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fill

/fɪl/

Translation

v [t, i]
llenar
Fill the bottle with water
Llena la botella de agua
v [t]
llenarse
The theatre filled very quickly
El teatro se llenó enseguida
(un diente)
empastar
emplomar amér.
to fill a {position/post/vacancy}
ocupar un puesto
to fill sb in [m] to fill sth {in/out} [m] to fill (sth) up [m]Véase tb: to {fill/fit} the bill
(Definition of fill vv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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