multiply

UK: /ˈmʌl.tɪ.plaɪ/ US: /-t̮ɪ-/ [multiplies, multiplied]

Translation

› (en matemáticas)

⇨ multiplicar

Five multiplied by three is fifteen

Cinco multiplicado por tres, quince

›

⇨ multiplicarse

Rabbits multiply very quickly

Los conejos se multiplican rápidamente

⇨ aumentar

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

to do something that spoils someone's plans

Read our blog about how the English language behaves.

Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.