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build

built, built /bɪld/

Translation

v [t, i]
construir
This architect has built a number of beautiful houses in the centre of the city
Este arquitecto ha construido unas casas preciosas en el centro de la ciudad
crear
producir
pron. Rima con bill
to build sth in to build on sth to build sth/sb up to build sth up [m] to build (sth) up [m]
(Definition of build v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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