be put to a mass meeting la oferta de la patronal será sometida a votación en una asamblea; I put it to you that... — (frml) mi opinión es que...

• I put a serviette by each plate — puse or coloqué una servilleta junto a cada plato

• put it in the drawer — ponlo en el cajón

she put the chairs in a circle — puso or colocó las sillas en círculo

he put a coin in the slot — puso or metió or more frm introdujo una moneda en la ranura

you should put your money in a bank — deberías poner or more frm depositar el dinero en un banco

• I put a sheet of paper into the typewriter — puse or coloqué una hoja de papel en la máquina de escribir

• he put his keys on the table — puso or dejó las llaves en la mesa

I put some more coal on the fire — puse or eché más carbón en el fuego

she put her head on my shoulder — apoyó or recostó la cabeza en mi hombro

• she put her head out of the window — asomó la cabeza por la ventana

• he put his hand over his mouth — se tapó la boca con la mano, se puso la mano en la boca

• he put his head round the door — asomó la cabeza por la puerta

• put it there! * — (handshake) ¡chócala! *

• I put my fist through the window — rompí la ventana con el puño

• he put the shell to his ear — se puso or se acercó la concha al oído

• the syllabus puts a lot of emphasis on languages — el programa (de estudios) hace or pone mucho énfasis en los idiomas

• I wouldn't put any faith in what he says — yo no creería lo que dice, yo no tendría ninguna confianza en lo que dice

• you can put that idea out of your head — ya te puedes quitar esa idea de la cabeza

• this puts the responsibility on drivers to be aware of the law — esto responsabiliza a los conductores de estar enterados de la ley

• to put sb in a good/bad mood — poner a algn de buen/mal humor

this puts me in a very awkward position — esto me pone or deja en una situación muy difícil

his win today puts him in second place overall — la victoria de hoy le pone or coloca en segunda posición en la clasificación general

• to put sb on a diet — poner a algn a dieta or a régimen

• to put sb to sth: it put us to a lot of extra expense — nos supuso muchos gastos adicionales

• I don't want to put you to any trouble — no quiero causarte ninguna molestia

• she put him to work immediately — lo puso a trabajar en seguida

• as Shakespeare puts it — como dice Shakespeare

• to put it bluntly — para decirlo claramente, hablando en plata *

• I find it hard to put into words — me resulta difícil expresarlo con palabras

• how shall I put it? — ¿cómo lo diría?

• to put it simply — para decirlo sencillamente

what do you want me to put? — ¿qué quieres que ponga or escriba?

put your name at the top of the paper — ponga or escriba su nombre en la parte superior del papel

put the title in capital letters — pon or escribe el título en letras mayúsculas

• I've put you on the waiting list — le he puesto en la lista de espera

put it on my account — (Comm) cárguelo a mi cuenta

• he put a line through the offending paragraph — tachó el párrafo controvertido

• to put one's signature to sth — firmar algo

• to put money into a company — invertir dinero en una compañía

• to put sth towards sth — contribuir (con) algo hacia algo

I'm going to put the money towards a holiday — voy a poner or guardar el dinero para unas vacaciones

this will give people an opportunity to put their views — esto dará a la gente la oportunidad de expresar or exponer sus puntos de vista

he puts the case for a change in the law — plantea or expone argumentos a favor de un cambio en la ley

she puts a convincing case — presenta or da argumentos convincentes

• the proposal was put before Parliament — la propuesta se presentó ante el parlamento

• to put sth to sb, how will you put it to him? — ¿cómo se lo vas a decir or comunicar?

• they put the loss at around £50,000 — calcularon or valoraron las pérdidas en unas 50.000 libras

his fortune is put at 3 billion — se calcula or valora su fortuna en 3 billones

the number of dead was put at 6,000 — se calculó or estimó el número de muertos en 6.000

• some put the figure as high as 20,000 — algunos estiman que la cifra llega hasta 20.000

• he put himself above the law — creía estar por encima de la ley

• I wouldn't put him among the greatest poets — yo no le pondría entre los más grandes poetas

• we should never put money before happiness — no deberíamos nunca anteponer el dinero a la felicidad

I put the needs of my children before anything else — para mí las necesidades de mis hijos van por delante de todo lo demás or son más importantes que todo lo demás

• she has always put her career first — para ella su carrera siempre ha sido lo primero

• she put my brother against me — puso a mi hermano en contra mía

• to put a watch to the right time — poner un reloj en hora

• to put the shot — (Sport) lanzar el peso

• to put into port — entrar a puerto

the ship put into Southampton — el barco entró a or en Southampton

• to put to sea — hacerse a la mar

put option N — (St Ex) opción f de venta a precio fijado

to put something in the oven — poner* or meter algo en el horno

did you put salt in it? — ¿le pusiste or le echaste sal?

I put myself on the list — me apunté or me puse en la lista

not to know where to put oneself o (AmE also) one's face (colloq) — no saber* dónde ponerse or meterse

to put something behind one — olvidar or superar algo

she puts herself first — se pone ella primero or en primer lugar

to put something above/before something: I put honesty above all other virtues para mí la honestidad está por encima de todas las demás virtudes or por encima de todo; he puts his art before everything else — antepone su arte a todo

this victory puts them in o into the lead — con esta victoria pasan a ocupar la delantera

to put something to good use — \<\<time/ability/object\>\> hacer* buen uso de algo

to put somebody to something: I don't want to put you to any trouble no quiero causarle ninguna molestia; I put her to work — la puse a trabajar; death, shame I 1), test I 1) b) etc

to put something into something — \<\<money\>\> invertir* algo en algo

to put something on something — \<\<money\>\> apostar* or jugarse* algo a algo

to put something in something/somebody: I put my trust in you puse or (liter) deposité mi confianza en ti; I don't put much faith in conventional medicine — no le tengo mucha fe a la medicina convencional

to put something to somebody: to put a question to somebody hacerle* una pregunta a algn; the employers' offer will be put to a mass meeting la oferta de la patronal será sometida a votación en una asamblea; I put it to you that... — (frml) mi opinión es que...

to put sth. through — fare scivolare qcs. in [ letterbox]; passare qcs. da [ window]

to put sb. through — fare andare qcn. a [university, college]; fare sostenere a qcn., sottoporre qcn. a [ test]; fare seguire a qcn. [ course]

to put one's hand to — portare una mano a [ mouth]

to put money, energy into sth. — mettere o investire denaro, energia in qcs.

to put a lot into — impegnarsi molto in o per [work, project]

to put sth. towards — destinare qcs. a [gift, fund]

that was very well put era molto ben espresso o molto ben detto; to put one's feelings into words esprimere i propri sentimenti a parole; to put sth. in writing — mettere qcs. per iscritto

to put sth. to — esporre o sottoporre qcs. a [meeting, conference, board]

to put sth. at — valutare o stimare qcs. [ sum]

to put one over o across BE on sb. — colloq. darla a bere a qcn

to put sth. through — fare scivolare qcs. in [ letterbox]; passare qcs. da [ window]

to put sb. through — fare andare qcn. a [university, college]; fare sostenere a qcn., sottoporre qcn. a [ test]; fare seguire a qcn. [ course]

to put one's hand to — portare una mano a [ mouth]

to put money, energy into sth. — mettere o investire denaro, energia in qcs.

to put a lot into — impegnarsi molto in o per [work, project]

to put sth. towards — destinare qcs. a [gift, fund]

that was very well put era molto ben espresso o molto ben detto; to put one's feelings into words esprimere i propri sentimenti a parole; to put sth. in writing — mettere qcs. per iscritto

to put sth. to — esporre o sottoporre qcs. a [meeting, conference, board]

to put sth. at — valutare o stimare qcs. [ sum]

to put one over o across BE on sb. — colloq. darla a bere a qcn

to put one over ou across GB on somebody — (colloq) faire marcher quelqu'un (colloq)

put plates on the table — Teller auf den Tisch stellen

don't put your elbows on the table — lass deine Ellbogen vom Tisch

I put my hand on his shoulder — ich legte meine Hand auf seine Schulter

put a stamp on the letter — eine Briefmarke auf den Brief kleben

put salt on one's food — Salz auf sein Essen tun od. streuen

put the letter in an envelope/the letter box — den Brief in einen Umschlag/in den Briefkasten stecken

put something in one's pocket — etwas in die Tasche stecken

put sugar in one's tea — sich (Dat.) Zucker in den Tee tun

put petrol in the tank — Benzin in den Tank tun od. füllen

put the cork in the bottle — die Flasche mit dem Korken verschließen

put the ball into the net/over the bar — den Ball ins Netz befördern od. setzen/über die Latte befördern

put one's arm round somebody's waist — den Arm um jemandes Taille legen

put a bandage round one's wrist — sich (Dat.) einen Verband ums Handgelenk legen

put one's hands over one's eyes — sich (Dat.) die Hände auf die Augen legen

put one's finger to one's lips — den od. seinen Finger auf die Lippen legen

put the jacket on its hanger — die Jacke auf den Bügel tun od. hängen

where shall I put it? — wohin soll ich es tun (ugs.) /stellen/legen usw.?; wo soll ich es hintun (ugs.) /-stellen/-legen usw.?

we put our guest in Peter's room — wir haben unseren Gast in Peters Zimmer (Dat.) untergebracht

put the baby in the pram — das Baby in den Kinderwagen legen od. (ugs.) stecken

not know where to put oneself — (fig.) sehr verlegen sein/werden

put it there! — (coll.) lass mich deine Hand schütteln!

put through Parliament — im Parlament durchbringen [Gesetzentwurf usw.]

be put in a difficult etc. position — in eine schwierige usw. Lage geraten

be put into power — an die Macht kommen

put something above or before something — (fig.) einer Sache (Dat.) den Vorrang vor etwas (Dat.) geben

be put out of order — kaputtgehen (ugs.)

put somebody on to something — (fig.) jemanden auf etwas (Akk.) hinweisen od. aufmerksam machen

put somebody on to a job — (assign) jemandem eine Arbeit zuweisen

put a limit/an interpretation on something — etwas begrenzen od. beschränken/interpretieren

put something to the vote — über etwas (Akk.) abstimmen lassen

be put out of the game by an injury — wegen einer Verletzung nicht mehr spielen können

that's one way of putting it — (also iron.) so kann man es [natürlich] auch ausdrücken

put something into English — etwas ins Englische übertragen od. übersetzen

put one's signature to something — seine Unterschrift unter etwas (Akk.) setzen

put something on the list — (fig.) sich (Dat.) etwas [fest] vornehmen; etwas vormerken

put oneself in somebody's place or situation — sich in jemandes Lage versetzen

put money etc. into something — Geld usw. in etwas (Akk.) stecken

put work/time/effort into something — Arbeit/Zeit/Energie in etwas (Akk.) stecken

put somebody/something at — jemanden/etwas schätzen auf (+ Akk.)

put somebody to — jemandem [Unkosten, Mühe, Umstände] verursachen od. machen