make in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for make in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.make <pt & pp made> [Am meɪk, Brit meɪk] VB trans

1. make (to produce):

make paint/cars
make paint/cars
make dress
make dress
make film
make film
make record
make list/will
to make a noise
to make the beds
to make the beds
to make a note of sth
she's as sharp as they make 'em inf
the army'll make a man (out) of you

3. make (to cause sth to be):

do I make myself clear?
do I make myself clear?
two large pizzas … , no, make that three
he is a good, make that great, athlete Am inf

10.1. make inf (to manage to attend, reach):

II.make <pt & pp made> [Am meɪk, Brit meɪk] VB intr

III.make [Am meɪk, Brit meɪk] N

See also make for, mess, mend, mar, fuss, difference

make for VB [Am meɪk -, Brit meɪk -] (v + prep + o)

I.mess [Am mɛs, Brit mɛs] N

III.mess [Am mɛs, Brit mɛs] VB trans euph

III.mend [Am mɛnd, Brit mɛnd] N

mar <pres part marring; pt, pp marred> [Am mɑr, Brit mɑː] VB trans

I.fuss [Am fəs, Brit fʌs] N U

montar un número Spain inf
to make a fuss of or Am also over sb
to make or Am also raise a fuss

difference [Am ˈdɪf(ə)rəns, Brit ˈdɪf(ə)r(ə)ns] N

1.2. difference C or U:

make for VB [Am meɪk -, Brit meɪk -] (v + prep + o)

make away VB [Am meɪk -, Brit meɪk -] (v + adv)

make after VB [Am meɪk -, Brit meɪk -] (v + prep + o) (chase)

I.make over VB [Am meɪk -, Brit meɪk -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o) (transfer ownership of)

II.make over VB [Am meɪk -, Brit meɪk -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

III.make over VB [Am meɪk -, Brit meɪk -] (v + o + adv) Am

I.make-believe [Am ˈmeɪkbəˌliv, Brit ˈmeɪkbɪliːv] N U

II.make-believe [Am ˈmeɪkbəˌliv, Brit ˈmeɪkbɪliːv] ADJ

make with VB [Am meɪk -, Brit meɪk -] Am (v + prep + o) sl, dated

make off VB [Am meɪk -, Brit meɪk -] (v + adv)

I.make out VB [Am meɪk -, Brit meɪk -] (claim, pretend) (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.make out VB [Am meɪk -, Brit meɪk -] (claim, pretend) (v + adv)

3. make out (sexually) Am sl → neck

III.make out VB [Am meɪk -, Brit meɪk -] (claim, pretend) (v + adv + o)

IV.make out VB [Am meɪk -, Brit meɪk -] (claim, pretend) (v + o + adv)

See also neck

I.neck [Am nɛk, Brit nɛk] N

1. neck ANAT:

II.neck [Am nɛk, Brit nɛk] VB intr inf

I.make up VB [Am meɪk -, Brit meɪk -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.make up VB [Am meɪk -, Brit meɪk -] (v + adv + o) (constitute)

III.make up VB [Am meɪk -, Brit meɪk -] (v + adv) (achieve reconciliation)

IV.make up VB [Am meɪk -, Brit meɪk -] (v + adv + o)

V.make up VB [Am meɪk -, Brit meɪk -] (v + adv) (with cosmetics)

VI.make up VB [Am meɪk -, Brit meɪk -] (v + adv + o, v + o + adv)

See also make up for

make in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for make in the English»Spanish Dictionary

III.make [meɪk] made, made N

I.make-believe [ˈmeɪkbɪˌli:v] N no pl (pretence)

II.make-believe [ˈmeɪkbɪˌli:v] ADJ

make Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Teachers were often absent from class and moonlighting to make up for poor pay.
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Several factors may make a cap inappropriate for a particular woman.
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Make a slip-knot in yarn and put it on the crochet hook or right-hand needle.
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Her deep sector knowledge and broad rolodex make her one of the top search professionals in this area.
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Alcohol-containing mouthwashes may make dry mouth and halitosis worse since it dries out the mouth.
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Nonwoven textiles are manufactured by the bonding of fibres to make fabric.
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You've got a wall that's trapezoid and so instead of straightening the wall up what they did was make the door and window trapezoid.
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He watches a crafts documentary on carpentry and decides to make a love seat.
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Rolling hills covered in sparse vegetation and deep snowdrifts make this a relatively safe and open area for new hunters.
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The skins make a peculiarly strong, soft leather, known as buckskin.
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