Comprado in english
pronunciation: bɑt part of speech: verb
comprar1 = buy ; purchase ; take over ; shop ; call + Nombre + Posesivo + own ; snap up.
Example: Discount charges are available by contracting to buy a predetermined number of connect hours per year.Example: This mode of publication permits special libraries to purchase relevant parts and facilitates revision at a later date.Example: Pergamon-INFOLINE came into being in its present form in 1980 when it was taken over by Pergamon.Example: Before shopping for a new computer, you should make a plan detailing what you can afford, what you expect to do with the computer, and how much the computer is worth to you.Example: This 12-room penthouse of the newly renovated Mark Hotel is up for sale but it will cost you a princely sum to call it your own.Example: Music has notorious magpie tendencies, snapping up stylistic valuables wherever they may be found.more:
» coaccionar a comprar = hustle .
Example: She fast-talked deals like an auctioneer -- you could tell the lady knew how to hustle.» comprar a ciegas = buy + a pig in a poke .
Example: You might say we buy 'a pig in a poke' every four years, except that no pig has ever done the kind of damage our recent presidents have done.» comprar Algo = make + a purchase .
Example: A librarian should be as unwilling to allow an enquirer to leave the library with his question unanswered as a shop-keeper is to have a customer go out of his store without making a purchase.» comprar Algo hecho en serie = buy + off-the-shelf .
Example: There are three sources of applications software: (a) bought off-the-shelf; (b) commissioned from a software house; (c) written in-house, either by the librarian or by the computer staff.» comprar Algo ya hecho de antemano = buy + off-the-shelf .
Example: There are three sources of applications software: (a) bought off-the-shelf; (b) commissioned from a software house; (c) written in-house, either by the librarian or by the computer staff.» comprar al peso = buy + Nombre + by the weight .
Example: The pizza here is delicious and you buy it by the weight of your slice.» comprar al por mayor = buy in + bulk .
Example: The raw material of white paper was undyed linen -- or in very early days hempen -- rags, which the paper-maker bought in bulk, sorted and washed, and then put by in a damp heap for four or five days to rot.» comprar a plazos = buy in + instalments .
Example: Most used cars are bought in installments, meaning you make a regular monthly pay- ment to your creditor until the loan is paid in full.» comprar a plazos apartando el producto = lay away .
Example: Any retail seller which permits consumers to lay away consumer goods will provide a written statement of the terms and conditions of the agreement = Cualquier comercio que permita a los consumidores comprar a plazos apartando los productos les proporcionará un documento escrito de las condiciones del acuerdo.» comprar caro = buy + dearly .
Example: This progress was bought dearly with the lives of pioneering aviators.» comprar casi por nada = buy + Nombre + for a song .
Example: Most of them had been foreclosed, and she bought them for a song, often just for the unpaid taxes.» comprar casi regalado = buy + Nombre + for a song .
Example: Most of them had been foreclosed, and she bought them for a song, often just for the unpaid taxes.» comprar casi tirado = buy + Nombre + for a song .
Example: Most of them had been foreclosed, and she bought them for a song, often just for the unpaid taxes.» comprar comparando productos = shop around ; shopping around .
Example: In strong contrast to, say, television sets and instant coffee, where the consumer may save by shopping around, there is no advantage to be gained by going to one shop rather than another for a book so far as price is concerned. Example: Consequently, the skill of shopping around and assessing the cost-effectiveness of a supplier's goods and services is important for the librarian to develop.» comprar directamente = buy + direct(ly) .
Example: The depot buys the books for the schools and passes on to them some of the discount it receives by buying direct from the publishers.» comprar en cantidad = stock up (on) .
Example: Read on for 10 eco-friendly things that you can do with lemons, then hot-foot it to your local farmers' market to stock up.» comprar hasta caer muerto = shop 'til you drop .
Example: The article is entitled 'Shop 'til your modem drops. Internet shopping network is making strides as it learns how to sell in cyberspace'.» comprar hasta reventar = shop 'til you drop .
Example: The article is entitled 'Shop 'til your modem drops. Internet shopping network is making strides as it learns how to sell in cyberspace'.» comprar por cuatro duros = buy + Nombre + for a song .
Example: Most of them had been foreclosed, and she bought them for a song, often just for the unpaid taxes.» comprar por cuatro perras = buy + Nombre + for a song .
Example: Most of them had been foreclosed, and she bought them for a song, often just for the unpaid taxes.» comprar regularmente en una tienda = patronise + shop .
Example: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.» comprarse = change + hands ; buy + Relfexivo .
Example: This handbook is a collector's guide to popular children's beanbag animal toys, rare examples of which change hands for thousand of dollars = Este manual es una guía para el coleccionista de animales de juguete rellenos de bolitas para niños, algunos de los cuales (los más raros) se llegan a vender por miles de dólares. Example: It was getting on toward six o'clock so I thought I'd buy myself a beer and go out and sit in a deck chair by the swimming pool.» comprar tiempo = buy + time .
Example: Smaller libraries may co-operate in a network and have shared access to a commercially-owned computer or may buy time on a computer belonging to another organization.» comprar tu primera casa = get on(to) the property ladder [Expresión británica usada para referirse al hecho de que los jóvenes deben comprarse su primera vivienda, generalmente más barata, para así poder en el transcurso de los años poder ir cambiando de casa, generalmente cada vez más lujosa y en mejores entornos] .
Example: Young people are finding it harder than ever to get on the property ladder without some form of extra support, often from parents.» comprar tu primera vivienda = get on(to) the property ladder [Expresión británica usada para referirse al hecho de que los jóvenes deben comprarse su primera vivienda, generalmente más barata, para así poder en el transcurso de los años poder ir cambiando de casa, generalmente cada vez más lujosa y en mejores entornos] .
Example: Young people are finding it harder than ever to get on the property ladder without some form of extra support, often from parents.» comprar un producto comercial = buy + off-the-shelf .
Example: There are three sources of applications software: (a) bought off-the-shelf; (b) commissioned from a software house; (c) written in-house, either by the librarian or by the computer staff.» darse el gusto de comprar = splurge on .
Example: On the other hand, a few weeks later I decided to splurge on Adobe Acrobat 6.0, and I have not looked back.» novelas o libros que se compran en el supermercado = self-help .
Example: Should we ignore the major trade publishers for almost everything except genre fiction, blockbusters, popular self-help, celebrity biographies and exposés?.» que se compra = priced .
Example: Much of this is free games software, with some educational programs, but there are also some priced applications programs available.comprar2 = bribe ; grease + Posesivo + palm ; oil + Posesivo + palm.
Example: Local officials can easily be bribed by foreign pharmaceutical laboratories.Example: The local bishop was under his thumb, our priest greased his palm well.Example: The judge has to be bribed and if you can't afford to 'oil his palm' your case will never reach court.