Significado de suggest en inglés
suggestsuggest /səˈdʒest $ səɡˈdʒest/ verb [transitive] 
Ver todas las traducciones1to tell someone your ideas about what they should do, where they should go etcdecirle a alguien tus ideas sobre lo que debería hacer, adónde debería ir, etc.: 
The zoo asked its visitors to suggest a name for the new baby panda.El zoológico pidió a sus visitantes que sugirieran un nombre para el nuevo osito panda.suggest (that) Her mother suggested that she should go and see the doctor.Su madre le sugirió que fuera a ver al médico. I suggest you call him first.Te sugiero que lo llames primero. It has been suggested that the manager will resign if any more players are sold.Se ha sugerido que el entrenador dimitirá si se venden más jugadores.suggest something to somebody Johnson suggested to Boswell that they should buy the island.Johnson le sugirió a Boswell que deberían comprar la isla.suggest doing something Tracey suggested meeting for a drink after work.Tracey sugirió quedar para tomar algo después del trabajo.suggest how/where/what etc Can you suggest what kind of tool I should use?¿Puedes sugerirme qué tipo de herramienta debería usar?can/may I suggest (=used to politely suggest a different idea)(=usado para sugerir cortésmente una idea diferente) May I suggest that you think carefully before rushing into this?¿Me permite sugerirle que piense detenidamente antes de lanzarse a esto?► see thesaurus at advise2to make someone think that a particular thing is truehacer que alguien piense que algo en particular es verdad SYN indicate: Trends in spending and investment suggest a gradual economic recovery.Las tendencias en el gasto y la inversión apuntan a una recuperación económica gradual.suggest (that) Opinion polls suggest that only 10% of the population trust the government.Las encuestas de opinión indican que solo el 10% de la población confía en el gobierno.evidence/results/data/studies etc suggest(s) that The evidence suggests that single fathers are more likely to work than single mothers.La evidencia sugiere que los padres solteros tienen más probabilidades de trabajar que las madres solteras.3to tell someone about someone or something that is suitable for a particular job or activitydecirle a alguien sobre una persona o algo adecuado para un trabajo o actividad en particular SYN recommendsuggest somebody/something for something John Roberts has been suggested for the post of manager.John Roberts ha sido propuesto para el puesto de director.4to state something in an indirect waydecir algo de manera indirecta SYN imply: Are you suggesting my husband’s been drinking?¿Estás insinuando que mi marido ha estado bebiendo?5to remind someone of something or help them to imagine itrecordarle algo a alguien o ayudarle a imaginarlo: The stage was bare, with only the lighting to suggest a prison.El escenario estaba vacío, con solo la iluminación para evocar una prisión.6something suggests itself if an idea suggests itself, you think of itsi una idea se presenta por sí sola, significa que se te ocurre: I’ll look at my cookbooks and see if anything suggests itself.Voy a revisar mis libros de cocina a ver si se me ocurre algo.7I’m not suggesting spokenoral used to say that what you have said is not exactly what you intended to sayusado para indicar que lo que se ha dicho no es exactamente lo que se pretendía decir: I’m not suggesting for one moment that these changes will be easy.No estoy insinuando ni por un momento que estos cambios vayan a ser fáciles.GRAMMAR: Patterns with suggestGRAMÁTICA: Estructuras con suggest• You suggest something to someone: · He suggested a solution to us. ✗Don’t say: He suggested us a solution.• Se dice suggest something to someone: · He suggested a solution to us. ✗No digas: He suggested us a solution.• You suggest doing something: · I suggested going for a walk in the park. ✗Don’t say: I suggested to go for a walk in the park.• Se usa suggest doing something: · I suggested going for a walk in the park. ✗No digas: I suggested to go for a walk in the park.• In everyday English, you suggest that someone does something: · I suggest that she waits a few weeks. ✗Don’t say: I suggest her to wait a few weeks.• En inglés cotidiano, se dice suggest that someone does something: · I suggest that she waits a few weeks. ✗No digas: I suggest her to wait a few weeks.• In more formal English, you suggest that someone do something, using the base form of the verb (=the infinitive without ‘to’): · I suggest that she wait a few weeks.• En inglés más formal, se usa la forma base del verbo (=el infinitivo sin 'to') en suggest that someone do something: · I suggest that she wait a few weeks.• You can also use the base form of the verb when talking about the past: · I suggested that she wait a few weeks.• También puedes usar la forma base del verbo cuando hablas del pasado: · I suggested that she wait a few weeks.• You suggest that someone should do something: · The doctor suggested that she should sit down.• También se dice suggest that someone should do something: · The doctor suggested that she should sit down.• In more formal English, you can say it has been suggested that something is true: · It has been suggested that the substance can cause cancer.Grammar guide ‒ VERBS• En inglés más formal, se puede decir it has been suggested that something is true: · It has been suggested that the substance can cause cancer.Guía gramatical ‒ VERBOSTHESAURUSSINÓNIMOSsuggest to tell someone your ideas about what they should dodecirle a alguien tus ideas sobre lo que debería hacer: · 'Why don’t you come with us?', Alan suggested.· «¿Por qué no vienes con nosotros?», sugirió Alan.· It was a sunny afternoon and so I suggested going to the beach.· Era una tarde soleada, así que sugerí ir a la playa.recommend to suggest that someone goes somewhere, tries something etc because you know that it is good and you think they will like itsugerirle a alguien que vaya a algún lugar o pruebe algo porque sabes que es bueno y crees que le gustará: · Can you recommend a good restaurant near here?· ¿Puedes recomendarme un buen restaurante cerca de aquí?· It’s a brilliant book - I’d recommend it to anyone.· Es un libro brillante; se lo recomendaría a cualquiera.propose formalformal to formally suggest a plan or course of action, especially at a meetingsugerir formalmente un plan o una línea de acción, especialmente en una reunión: · The government has proposed building a new town just north of the city.· El gobierno ha propuesto construir una nueva ciudad justo al norte de la ciudad.· I propose that we send a delegation to London to discuss our concerns.· Propongo que enviemos una delegación a Londres para hablar de nuestras preocupaciones.put forward to suggest an idea, plan, reason etcsugerir una idea, un plan, una razón, etc.: · The party has put forward new proposals to reduce the number of cars in the town centre.· El partido ha presentado nuevas propuestas para reducir el número de automóviles en el centro de la ciudad.· The idea was first put forward by Aristotle.· La idea fue propuesta por primera vez por Aristóteles.· A number of reasons have been put forward to explain these negative results.· Se han presentado varias razones para explicar estos resultados negativos.nominate to officially suggest someone for an important job or position, or a person, film etc for a prize, especially when people will vote to make a decisionproponer oficialmente a alguien para un cargo importante o nominar a una persona, película, etc. para un premio, especialmente cuando la decisión se tomará por votación: · He’s been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature several times.· Ha sido nominado al Premio Nobel de Literatura varias veces.· Three candidates have been nominated for the position of chairman.· Tres candidatos han sido propuestos para el cargo de presidente.
Ver todas las traducciones1to tell someone your ideas about what they should do, where they should go etcdecirle a alguien tus ideas sobre lo que debería hacer, adónde debería ir, etc.: The zoo asked its visitors to suggest a name for the new baby panda.El zoológico pidió a sus visitantes que sugirieran un nombre para el nuevo osito panda.suggest (that) Her mother suggested that she should go and see the doctor.Su madre le sugirió que fuera a ver al médico. I suggest you call him first.Te sugiero que lo llames primero. It has been suggested that the manager will resign if any more players are sold.Se ha sugerido que el entrenador dimitirá si se venden más jugadores.suggest something to somebody Johnson suggested to Boswell that they should buy the island.Johnson le sugirió a Boswell que deberían comprar la isla.suggest doing something Tracey suggested meeting for a drink after work.Tracey sugirió quedar para tomar algo después del trabajo.suggest how/where/what etc Can you suggest what kind of tool I should use?¿Puedes sugerirme qué tipo de herramienta debería usar?can/may I suggest (=used to politely suggest a different idea)(=usado para sugerir cortésmente una idea diferente) May I suggest that you think carefully before rushing into this?¿Me permite sugerirle que piense detenidamente antes de lanzarse a esto?► see thesaurus at advise2to make someone think that a particular thing is truehacer que alguien piense que algo en particular es verdad SYN indicate: Trends in spending and investment suggest a gradual economic recovery.Las tendencias en el gasto y la inversión apuntan a una recuperación económica gradual.suggest (that) Opinion polls suggest that only 10% of the population trust the government.Las encuestas de opinión indican que solo el 10% de la población confía en el gobierno.evidence/results/data/studies etc suggest(s) that The evidence suggests that single fathers are more likely to work than single mothers.La evidencia sugiere que los padres solteros tienen más probabilidades de trabajar que las madres solteras.3to tell someone about someone or something that is suitable for a particular job or activitydecirle a alguien sobre una persona o algo adecuado para un trabajo o actividad en particular SYN recommendsuggest somebody/something for something John Roberts has been suggested for the post of manager.John Roberts ha sido propuesto para el puesto de director.4to state something in an indirect waydecir algo de manera indirecta SYN imply: Are you suggesting my husband’s been drinking?¿Estás insinuando que mi marido ha estado bebiendo?5to remind someone of something or help them to imagine itrecordarle algo a alguien o ayudarle a imaginarlo: The stage was bare, with only the lighting to suggest a prison.El escenario estaba vacío, con solo la iluminación para evocar una prisión.6something suggests itself if an idea suggests itself, you think of itsi una idea se presenta por sí sola, significa que se te ocurre: I’ll look at my cookbooks and see if anything suggests itself.Voy a revisar mis libros de cocina a ver si se me ocurre algo.7I’m not suggesting spokenoral used to say that what you have said is not exactly what you intended to sayusado para indicar que lo que se ha dicho no es exactamente lo que se pretendía decir: I’m not suggesting for one moment that these changes will be easy.No estoy insinuando ni por un momento que estos cambios vayan a ser fáciles.GRAMMAR: Patterns with suggestGRAMÁTICA: Estructuras con suggest• You suggest something to someone: · He suggested a solution to us. ✗Don’t say: He suggested us a solution.• Se dice suggest something to someone: · He suggested a solution to us. ✗No digas: He suggested us a solution.• You suggest doing something: · I suggested going for a walk in the park. ✗Don’t say: I suggested to go for a walk in the park.• Se usa suggest doing something: · I suggested going for a walk in the park. ✗No digas: I suggested to go for a walk in the park.• In everyday English, you suggest that someone does something: · I suggest that she waits a few weeks. ✗Don’t say: I suggest her to wait a few weeks.• En inglés cotidiano, se dice suggest that someone does something: · I suggest that she waits a few weeks. ✗No digas: I suggest her to wait a few weeks.• In more formal English, you suggest that someone do something, using the base form of the verb (=the infinitive without ‘to’): · I suggest that she wait a few weeks.• En inglés más formal, se usa la forma base del verbo (=el infinitivo sin 'to') en suggest that someone do something: · I suggest that she wait a few weeks.• You can also use the base form of the verb when talking about the past: · I suggested that she wait a few weeks.• También puedes usar la forma base del verbo cuando hablas del pasado: · I suggested that she wait a few weeks.• You suggest that someone should do something: · The doctor suggested that she should sit down.• También se dice suggest that someone should do something: · The doctor suggested that she should sit down.• In more formal English, you can say it has been suggested that something is true: · It has been suggested that the substance can cause cancer.Grammar guide ‒ VERBS• En inglés más formal, se puede decir it has been suggested that something is true: · It has been suggested that the substance can cause cancer.Guía gramatical ‒ VERBOSTHESAURUSSINÓNIMOSsuggest to tell someone your ideas about what they should dodecirle a alguien tus ideas sobre lo que debería hacer: · 'Why don’t you come with us?', Alan suggested.· «¿Por qué no vienes con nosotros?», sugirió Alan.· It was a sunny afternoon and so I suggested going to the beach.· Era una tarde soleada, así que sugerí ir a la playa.recommend to suggest that someone goes somewhere, tries something etc because you know that it is good and you think they will like itsugerirle a alguien que vaya a algún lugar o pruebe algo porque sabes que es bueno y crees que le gustará: · Can you recommend a good restaurant near here?· ¿Puedes recomendarme un buen restaurante cerca de aquí?· It’s a brilliant book - I’d recommend it to anyone.· Es un libro brillante; se lo recomendaría a cualquiera.propose formalformal to formally suggest a plan or course of action, especially at a meetingsugerir formalmente un plan o una línea de acción, especialmente en una reunión: · The government has proposed building a new town just north of the city.· El gobierno ha propuesto construir una nueva ciudad justo al norte de la ciudad.· I propose that we send a delegation to London to discuss our concerns.· Propongo que enviemos una delegación a Londres para hablar de nuestras preocupaciones.put forward to suggest an idea, plan, reason etcsugerir una idea, un plan, una razón, etc.: · The party has put forward new proposals to reduce the number of cars in the town centre.· El partido ha presentado nuevas propuestas para reducir el número de automóviles en el centro de la ciudad.· The idea was first put forward by Aristotle.· La idea fue propuesta por primera vez por Aristóteles.· A number of reasons have been put forward to explain these negative results.· Se han presentado varias razones para explicar estos resultados negativos.nominate to officially suggest someone for an important job or position, or a person, film etc for a prize, especially when people will vote to make a decisionproponer oficialmente a alguien para un cargo importante o nominar a una persona, película, etc. para un premio, especialmente cuando la decisión se tomará por votación: · He’s been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature several times.· Ha sido nominado al Premio Nobel de Literatura varias veces.· Three candidates have been nominated for the position of chairman.· Tres candidatos han sido propuestos para el cargo de presidente.