spare3
UK: /speər/ US: /sper/ [spared, sparing]Translation
v [t]
›
⇨ poder dar
Can you spare me fifty pee? ¿Me puedes dar cincuenta peniques?
⇨ tener
Can you spare a few minutes to talk about the project? ¿Tienes unos minutos para hablar del proyecto?
›I can only spare you five minutes
Solo te puedo dedicar cinco minutos
›
⇨ ahorrar
Spare us the details, please Ahórrenos los detalles, por favor
■ constr. to spare + dos objetos›
⇨ perdonar
to spare
⇨ de sobra
time to spare tiempo de sobra
to spare no effort
⇨ no escatimar esfuerzos
to spare sb's life
⇨ perdonar la vida a alguien
(Definition of spare v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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