Significado de accept en inglés
acceptaccept /əkˈsept/ verb 
Ver todas las traducciones1gift/offer/invitation [intransitive, transitive] to take something that someone offers you, or to agree to do something that someone asks you to doaceptar algo que alguien te ofrece, o acceder a hacer algo que alguien te pide OPP refuse: 
Rick accepted her offer of coffee.Rick aceptó su ofrecimiento de café. He accepted the invitation to stay with us.Aceptó la invitación a quedarse con nosotros. His school reports said that he is always ready to accept a challenge (=agree to do something difficult).Sus boletines escolares decían que siempre está dispuesto a aceptar un reto (=acceder a hacer algo difícil). Please accept this small gift.Por favor, acepte este pequeño regalo. They offered me a job and I accepted.Me ofrecieron un trabajo y lo acepté.accept something from somebody He accepted a glass of water from Helen.Aceptó un vaso de agua de Helen. He readily accepted her invitation (=accepted it quickly).Aceptó de buena gana su invitación (=la aceptó rápidamente).RegisterRegistroIn everyday English, when talking about accepting a job, accepting responsibility or blame, or accepting a method of payment, people usually use take: They offered me the job and I accepted. ➔ They offered me the job and I took it.En el inglés cotidiano, cuando se habla de aceptar un trabajo, aceptar responsabilidad o culpa, o aceptar un método de pago, la gente suele usar take: They offered me the job and I accepted. ➔ They offered me the job and I took it.When talking about accepting an offer, people often say take someone up on their offer:· He decided to take her up on her offer.Al hablar de aceptar una oferta, la gente suele decir take someone up on their offer:· He decided to take her up on her offer.2situation/problem etc [transitive] to decide that there is nothing you can do to change a difficult and unpleasant situation or fact and continue with your normal lifedecidir que no se puede hacer nada para cambiar una situación o hecho difícil y desagradable, y continuar con la vida normal: He’s not going to change, and you just have to accept it.Él no va a cambiar, y simplemente tienes que aceptarlo.accept that We have to accept that this is not an ideal world.Tenemos que aceptar que este no es un mundo ideal. He can't accept the fact that his problems are his own fault.No puede aceptar el hecho de que sus problemas son culpa suya.3think somebody/something is good enough [transitive] to decide that someone has the necessary skill or intelligence for a particular job, course etc or that a piece of work is good enoughdecidir que alguien tiene las habilidades o la inteligencia necesarias para un trabajo, curso, etc., o que un trabajo es suficientemente bueno OPP reject: Students accepted by Stanford Law School had very high scores on the LSAT.Los estudiantes aceptados en la Facultad de Derecho de Stanford obtuvieron puntuaciones muy altas en el LSAT.accept somebody/something as something They have accepted him as the representative of the company.Lo han aceptado como representante de la empresa.accept somebody/something for something Random House accepted the book for publication.Random House aceptó el libro para su publicación.4become part of a group [transitive] to allow someone to become part of a group, society, or organization, and to treat them in the same way as the other memberspermitir que alguien forme parte de un grupo, sociedad u organización, y tratarlo del mismo modo que a los demás miembros OPP rejectaccept somebody as something The children gradually began to accept her as one of the family.Los niños fueron aceptándola gradualmente como un miembro más de la familia.accept somebody into something It often takes years for immigrants to be accepted into the host community.A menudo los inmigrantes tardan años en ser aceptados en la comunidad de acogida.5agree to take/deal with something [transitive] to agree to take or deal with something that someone gives you, or to say that it is suitable or good enoughacordar recibir o gestionar algo que alguien te da, o declarar que es adecuado o suficientemente bueno: The government has accepted the resignation of a senior army commander.El gobierno ha aceptado la renuncia de un alto comandante del ejército. Please accept my sincere apologies.Le ruego que acepte mis más sinceras disculpas. Sorry, we don’t accept traveller’s cheques.Lo sentimos, no aceptamos cheques de viajero.6suggestion/advice [transitive] to decide to do what someone suggests or advises you should dodecidir hacer lo que alguien sugiere o aconseja que se haga: Be prepared to accept the advice of members of staff.Esté dispuesto a aceptar los consejos de los miembros del personal.7believe an explanation/statement [transitive] to agree that what someone says is right or trueestar de acuerdo en que lo que alguien dice es correcto o verdadero OPP reject: She has accepted your explanation as to why you didn’t attend the meeting.Ella ha aceptado tu explicación de por qué no asististe a la reunión.► see thesaurus at believeGRAMMARGRAMÁTICAIn more formal English, you say it is accepted that when saying what people generally believe is true: · It is accepted that he was sincere in his claim.En un inglés más formal, se dice it is accepted that para expresar lo que la gente generalmente cree que es verdad:· It is accepted that he was sincere in his claim.8accept responsibility/blame for something to admit that you were responsible for something bad that happenedadmitir que eres responsable de algo malo que ocurrió: The University will not accept responsibility for items lost or stolen.La Universidad no aceptará responsabilidad por artículos perdidos o robados.GRAMMAR: ComparisonGRAMÁTICA: Comparaciónaccept• You accept something: · She decided to accept the offer.· I accepted his invitation to have dinner with him. ✗Don’t say: I accepted to have dinner with him.• accept va seguido de objeto directo:· She decided to accept the offer.· I accepted his invitation to have dinner with him. ✗No se dice: I accepted to have dinner with him.agree• You agree to something: · Her parents would never agree to the marriage. ✗Don’t say: Her parents would never agree the marriage.• Se usa agree to something:· Her parents would never agree to the marriage. ✗No se dice: Her parents would never agree the marriage.• You agree to do something: · I agreed to have dinner with him.• Se usa agree to do something:· I agreed to have dinner with him.COLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONESnounssustantivosaccept an offer· In the end I had to accept his offer of £4,500.· Al final tuve que aceptar su oferta de 4500 libras.accept an invitation· Are you going to accept their invitation to the wedding?· ¿Vas a aceptar su invitación a la boda?accept help· Don’t be afraid to accept help if you need it.· No tengas miedo de aceptar ayuda si la necesitas.accept aid· Egypt gratefully accepted American economic aid.· Egipto aceptó agradecido la ayuda económica estadounidense.accept assistance· They were ready to accept French military assistance.· Estaban dispuestos a aceptar la asistencia militar francesa.accept a challenge· To protect the environment we must accept some difficult challenges.· Para proteger el medioambiente debemos aceptar algunos retos difíciles.accept an award· Miller accepted the award for best comedy show.· Miller aceptó el premio al mejor programa de comedia.accept an opportunity· I wish that I’d accepted the opportunity to retire when it was offered.· Ojalá hubiera aceptado la oportunidad de jubilarme cuando me la ofrecieron.accept a gift/present· Accepting presents from him made her feel uncomfortable.· Aceptar regalos de él la hacía sentir incómoda.accept a job· She was desperate for money so she accepted the job.· Necesitaba el dinero desesperadamente, así que aceptó el trabajo.accept a lift British English, accept a ride American English· I had been taught not to accept lifts from strangers.· Me habían enseñado a no aceptar que me llevaran en coche personas desconocidas.accept a bribe· The president’s family and friends accepted massive bribes in exchange for official favours.· La familia y los amigos del presidente aceptaron enormes sobornos a cambio de favores oficiales.adverbsadverbiosgladly/willingly/readily accept· She invited him for a drink and he gladly accepted.· Ella lo invitó a tomar algo y él aceptó encantado.gratefully accept· He gratefully accepted Athena’s help.· Aceptó agradecido la ayuda de Athena.graciously accept· She accepted her gift graciously.· Aceptó el regalo con gracia.
Ver todas las traducciones1gift/offer/invitation [intransitive, transitive] to take something that someone offers you, or to agree to do something that someone asks you to doaceptar algo que alguien te ofrece, o acceder a hacer algo que alguien te pide OPP refuse: Rick accepted her offer of coffee.Rick aceptó su ofrecimiento de café. He accepted the invitation to stay with us.Aceptó la invitación a quedarse con nosotros. His school reports said that he is always ready to accept a challenge (=agree to do something difficult).Sus boletines escolares decían que siempre está dispuesto a aceptar un reto (=acceder a hacer algo difícil). Please accept this small gift.Por favor, acepte este pequeño regalo. They offered me a job and I accepted.Me ofrecieron un trabajo y lo acepté.accept something from somebody He accepted a glass of water from Helen.Aceptó un vaso de agua de Helen. He readily accepted her invitation (=accepted it quickly).Aceptó de buena gana su invitación (=la aceptó rápidamente).RegisterRegistroIn everyday English, when talking about accepting a job, accepting responsibility or blame, or accepting a method of payment, people usually use take: They offered me the job and I accepted. ➔ They offered me the job and I took it.En el inglés cotidiano, cuando se habla de aceptar un trabajo, aceptar responsabilidad o culpa, o aceptar un método de pago, la gente suele usar take: They offered me the job and I accepted. ➔ They offered me the job and I took it.When talking about accepting an offer, people often say take someone up on their offer:· He decided to take her up on her offer.Al hablar de aceptar una oferta, la gente suele decir take someone up on their offer:· He decided to take her up on her offer.2situation/problem etc [transitive] to decide that there is nothing you can do to change a difficult and unpleasant situation or fact and continue with your normal lifedecidir que no se puede hacer nada para cambiar una situación o hecho difícil y desagradable, y continuar con la vida normal: He’s not going to change, and you just have to accept it.Él no va a cambiar, y simplemente tienes que aceptarlo.accept that We have to accept that this is not an ideal world.Tenemos que aceptar que este no es un mundo ideal. He can't accept the fact that his problems are his own fault.No puede aceptar el hecho de que sus problemas son culpa suya.3think somebody/something is good enough [transitive] to decide that someone has the necessary skill or intelligence for a particular job, course etc or that a piece of work is good enoughdecidir que alguien tiene las habilidades o la inteligencia necesarias para un trabajo, curso, etc., o que un trabajo es suficientemente bueno OPP reject: Students accepted by Stanford Law School had very high scores on the LSAT.Los estudiantes aceptados en la Facultad de Derecho de Stanford obtuvieron puntuaciones muy altas en el LSAT.accept somebody/something as something They have accepted him as the representative of the company.Lo han aceptado como representante de la empresa.accept somebody/something for something Random House accepted the book for publication.Random House aceptó el libro para su publicación.4become part of a group [transitive] to allow someone to become part of a group, society, or organization, and to treat them in the same way as the other memberspermitir que alguien forme parte de un grupo, sociedad u organización, y tratarlo del mismo modo que a los demás miembros OPP rejectaccept somebody as something The children gradually began to accept her as one of the family.Los niños fueron aceptándola gradualmente como un miembro más de la familia.accept somebody into something It often takes years for immigrants to be accepted into the host community.A menudo los inmigrantes tardan años en ser aceptados en la comunidad de acogida.5agree to take/deal with something [transitive] to agree to take or deal with something that someone gives you, or to say that it is suitable or good enoughacordar recibir o gestionar algo que alguien te da, o declarar que es adecuado o suficientemente bueno: The government has accepted the resignation of a senior army commander.El gobierno ha aceptado la renuncia de un alto comandante del ejército. Please accept my sincere apologies.Le ruego que acepte mis más sinceras disculpas. Sorry, we don’t accept traveller’s cheques.Lo sentimos, no aceptamos cheques de viajero.6suggestion/advice [transitive] to decide to do what someone suggests or advises you should dodecidir hacer lo que alguien sugiere o aconseja que se haga: Be prepared to accept the advice of members of staff.Esté dispuesto a aceptar los consejos de los miembros del personal.7believe an explanation/statement [transitive] to agree that what someone says is right or trueestar de acuerdo en que lo que alguien dice es correcto o verdadero OPP reject: She has accepted your explanation as to why you didn’t attend the meeting.Ella ha aceptado tu explicación de por qué no asististe a la reunión.► see thesaurus at believeGRAMMARGRAMÁTICAIn more formal English, you say it is accepted that when saying what people generally believe is true: · It is accepted that he was sincere in his claim.En un inglés más formal, se dice it is accepted that para expresar lo que la gente generalmente cree que es verdad:· It is accepted that he was sincere in his claim.8accept responsibility/blame for something to admit that you were responsible for something bad that happenedadmitir que eres responsable de algo malo que ocurrió: The University will not accept responsibility for items lost or stolen.La Universidad no aceptará responsabilidad por artículos perdidos o robados.GRAMMAR: ComparisonGRAMÁTICA: Comparaciónaccept• You accept something: · She decided to accept the offer.· I accepted his invitation to have dinner with him. ✗Don’t say: I accepted to have dinner with him.• accept va seguido de objeto directo:· She decided to accept the offer.· I accepted his invitation to have dinner with him. ✗No se dice: I accepted to have dinner with him.agree• You agree to something: · Her parents would never agree to the marriage. ✗Don’t say: Her parents would never agree the marriage.• Se usa agree to something:· Her parents would never agree to the marriage. ✗No se dice: Her parents would never agree the marriage.• You agree to do something: · I agreed to have dinner with him.• Se usa agree to do something:· I agreed to have dinner with him.COLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONESnounssustantivosaccept an offer· In the end I had to accept his offer of £4,500.· Al final tuve que aceptar su oferta de 4500 libras.accept an invitation· Are you going to accept their invitation to the wedding?· ¿Vas a aceptar su invitación a la boda?accept help· Don’t be afraid to accept help if you need it.· No tengas miedo de aceptar ayuda si la necesitas.accept aid· Egypt gratefully accepted American economic aid.· Egipto aceptó agradecido la ayuda económica estadounidense.accept assistance· They were ready to accept French military assistance.· Estaban dispuestos a aceptar la asistencia militar francesa.accept a challenge· To protect the environment we must accept some difficult challenges.· Para proteger el medioambiente debemos aceptar algunos retos difíciles.accept an award· Miller accepted the award for best comedy show.· Miller aceptó el premio al mejor programa de comedia.accept an opportunity· I wish that I’d accepted the opportunity to retire when it was offered.· Ojalá hubiera aceptado la oportunidad de jubilarme cuando me la ofrecieron.accept a gift/present· Accepting presents from him made her feel uncomfortable.· Aceptar regalos de él la hacía sentir incómoda.accept a job· She was desperate for money so she accepted the job.· Necesitaba el dinero desesperadamente, así que aceptó el trabajo.accept a lift British English, accept a ride American English· I had been taught not to accept lifts from strangers.· Me habían enseñado a no aceptar que me llevaran en coche personas desconocidas.accept a bribe· The president’s family and friends accepted massive bribes in exchange for official favours.· La familia y los amigos del presidente aceptaron enormes sobornos a cambio de favores oficiales.adverbsadverbiosgladly/willingly/readily accept· She invited him for a drink and he gladly accepted.· Ella lo invitó a tomar algo y él aceptó encantado.gratefully accept· He gratefully accepted Athena’s help.· Aceptó agradecido la ayuda de Athena.graciously accept· She accepted her gift graciously.· Aceptó el regalo con gracia.