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perder

a vt

1      [+objeto, dinero, peso]   to lose
he perdido el monedero      I've lost my purse
a los seis años perdió a su padre      she lost her father when she was six
he perdido cinco kilos      I've lost five kilos
había perdido mucha sangre      she had lost a lot of blood
ha perdido mucho dinero en la bolsa      she has lost a lot of money on the stock market
no tienes nada que perder      you have nothing to lose
→ perder el conocimiento      to lose consciousness
→ perder la costumbre      to get out of the habit
→ perder algo de vista      to lose sight of sth
nunca pierde de vista el fin que persigue      he never loses sight of his goal
no lo pierdas de vista      don't let him out of your sight
conviene no perder de vista que ...      we mustn't forget that ..., we mustn't lose sight of the fact that ...

2      [+tiempo]   to waste
¡me estás haciendo perder el tiempo!      you're wasting my time!
sin perder un momento      without wasting a moment

3      [+aire, aceite]   to leak
el vehículo pierde aceite      the car is leaking oil, the car has an oil leak
la pelota perdió aire      the ball went flat

4    (=no coger)
  [+tren, avión]   to miss
  [+oportunidad]   to miss, lose
no pierde detalle      he doesn't miss a thing

5    (=destruir)   to ruin
ese vicio le perderá      that vice will ruin him, that vice will be his ruin
ese error le perdió      that mistake was his undoing
lo que le pierde es ...      where he comes unstuck is ...

6 (Jur) to lose, forfeit

b vi

1      (en competición, disputa)    to lose
el equipo perdió por 5-2      the team lost 5-2
→ tienen o llevan todas las de perder      they look certain to lose
→ saber perder      to be a good loser
→ salir perdiendo
salí perdiendo en el negocio      I lost out on the deal
salí perdiendo en la discusión      I came off worst in the argument

2    (=empeorar)
era un buen cantante, pero ha perdido mucho      he was a good singer, but he's gone downhill
era muy guapo, pero ha perdido bastante      he isn't nearly as good-looking as he used to be
ha perdido mucho en mi estimación      he has gone down a lot in my estimation

3 [tela] to fade

4    → echar a perder        [+comida, sorpresa]   to ruin, spoil
  [+oportunidad]   to waste
→ echarse a perder      [comida]   to go off
[sorpresa]   to be ruined, be spoiled

c perderse vpr

1    [persona]   to get lost
tenía miedo de perderme      I was afraid of getting lost o losing my way
se perdieron en el bosque      they got lost in the wood
se perdió en un mar de contradicciones      he got lost in a mass of contradictions
¡piérdete!      *   get lost! *

2    [objeto]
se me han perdido las llaves      I've lost my keys
¿qué se les ha perdido en Alemania?      what business have they in Germany?

3      [+programa, fiesta]   to miss
perderse algo interesante      to miss something interesting
¡no te lo pierdas!      don't miss it!
no se pierde ni una      she doesn't miss a thing

4    (=desaparecer)   to disappear
el tren se perdió en la niebla      the train disappeared into the fog
el arroyo se pierde en la roca      the stream disappears into the rock

5    (=desperdiciarse)   to be wasted, go to waste
se pierde mucho tiempo      a lot of time is wasted
se pierden muchos talentos naturales      a lot of natural talent goes to waste
nada se pierde con intentar      there's no harm in trying

6    (=arruinarse)
[persona]   to lose one's way
[cosecha]   to be ruined, get spoiled
se perdió por el juego      gambling was his ruin o undoing
con la lluvia se ha perdido la cosecha      the rain has ruined the crops

7 → perderse por algo/algn to be mad about sth/sb
perderse por hacer algo to be dying to do sth, long to do sth

8 (LAm) (=prostituirse) to go on the streets

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perderse, perdida, pérdida, perdido

Collaborative Dictionary Spanish-English


perder peso	exp.	to lose weight

perder posiciones	exp.	to lose ground

perder reflejos	exp.	to lose one's touch	[Fig.]

perder el rumbo	exp.	lose one's way; be confused

perder el aplomo	exp.	to get worried

perder el aplomo	exp.	get rattled

perder la calma	exp.	to lose one's cool

perder el compás	exp.	to lose the beat

perder la compostura	exp.	to lose one's composure

perder la conciencia	exp.	to lose consciousness

perder la confianza en algo/algn	exp.	to lose faith in sth/sb

perder la confianza de algn	exp.	to lose sb's confidence

perder el conocimiento	exp.	to lose consciousness

perder el control	exp.	to lose control (of o.s.)

perder la cuenta (de algo)	exp.	to lose count (of sth)

perder el equilibrio	exp.	to lose one's balance

perder la esperanza	exp.	to lose hope

perder el habla	exp.	to lose the power of speech

perder el hilo	exp.	to lose the thread

perder el juicio	exp.	to go mad

perder la memoria	exp.	to lose one's memory

perder el miedo a algo	exp.	to lose one's fear of sth

perder el norte	exp.	to lose one's way

perder el norte	exp.	go astray

perder la paciencia	exp.	to lose patience

perder el pellejo	exp.	to snuff it

perder la costumbre	exp.	to get out of the habit

perder algo de vista	exp.	to lose sight of sth

perder la razón	exp.	to go out of one's mind

perder el respeto a algn	exp.	to lose one's respect for sb

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