buy
/baɪ/ verbo A1En español: creer, comprar, convidar, mercar
- To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods. · Who'd Father buy the car for? He bought it for me, not for you.
- To obtain, especially by some sacrifice. · I've bought material comfort by foregoing my dreams.· You just bought yourself an assault charge!
- To bribe. · He tried to buy me with gifts, but I wouldn't give up my beliefs.
- To be equivalent to in value. · The dollar doesn't buy as much as it used to.
- to accept as true; to believe · I'm not going to buy your stupid excuses anymore!
- To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift) · She buys for Federated.· Let's go out for dinner. I'm buying.
- To make a bluff, usually a large one. · Smith tried to buy the pot on the river with a huge bluff.
Plural buy · He/she/it buys · Pasado bought · Participio pasado bought · Forma en -ing buying
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- buy
- He/she/it
- buys
- Pasado
- bought
- Participio pasado
- bought
- Forma en -ing
- buying
Un verbo irregular: apréndete de memoria su pasado y su participio pasado.
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
- buy back To purchase (something already sold, misplaced, destroyed...
- buy down To reduce a mortgage interest rate by means of a buydown.
- buy in To accept an idea as valid; to join in on a concept.
- buy into creérselo, comprar, tragar
- buy off To pay off, convince to refrain etc. by corrupt payment o...
- buy out to purchase the entire stock or extent of something
- buy over To gain the support of (a person) through bribery.
- buy up To buy the whole of; to purchase the entire stock of some...
De la biblioteca
When I asked him if he had bought it, he answered that it was a present from a certain gracious lady in whose interests he had once been fortunate enough to carry out a small commission.
A CERTAIN rich man bought in the market a Goose and a Swan.
“Then how could he buy—”
A MAN wished to purchase an Ass, and agreed with its owner that he should try out the animal before he bought him.
Otras coincidencias
- buy Something which is bought C2
- buy back To purchase
- buy down To reduce a mortgage interest rate by means of ...
- buy in To accept an idea as valid
- buy into creérselo, comprar, tragar
- buy off To pay off, convince to refrain etc. by corrupt...
- buy out to purchase the entire stock or extent of somet...
- buy over To gain the support of
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