beg

/beɡ/ [begged, begging]

Translation

v [i]

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⇨ mendigar

A lot of people beg in big cities

Mucha gente mendiga en las grandes ciudades

v [t, i]

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⇨ rogar

⇨ suplicar

Mark begged me not to tell anybody

Mark me suplicó que no se lo dijera a nadie

■ constr. to beg + to do sth

Véase tb: I beg your pardon?

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

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