llamar
Translation
v.
›
⇨ to call
Alguien me llamó desde esa habitación Somebody called me from that room
› (por teléfono)
⇨ to call
Llámame mañana Call me tomorrow
¿Podrías decirle a Moira que me llame? Could you tell Moira to call me back, please?
⇨ to phone
⇨ to ring uk
⇨ to telephone form
›Llama a los bomberos
Call the fire brigade
› (poner un nombre)
⇨ to name
■ constr. to name + dos objetosLa madre insistió en llamar a su hijo Peter como su padre The mother insisted on naming his son Peter after his father
⇨ to call
La llamaron Cheryl They called her Cheryl
› (a la puerta)
⇨ to knock
■ constr. to knock at/onentrar sin llamar to come in without knocking
Alguien está llamando a la puerta Someone's knocking at the door
› (un aparato electrónico)
⇨ to bleep
llamar a cobro revertido
⇨ to reverse the charges uk
⇨ to call collect us
Llamé a mis padres a cobro revertido I called collect to my parents
llamar la atención
⇨ to attract attention
⇨ to strike
(Definition of llamar v. from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact Español-Inglés
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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