own
/oʊn/ verbo B1En español: poseer, tener, reconocer, admitir
- To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset. · I own this car.
- To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership. · The United States owns Point Roberts by the terms of the Treaty of Oregon.
- To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm. · I will own my enemies.· If he wins, he will own you.
- To virtually or figuratively enslave.
- To defeat, dominate, or be above.
- To illicitly obtain administrative access to a computer system, thereby having full access to all the files thereon (including executables).
- To be very good.
- To admit, concede, grant, allow; not to deny.
He/she/it owns · Pasado owned · Participio pasado owned · Forma en -ing owning
Formas del verbo
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Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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“Be silent, you simpleton!” cried Danglars, grasping him by the arm, “or I will not answer even for your own safety.
“How do I know?” replied Danglars; “gone, as every prudent man ought to be, to look after his own affairs, most likely.
You have managed my affairs so well that I ought to allow you all the time you require for your own.
Reynolds replied, that he was; adding, “But we expect him to-morrow, with a large party of friends.” How rejoiced was Elizabeth that their own journey had not by any circumstance been delayed a day!
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