Significado de buy en inglés
buybuy1 /baɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle bought /bɔːt $ bɒːt/) 
Ver todas las traducciones1a)[intransitive, transitive] to get something by paying money for itobtener algo pagando dinero por ello OPP sell: 
Where did you buy that dress?¿Dónde compraste ese vestido? Ricky showed her the painting he’d bought that morning.Ricky le mostró el cuadro que había comprado esa mañana.buy somebody something Let me buy you a drink.Déjame invitarte una copa.buy something for somebody/something The money will be used to buy equipment for the school.El dinero se utilizará para comprar equipamiento para la escuela.buy (something) from somebody It’s cheaper to buy direct from the manufacturer.Es más barato comprar directamente al fabricante.buy something for $10/£200 etc Dan bought the car for $2,000.Dan compró el carro por 2000 dólares. It’s much cheaper to buy in bulk (=buy large quantities of something).Es mucho más barato comprar al por mayor (=comprar grandes cantidades de algo). b)[transitive] if a sum of money buys something, it is enough to pay for itsi una cantidad de dinero alcanza para comprar algo, es suficiente para pagarlo: $50 doesn’t buy much these days.Hoy en día, 50 dólares no dan para mucho.buy somebody something $15 should buy us a pizza and a drink.15 dólares deberían alcanzarnos para una pizza y una bebida.2buy (somebody) time to deliberately make more time for yourself to do something, for example by delaying a decisionganar tiempo deliberadamente para hacer algo, por ejemplo, aplazando una decisión: ‘Can we talk about it later?’ he said, trying to buy a little more time.«¿Podemos hablar de eso después?», dijo, intentando ganar un poco más de tiempo.3[transitive] informalinformal to believe something that someone tells you, especially when it is not likely to be truecreer algo que alguien te dice, especialmente cuando es poco probable que sea verdad: ‘Let’s just say it was an accident.’ ‘He’ll never buy that.’«Digamos simplemente que fue un accidente.» «Él nunca se lo va a creer.»4[transitive] informalinformal to pay money to someone, especially someone in a position of authority, in order to persuade them to do something dishonestpagar dinero a alguien, especialmente a alguien con autoridad, para persuadirlo de que haga algo deshonesto SYN bribe: People say the judge had been bought by the Mafia.La gente dice que el juez había sido comprado por la Mafia.5buy something at the cost/expense/price of something to get something that you want, but only by losing something elseconseguir algo que se desea, pero a costa de perder otra cosa: The town has been careful not to buy prosperity at the expense of its character.La ciudad ha tenido cuidado de no conseguir la prosperidad a expensas de su carácter.6somebody bought it old-fashionedanticuado informalinformal someone was killedalguien murió7buy off-plan if you buy property off-plan, you buy a house, flat etc that is just starting to be built, with an arrangement to pay part of the cost of the property at that time and the balance when the property is finishedsi compras una propiedad sobre plano, compras una casa, piso, etc. que está empezando a construirse, con el acuerdo de pagar una parte del precio en ese momento y el resto cuando la propiedad esté terminadaTHESAURUSSINÓNIMOSbuy to pay money for something so that you can own itpagar dinero por algo para poder poseerlo: · I’ve just bought a new car.· Acabo de comprarme un carro nuevo.· The painting was bought by a museum in New York.· El cuadro fue comprado por un museo de Nueva York.purchase formalformal to buy something, especially something large or expensive, in a business deal or by a legal contractcomprar algo, especialmente algo grande o costoso, en una transacción comercial o mediante un contrato legal: · They purchased 5,000 acres of land.· Compraron 5000 acres de tierra.acquire formalformal to become the owner of something large or expensive such as property, a company, or a valuable objectpasar a ser propietario de algo grande o costoso, como una propiedad, una empresa o un objeto valioso: · In 2007 the business was acquired by a Dutch company.· En 2007, el negocio fue adquirido por una empresa holandesa.· Television companies were then allowed to acquire more stations.· Las cadenas de televisión pudieron entonces adquirir más canales.get especially spokenespecialmente en el uso oral to buy something, especially ordinary things such as food, clothes, or things for your housecomprar algo, especialmente cosas cotidianas como comida, ropa o artículos para el hogar: · Did you remember to get some bread?· ¿Recordaste comprar pan?· I never know what to get Dad for his birthday.· Nunca sé qué comprarle a papá para su cumpleaños.snap something up informalinformal to buy something immediately, especially because it is very cheap, or because you want it very much and you are worried that someone else might buy it firstcomprar algo de inmediato, especialmente porque es muy barato o porque lo deseas mucho y temes que otra persona lo compre antes: · Real estate in the area is being snapped up by developers.· Los promotores inmobiliarios están acaparando los inmuebles de la zona.pick something up informalinformal to buy something, especially something ordinary such as food or a newspaper, or something that you have found by chance and are pleased about owningcomprar algo, especialmente algo corriente como comida o un periódico, o algo que encontraste por casualidad y te alegra tener: · Could you pick up some milk on your way home?· ¿Puedes comprar un poco de leche de camino a casa?· It’s just a little thing I picked up when I was in Kathmandu.· Es solo una cosita que compré cuando estaba en Katmandú.stock up to buy a lot of something you use regularly, because you may not be able to buy it later, or because you are planning to use more of it than usualcomprar mucho de algo que usas habitualmente, porque puede que no puedas comprarlo más tarde o porque planeas usarlo más de lo habitual: · The supermarkets are full of people stocking up for the New Year’s holiday.· Los supermercados están llenos de gente que se abastece para las festividades de Año Nuevo.· We always stock up on cheap wine when we go to France.· Siempre nos abastecemos de vino barato cuando vamos a Francia.· Before the blizzard, we stocked up on food.· Antes de la tormenta de nieve, nos abastecimos de comida.splash out British English informalinformal, splurge American English informalinformal to buy something you would not usually buy, because it is too expensive, in order to celebrate an event or make yourself feel goodcomprar algo que normalmente no comprarías por ser demasiado caro, para celebrar un evento o hacerte sentir bien: · Why don’t you splash out on a new dress for the party?· ¿Por qué no te das el gusto de comprarte un vestido nuevo para la fiesta?· We splurged on an expensive hotel for the last night of the vacation.· Nos dimos el lujo de quedarnos en un hotel caro la última noche de las vacaciones.buy something ↔ in phrasal verb to buy something in large quantitiescomprar algo en grandes cantidades: Companies are buying in supplies of paper, in case the price goes up.Las empresas están comprando reservas de papel por si sube el precio.buy into something phrasal verb1informalinformal to accept that an idea is right and allow it to influence youaceptar que una idea es correcta y dejar que te influya: I never bought into this idea that you have to be thin to be attractive.Nunca me compré la idea de que hay que ser delgado para ser atractivo.2to buy part of a business or organization, especially because you want to control itcomprar parte de un negocio u organización, especialmente porque quieres controlarlo: Investors were invited to buy into state-owned enterprises.Se invitó a los inversores a comprar participaciones en empresas estatales.buy somebody ↔ off phrasal verb to pay someone money to stop them causing trouble or threatening youpagar dinero a alguien para que deje de causarte problemas o amenazarte SYN bribebuy out phrasal verb1 buy somebody/something ↔ out to buy someone’s share of a business or property that you previously owned together, so that you have complete controlcomprar la parte de alguien en un negocio o propiedad que poseíais conjuntamente, de modo que tengas el control total → buyout2buy somebody out of something to pay money so that someone can leave an organization such as the army before their contract has endedpagar dinero para que alguien pueda abandonar una organización como el ejército antes de que su contrato haya terminadobuy something ↔ up phrasal verb to quickly buy as much of something as possible, for example land, tickets, or goodscomprar rápidamente la mayor cantidad posible de algo, por ejemplo, terrenos, entradas o mercancías: Much of the land was bought up by property developers.Gran parte del terreno fue comprado por promotores inmobiliarios.
Ver todas las traducciones1a)[intransitive, transitive] to get something by paying money for itobtener algo pagando dinero por ello OPP sell: Where did you buy that dress?¿Dónde compraste ese vestido? Ricky showed her the painting he’d bought that morning.Ricky le mostró el cuadro que había comprado esa mañana.buy somebody something Let me buy you a drink.Déjame invitarte una copa.buy something for somebody/something The money will be used to buy equipment for the school.El dinero se utilizará para comprar equipamiento para la escuela.buy (something) from somebody It’s cheaper to buy direct from the manufacturer.Es más barato comprar directamente al fabricante.buy something for $10/£200 etc Dan bought the car for $2,000.Dan compró el carro por 2000 dólares. It’s much cheaper to buy in bulk (=buy large quantities of something).Es mucho más barato comprar al por mayor (=comprar grandes cantidades de algo). b)[transitive] if a sum of money buys something, it is enough to pay for itsi una cantidad de dinero alcanza para comprar algo, es suficiente para pagarlo: $50 doesn’t buy much these days.Hoy en día, 50 dólares no dan para mucho.buy somebody something $15 should buy us a pizza and a drink.15 dólares deberían alcanzarnos para una pizza y una bebida.2buy (somebody) time to deliberately make more time for yourself to do something, for example by delaying a decisionganar tiempo deliberadamente para hacer algo, por ejemplo, aplazando una decisión: ‘Can we talk about it later?’ he said, trying to buy a little more time.«¿Podemos hablar de eso después?», dijo, intentando ganar un poco más de tiempo.3[transitive] informalinformal to believe something that someone tells you, especially when it is not likely to be truecreer algo que alguien te dice, especialmente cuando es poco probable que sea verdad: ‘Let’s just say it was an accident.’ ‘He’ll never buy that.’«Digamos simplemente que fue un accidente.» «Él nunca se lo va a creer.»4[transitive] informalinformal to pay money to someone, especially someone in a position of authority, in order to persuade them to do something dishonestpagar dinero a alguien, especialmente a alguien con autoridad, para persuadirlo de que haga algo deshonesto SYN bribe: People say the judge had been bought by the Mafia.La gente dice que el juez había sido comprado por la Mafia.5buy something at the cost/expense/price of something to get something that you want, but only by losing something elseconseguir algo que se desea, pero a costa de perder otra cosa: The town has been careful not to buy prosperity at the expense of its character.La ciudad ha tenido cuidado de no conseguir la prosperidad a expensas de su carácter.6somebody bought it old-fashionedanticuado informalinformal someone was killedalguien murió7buy off-plan if you buy property off-plan, you buy a house, flat etc that is just starting to be built, with an arrangement to pay part of the cost of the property at that time and the balance when the property is finishedsi compras una propiedad sobre plano, compras una casa, piso, etc. que está empezando a construirse, con el acuerdo de pagar una parte del precio en ese momento y el resto cuando la propiedad esté terminadaTHESAURUSSINÓNIMOSbuy to pay money for something so that you can own itpagar dinero por algo para poder poseerlo: · I’ve just bought a new car.· Acabo de comprarme un carro nuevo.· The painting was bought by a museum in New York.· El cuadro fue comprado por un museo de Nueva York.purchase formalformal to buy something, especially something large or expensive, in a business deal or by a legal contractcomprar algo, especialmente algo grande o costoso, en una transacción comercial o mediante un contrato legal: · They purchased 5,000 acres of land.· Compraron 5000 acres de tierra.acquire formalformal to become the owner of something large or expensive such as property, a company, or a valuable objectpasar a ser propietario de algo grande o costoso, como una propiedad, una empresa o un objeto valioso: · In 2007 the business was acquired by a Dutch company.· En 2007, el negocio fue adquirido por una empresa holandesa.· Television companies were then allowed to acquire more stations.· Las cadenas de televisión pudieron entonces adquirir más canales.get especially spokenespecialmente en el uso oral to buy something, especially ordinary things such as food, clothes, or things for your housecomprar algo, especialmente cosas cotidianas como comida, ropa o artículos para el hogar: · Did you remember to get some bread?· ¿Recordaste comprar pan?· I never know what to get Dad for his birthday.· Nunca sé qué comprarle a papá para su cumpleaños.snap something up informalinformal to buy something immediately, especially because it is very cheap, or because you want it very much and you are worried that someone else might buy it firstcomprar algo de inmediato, especialmente porque es muy barato o porque lo deseas mucho y temes que otra persona lo compre antes: · Real estate in the area is being snapped up by developers.· Los promotores inmobiliarios están acaparando los inmuebles de la zona.pick something up informalinformal to buy something, especially something ordinary such as food or a newspaper, or something that you have found by chance and are pleased about owningcomprar algo, especialmente algo corriente como comida o un periódico, o algo que encontraste por casualidad y te alegra tener: · Could you pick up some milk on your way home?· ¿Puedes comprar un poco de leche de camino a casa?· It’s just a little thing I picked up when I was in Kathmandu.· Es solo una cosita que compré cuando estaba en Katmandú.stock up to buy a lot of something you use regularly, because you may not be able to buy it later, or because you are planning to use more of it than usualcomprar mucho de algo que usas habitualmente, porque puede que no puedas comprarlo más tarde o porque planeas usarlo más de lo habitual: · The supermarkets are full of people stocking up for the New Year’s holiday.· Los supermercados están llenos de gente que se abastece para las festividades de Año Nuevo.· We always stock up on cheap wine when we go to France.· Siempre nos abastecemos de vino barato cuando vamos a Francia.· Before the blizzard, we stocked up on food.· Antes de la tormenta de nieve, nos abastecimos de comida.splash out British English informalinformal, splurge American English informalinformal to buy something you would not usually buy, because it is too expensive, in order to celebrate an event or make yourself feel goodcomprar algo que normalmente no comprarías por ser demasiado caro, para celebrar un evento o hacerte sentir bien: · Why don’t you splash out on a new dress for the party?· ¿Por qué no te das el gusto de comprarte un vestido nuevo para la fiesta?· We splurged on an expensive hotel for the last night of the vacation.· Nos dimos el lujo de quedarnos en un hotel caro la última noche de las vacaciones.buy something ↔ in phrasal verb to buy something in large quantitiescomprar algo en grandes cantidades: Companies are buying in supplies of paper, in case the price goes up.Las empresas están comprando reservas de papel por si sube el precio.buy into something phrasal verb1informalinformal to accept that an idea is right and allow it to influence youaceptar que una idea es correcta y dejar que te influya: I never bought into this idea that you have to be thin to be attractive.Nunca me compré la idea de que hay que ser delgado para ser atractivo.2to buy part of a business or organization, especially because you want to control itcomprar parte de un negocio u organización, especialmente porque quieres controlarlo: Investors were invited to buy into state-owned enterprises.Se invitó a los inversores a comprar participaciones en empresas estatales.buy somebody ↔ off phrasal verb to pay someone money to stop them causing trouble or threatening youpagar dinero a alguien para que deje de causarte problemas o amenazarte SYN bribebuy out phrasal verb1 buy somebody/something ↔ out to buy someone’s share of a business or property that you previously owned together, so that you have complete controlcomprar la parte de alguien en un negocio o propiedad que poseíais conjuntamente, de modo que tengas el control total → buyout2buy somebody out of something to pay money so that someone can leave an organization such as the army before their contract has endedpagar dinero para que alguien pueda abandonar una organización como el ejército antes de que su contrato haya terminadobuy something ↔ up phrasal verb to quickly buy as much of something as possible, for example land, tickets, or goodscomprar rápidamente la mayor cantidad posible de algo, por ejemplo, terrenos, entradas o mercancías: Much of the land was bought up by property developers.Gran parte del terreno fue comprado por promotores inmobiliarios.buybuy2 noun [countable, usually singular] 1something that is worth buying, because it is cheap, good quality, or likely to gain in valuealgo que vale la pena comprar por ser barato, de buena calidad o susceptible de aumentar de valora good/excellent etc buy The wine is a good buy at $6.50.El vino es una buena compra a 6,50 dólares. It’s worth shopping around for the best buy (=what you want at the lowest price).Vale la pena comparar precios para encontrar la mejor compra (=lo que quieres al precio más bajo).2informalinformal an act of buying something, especially something illegalel acto de comprar algo, especialmente algo ilegal SYN deal
1something that is worth buying, because it is cheap, good quality, or likely to gain in valuealgo que vale la pena comprar por ser barato, de buena calidad o susceptible de aumentar de valora good/excellent etc buy The wine is a good buy at $6.50.El vino es una buena compra a 6,50 dólares. It’s worth shopping around for the best buy (=what you want at the lowest price).Vale la pena comparar precios para encontrar la mejor compra (=lo que quieres al precio más bajo).2informalinformal an act of buying something, especially something illegalel acto de comprar algo, especialmente algo ilegal SYN deal