command2
UK: /kəˈmɑːnd/ US: /-ˈmænd/Translation
v [t, i]
› (form)
⇨ ordenar
The colonel commanded his soldiers to respect the prisoners El coronel ordenó a sus soldados que respetaran a los prisioneros
■ constr. to command + to do sth› (form)
⇨ imponer
She commands a lot of respect Impone mucho respeto
› (form)
⇨ disponer [de recursos]
v [t]
Véase tb: to command a view› (form)
⇨ mandar
Who commands here? ¿Quién manda aquí?
› (vista)
⇨ tener
(Definition of command vv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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