OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 4749

call

/kɔːl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
convocar • llamar
To reach out with one's voice.
That person is hurt; call for help!
gritar
To reach out with one's voice.
"Supper's ready," called Dad from the kitchen.
For far—oh, very far behind, / So far she cannot call to him, / Comes Tegumai alone to find / The daughter that was all to him!
hablar • llamar • telefonear • timbrar
To reach out with one's voice.
Why don’t you call me in the morning?
Why don’t you call tomorrow?
llamar • nombrar
To name, identify, or describe.
Don't call me a liar.
Why don’t we dispense with the formalities? Please call me Al.
pitar • señalar
To declare, or declare in favor of, a predicted or actual result.
The goal was called offside.
convocar • llamar • requerir • solicitar
To require, demand.
He felt called to help the old man.
invocar • llamar
To jump to (another part of a program); to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.
A recursive function is one that calls itself.