Palabra Inglés del Día

look

mirar

Definiciones

inglés > español
look
1. Mirar.
2. Echar un vistazo.
3. Parecer, tener un aspecto, verse.
4. s. Mirada.
5. s. Aspecto.
inglés > inglés
look
1. v. (intransitive, often, with "at") To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
Look at my new car! Don’t look in the closet.
2. v. To appear, to seem.
It looks as if it’s going to rain soon.
3. v. (copulative) To give an appearance of being.
That painting looks nice.
4. v. (intransitive, often, with "for") To search for, to try to find.
5. v. To face or present a view.
The hotel looks over the valleys of the HinduKush.
6. v. To expect or anticipate.
I look to each hour for my lover’s arrival.
7. v. To express or manifest by a look.
8. v. (transitive, often, with "to") To make sure of, to see to.
9. v. (dated, sometimes figurative) To show oneself in looking.
Look out of the window i.e. lean out while I speak to you.
10. v. (transitive, obsolete) To look at; to turn the eyes toward.
11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To seek; to search for.
12. v. (transitive, obsolete) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence.
to look down opposition
13. v. (baseball) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it.
The fastball caught him looking.
Clem Labine struck Mays out looking at his last at bat.
It's unusual for Mays to strike out looking. He usually takes a cut at it.
14. interj. Pay attention.
Look, I'm going to explain what to do, so you have to listen closely.
15. s. The action of looking; an attempt to see.
Let’s have a look under the hood of the car.
16. s. (often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression.
She got her mother’s looks.
I don’t like the look of the new design.
17. s. A facial expression.
He gave me a dirty look.
If looks could kill ...
español > inglés
mirar
1. v. to look at (to try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes)
2. v. to watch (to look at, view, or observe for a period of time)
Estábamos mirando la televisión. - We were watching TV.
3. v. to watch (to mind, attend, or guard)
4. v. to consider, think over (to think about seriously)
5. v. (used for emphasis); look
¡Mira qué linda! - How pretty!
¡Mirad! Este es el hombre quien hurta entre vosotros, a él se le debe atribuir esto. - Behold! This is the man who is stealing amongst you all, to him this must be attributed.
¡Mirad! Allí está el que os engaño, ¡agarradlo todos vosotros! - Look! There is the one who deceived you all, all of you, get him!
6. v. to seek, look for (to try to find)
7. v. to look (to try to see something, to pay attention with one’s eyes)
8. v. to face, overlook (to be oriented towards a certain direction or thing)
9. v. to look at oneself