realize

UK: /ˈrɪə.laɪz/ US: /ˈriː.ə-/ [realized, realizing] (UK tb realise)

Translation

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⇨ darse cuenta

Don't you realize he's in love with you?

¿No te das cuenta de que está enamorado de ti?

⇨ caer en la cuenta

I only realize who he was when...

Solo caí en la cuenta de quién era cuando...

■ constr. 1. to realize + (that) 2. to realize + interrogativa indirecta

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⇨ hacer(se) realidad

My dreams were realized

Mis sueños se hicieron realidad

⇨ desarrollar(se)

■ Distinto de to do y to make (realizar)

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

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