steal
/stiːl/ verbo A2En español: robar, shacar, fachar, percollar
- To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it. · Three irreplaceable paintings were stolen from the gallery.· The problem is the two bicycles stolen from us.
- To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement. · They stole my idea for a biodegradable, disposable garbage de-odorizer.
- To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully. · He stole glances at the pretty woman across the street.
- To acquire at a low price. · He stole the car for two thousand less than its book value.· He got that car for two grand under book? Wow, he stole that thing!
- To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.
- To move silently or secretly; to pass unnoticed. · He stole across the room, trying not to wake her.· Dawn was stealing over the mountaintops.
- To convey (something) clandestinely.
- To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.
Plural steal · He/she/it steals · Pasado stole · Participio pasado stolen · Forma en -ing stealing
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- steal
- He/she/it
- steals
- Pasado
- stole
- Participio pasado
- stolen
- Forma en -ing
- stealing
Un verbo irregular: apréndete de memoria su pasado y su participio pasado.
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
De la biblioteca
The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts,
And a wolf stole back, and a wolf stole back
They have no speech of their own, but use the stolen words which they overhear when they listen, and peep, and wait up above in the branches.
He steals the young monkeys in the night.
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