administer

UK: /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stər/ US: /-stə`/

Translation

›

⇨ administrar

⇨ gobernar

› (form)

⇨ dar

⇨ administrar

The doctor administered him a drug for the pain

La doctora le administró un medicamento para el dolor

› (form) (un castigo)

⇨ aplicar

(Definition of administer v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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