escribir

/eskɾiˈbiɾ/, [es.kɾiˈβ̞iɾ]

to write, write


Examples
  • No tengo tiempo para escribir.

    I don't have time to write.

  • No puedo dejar de escribir.

    I can't stop writing.

  • Cometió muchos errores al escribir el informe.

    She made many mistakes in typing the report.

  • Casi he terminado de escribir el informe.

    I'm almost finished writing the report.

  • Le metieron en la cárcel por escribir el libro.

    They put him in jail for writing the book.

  • Todavía prefiero escribir cartas a mano.

    I still prefer to write letters by hand.

  • Me tomó cerca de tres horas escribir el ensayo.

    It took me nearly two hours to write the essay.

  • Ni siquiera sabe escribir su propio nombre.

    He cannot so much as write his own name.

  • Ella era diferente de la mayoría de las mujeres del vecindario en que sabía leer y escribir.

    She was different from most women in the neighborhood, for she was able to read and write.

  • Lamento escribir una carta tan larga. No tenía tiempo para escribir una más corta.

    I am sorry to write such a long letter. I didn't have time to write a short one.

  • Él no es capaz de escribir su propio nombre.

    He cannot write his own name.

  • Empiece a escribir.

    Start writing.

  • He vuelto a escribir mi informe.

    I rewrote my report.

  • Tom sacó un lápiz y se puso a escribir.

    Tom took out a pencil and started to write.

  • Deberías escribir un libro.

    You ought to write a book.

  • Aquél al que sólo se le ocurra una forma de escribir una palabra obviamente no tiene imaginación.

    Anyone who can only think of one way to spell a word obviously lacks imagination.

  • Acepto escribir el informe.

    I agree to write the report.

  • Tengo que aprender a escribir en cursiva.

    I gotta learn how to write in cursive.

  • Él no sabe escribir una carta en inglés.

    He doesn't know how to write a letter in English.

  • Escribir una carta de amor en inglés no es fácil.

    To write a love letter in English is not easy.


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