Leer in english
Read
pronunciation: red part of speech: verb
pronunciation: red part of speech: verb
In gestures
leer = read ; get through ; look over ; read out.
Example: A user may reject a document because it is in a language that he cannot read or because it was written too long ago.Example: Some children cannot get through a longer story or novel in less time.Example: It would be of enormous help to us if you could put a few things together for us to look over.Example: I am sorry to labour the point, but the list that you have just read out did not include a single west African country.more:
» a medio leer = half-read .
Example: A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.» averiguar leyendo sobre = read up on .
Example: If debt collectors are pursuing you for an old debt, read up on your rights -- they may be way out of line.» capacidad de leer = reading skills .
Example: Parents place great emphasis on the acquisition of reading skills, at times pressing so hard on their children that schoolteachers have to try to reduce that pressure = Los padres ponen un gran énfasis en la adquisición de la capacidad de leer, a veces presionando tanto a sus hijos que los profesores tienen que intentar reducir esta presión.» capacidad de saber leer y escribir = literacy skills .
Example: This is a programme launched in 1979 in response to the urgent need of black young adult South Africans for reading and literacy skills.» capaz de leer la mente = mind reading .
Example: A mind reading helmet could allow military bosses to tell if new captured enemies are friend or foe.» capaz de leer los pensamientos = mind reading .
Example: A mind reading helmet could allow military bosses to tell if new captured enemies are friend or foe.» con ansias de leer = reading-desirous .
Example: Finally, in 1939, Clarence Sherman sounded the note of defeat when he wrote that librarians had been forced to abandon `the long-cherished hope that the free public library would reach a constantly expanding population, book-conscious and reading-desirous'.» continuar leyendo = read on .
Example: So I read on with increasing interest and enjoyment and, let it be said admiration too.» derecho a leer = right to read .
Example: In the library world leaders should have the courage to defend the right to read and the other high principles of the library profession.» deseoso de leer = reading-desirous .
Example: Finally, in 1939, Clarence Sherman sounded the note of defeat when he wrote that librarians had been forced to abandon `the long-cherished hope that the free public library would reach a constantly expanding population, book-conscious and reading-desirous'.» fácil de leer = easy-to-read .
Example: Easy-to-read books for people with reading difficulties have been published in Sweden for the last 15 years.» gafas para leer = reading (eye)glasses .
Example: Students preferred reading standard print with reading glasses.» hacer una marca para indicar el lugar donde uno se ha quedado leyen = mark + Posesivo + place .
Example: Do not turn down the corners of pages to mark one's place.» informarse leyendo sobre = read up on .
Example: If debt collectors are pursuing you for an old debt, read up on your rights -- they may be way out of line.» leer con atención = peruse .
Example: A summary differs from an abstract in that it assumes that the reader will have the opportunity to peruse the accompanying text.» leer con dificultad = wade through .
Example: There seems little point in hundreds of cataloguers in separate locations wading through cataloguing codes and classification schemes in order to create a variety of catalogue records for the same work.» leer con escáner = scan .
Example: While a label is being scanned, the bars should always be visible through the windows.» leer con lupa = go ove/through + Nombre + with a fine-tooth(ed) comb .
Example: They are reading the agreement line by line and going over it with a fine-toothed comb.» leer de aquí y allí = dip into .
Example: Most borrowers, seventeen in all, had read the blurb on the jacket and twelve had dipped into the text before deciding to borrow.» leer de cabo a rabo = read + from cover to cover .
Example: It is not necessary to read every document from cover to cover.» leer de principio a fin = read + from cover to cover .
Example: It is not necessary to read every document from cover to cover.» leer el pensamiento = read + Posesivo + mind ; read + Posesivo + thoughts .
Example: Presidents who manage by dropping hints sometimes devise little tests to see if their executives can read their minds. Example: Telling the difference between a subject looking at one thing or another by brain scan is interesting, but hardly constitutes 'reading their thoughts'.» leer entre líneas = read between + the lines .
Example: He believed that in order to understand the Bible you had to read between the lines.» leer en voz alta = read + aloud ; read + out loud ; read out .
Example: It is very easy to fall into the trap of enjoying the act of telling stories and reading aloud so much that the children never get a chance to read themselves. Example: Writing for anything read out loud is different from writing for print. Example: I am sorry to labour the point, but the list that you have just read out did not include a single west African country.» leer la letra pequeña = read + the small print .
Example: Always read the small print -- it's a rule most of know and most of us ignore.» leer la mente = read + Posesivo + mind ; read + Posesivo + thoughts .
Example: Presidents who manage by dropping hints sometimes devise little tests to see if their executives can read their minds. Example: Telling the difference between a subject looking at one thing or another by brain scan is interesting, but hardly constitutes 'reading their thoughts'.» leer las hojas de(l) té = read + tea leaves .
Example: It looks like your palm reader really knows her oats and she reads tea leaves too.» leerle la cartilla a Alguien = give + Nombre + a good talking-to ; take + Nombre + to task ; tell + Nombe + off ; give + Nombre + a telling-off ; lecture ; let + Nombre + have it .
Example: He said she's a good girl and a good worker but she just needs someone to give her a good talking-to = Dijo que ella es una buena chica y una buena trabajadora pero que sólo necesita que alguien le lea la cartilla. Example: I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast. Example: Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today. Example: A ward sister then arrived and gave them a telling off for not getting on with their work. Example: She tried to sneak out, her dad ran after her, and started lecturing her about trust and told her to go to bed. Example: When she refused, Sandler let her have it with a stream of expletives and yelled, 'I'm going to rip your throat out!'.» leer los labios = lip-read .
Example: Physical access to the library is not a problem, but congenital deafness may reduce competent use of language, background noise can reduce the effectiveness of a hearing aid, not all deaf people can lip-read or use sign language.» leer mal = misread .
Example: If the reading-boy misread the copy, or if the corrector misheard or misunderstood the reading-boy, a wrong word might be entered on the proof as a correction whether or not the compositor had got it right in the first place.» leer música = read + music .
Example: None of them read music so they have had to learn it parrot-fashion but they sound really good.» leer por encima = browse [Hojear u ojear material bibliográfico] ; skim ; skim read .
Example: This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials. Example: In a conventional card catalogue we can skim through a number of entries quickly discarding those which do not suit our purpose. Example: Rollinger discusses human abilities to skim read.» leer rápidamente buscando algo = scan .
Example: Notice that it would be possible to improve recall indefinitely by scanning the entire document collection.» leer rápidamente por encima = skim through .
Example: In conventional card catalogues we can skim through a number of entries quickly, discarding those which do not suit our purposes.» leer sobre = read up on .
Example: If debt collectors are pursuing you for an old debt, read up on your rights -- they may be way out of line.» leer superficialmente = skim ; skim read .
Example: In a conventional card catalogue we can skim through a number of entries quickly discarding those which do not suit our purpose. Example: Rollinger discusses human abilities to skim read.» leer una ponencia = read + a paper .
Example: Authors of scientific articles often read a paper that fails to cite their prior work when they feel that it should have done so.» máquina para leer = reading machine .
Example: Librarians are urged to convince the 'reading experts' that curling up with a real book is the best reading machine invented to teach children to read.» necesitar gafas para leer = need + reading (eye)glasses .
Example: This is why many people with 'normal' eyes will need reading glasses some time after the age of 40.» persona que lee mucho = heavy reader .
Example: Male heavy and light readers are found to have value systems so discrepant as to constitute almost distinct subcultures.» persona que no le gusta leer = aliterate .
Example: A study of seventh graders at a school in Texas revealed 3 categories of aliterates: dormant, uncommitted, and unmotivated.» releer = reread [re-read] .
Example: Next, the case should be reread with a view to identifying and listing the problems to be solved.» saber leer y escribir = be literate .
Example: However, if you take tasks 5, 6 and 7 you would be looking for somebody who is physically fit, who is numerate and literate and perhaps has a high boredom threshold.» sentarse leyendo = sit over .
Example: Go into the average good home of the crust, in the quietude of 'after-tea' and you will see a youthful miss sitting over something by Charlotte M Yonge or Charles Kingsley.» sin leer = unread .
Example: But clearly a book read and enjoyed is more likely to lead on to further reading than is a book unread or unfinished.» valer la pena leer Algo = repay + reading .
Example: The introduction to this code certainly repays reading, and contains sensible advice about how to make a filing order amenable to the public.» volver a leer = reread [re-read] .
Example: Next, the case should be reread with a view to identifying and listing the problems to be solved.