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learn

learnt, learnt (US tb learned, learned) UK: /lɜːn/ US: /lɝːn/

Translation

v [t, i]
aprender
I want to learn how to play the guitar
Quiero aprender a tocar la guitarra
I am learning to drive
Estoy aprendiendo a conducir
I am learning a lot
Estoy aprendiendo mucho
constr. 1. to learn + to do sth 2. to learn + interrogativa indirecta
v [t]
aprender(se) algo
I learnt all their songs
Me aprendí todas sus canciones
estudiar(se) algo
to learn a language
estudiar un idioma
to learn sth by heart
aprender(se) algo de memoria
to learn {about/of} sthVéase tb: to {do/learn} sth the hard way; to {know/learn} the ropes; to learn one's lesson; to learn sth by rote
(Definition of learn vv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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