recibir

/reθiˈbiɾ/, [re.θiˈβ̞iɾ]

receive


Verb recibir (first-person singular present recibo, first-person singular preterite recibí, past participle recibido)

  1. to receive, get
  2. (reflexive) to graduate

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Examples
  • Espero con ganas a recibir su carta.

    I'm looking forward to getting your letter.

  • Los políticos no se avergonzaban de recibir sobornos.

    The politician was not ashamed of having taken bribes.

  • Él es apto para recibir el premio.

    He is entitled to receive the reward.

  • Acabo de recibir una carta de mi novia.

    I just got a letter from my girl.

  • Acabamos de recibir noticias de que el enemigo está esperando emboscado a dos millas por la carretera.

    We've just received intelligence that the enemy is waiting in ambush two miles down the road.

  • Usted debe abrir una cuenta bancaria para recibir el pago.

    You need to open an account at a bank to receive the payment.

  • Tom todavía no está listo para recibir visitas.

    Tom isn't yet ready to receive visitors.

  • Necesitas más dar-y-recibir en tu relación.

    You need to have give-and-take in your relationship.

  • Vas a recibir la peor paliza de tu vida.

    You will get the worst beating of your life.

  • Todo individuo tiene derecho a la libertad de opinión y de expresión; este derecho incluye el de no ser molestado a causa de sus opiniones, el de investigar y recibir informaciones y opiniones, y el de difundirlas, sin limitación de fronteras, por cualquier medio de expresión.

    Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

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