grant1
UK: /ɡrɑːnt/ US: /ɡrænt/Translation
v [t]
› (form)
⇨ otorgar
⇨ conceder
He granted us permission to take the day off Nos concedió permiso para tomarnos el día libre
› (form)It's difficult, I grant you, but not impossible
De acuerdo, es difícil, pero no es imposible
■ constr. to grant + dos objetos to take sth/sb for granted He takes me for granted
No me valora
to take it for granted
⇨ dar por sentado
She took it for granted that I would go Dio por sentado que iría
■ constr. to take it for granted + (that)(Definition of grant v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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