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mirar



look
look


Definitions

Spanish > English
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
Spanish > Spanish
mirar
     1. vt. Fijar la vista en un objeto, aplicando juntamente la atención.
     2. vt. Tener o llevar uno por fin u objeto alguna cosa en lo que ejecuta.
     3. vt. Observar las acciones de uno.
     4. vt. Apreciar, atender, estimar una cosa.
     5. vt. Concernir, pertenecer, tocar.
     6. vt. Pensar, juzgar.
     7. vt. Cuidar, atender, proteger, amparar o defender a una persona o cosa.
     8. vt. Inquirir, reconocer, buscar una cosa; informarse de ella.
     9. vi. Estar situado, puesto o colocado un edificio o cualquier cosa enfrente de otra.
English > Spanish
look
     1. Mirar.
     2. Echar un vistazo.
     3. Parecer, tener un aspecto, verse.
     4. n. Mirada.
     5. n. Aspecto.

Pronunciation




Mexican Dialect

mirar

Example Sentences

Ella ha salido a mirar para comprar zapatos. 
    She's out shopping for shoes.
Puedes mirar. 
    You may look.
No deberías mirar por encima del hombro a una persona por ser pobre. 
    You shouldn't look down on a person for being poor.
Le encantaba mirar el cielo gris con el sol asomándose entre las nubes espesas. 
    He loved looking at grey sky with the sun peeking through the thick clouds.
La felicidad depende, no tanto de las circunstancias, sino de la forma de mirar la vida. 
    Happiness depends, not so much on circumstances, as on one's way of looking at one's life.



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