lose

lost, lost /luːz/ [losing]

Translation

›

⇨ perder

He has lost his watch

Ha perdido el reloj

⇨ extraviar

⇨ botar amér.

› (un partido, un concurso, una batalla)

⇨ perder

We lost the match yesterday

Ayer perdimos el partido

to be losing it (inform)

⇨ estar volviéndose loco,ca col.

to lose one's balance

⇨ perder el equilibrio

to lose count (of sth)

⇨ perder la cuenta

You owe me so much money I've lost count

Me debes tanto dinero que ya he perdido la cuenta

to lose oneself in sth

⇨ ensimismarse en algo

to lose one's marbles (inform, hum)

⇨ perder la cabeza

⇨ perder la chaveta col.

to lose one's rag

⇨ perder los estribos

to lose weight

⇨ perder peso

⇨ adelgazar

→ to lose outVéase tb: to lose count (of sth); to lose face; to lose ground; to lose heart; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's temper (with sb); to lose one's voice; to lose one's way; to lose the plot; to lose the thread; to lose touch; to lose track; to lose weight

(Definition of lose vv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)