| inglés > español | |
| search | |
| 1. Buscar. | |
| inglés > inglés | |
| search | |
| 1. s. An attempt to find something. |  |
| With only five minutes until we were meant to leave, the search for the keys started in earnest. |  |
| 2. s. The act of searching in general. |  |
| Search is a hard problem for computers to solve efficiently. |  |
| 3. v. To look in (a place) for something. |  |
| I searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch. |  |
| 4. v. (intransitive, followed by "for") To look thoroughly. |  |
| The police are searching for evidence in his flat. |  |
| 5. v. (transitive, now rare) To look for, seek. |  |
| 6. v. (transitive, obsolete) To probe or examine (a wound). |  |
| 7. v. (obsolete) To examine; to try; to put to the test. |  |
| español > inglés | |
| buscar | |
| 1. v. to seek, search for, look for, try to find, to scour |  |
| 2. v. to look up (in a search engine, dictionary, etc.) |  |
| 3. v. to fetch, get, pick up |  |
| 4. v. to bring on (oneself), to ask for |  |
| Lo siento, pero te lo buscaste. - I am sorry, but you brought this on yourself. |  |
| Venga, se lo está buscando. - Come on, he's asking for it. |  |