Meanings (ES + gloss)
toma
The or an act of taking.
'I saw you in Norfolk doing twenty-odd takes with that fisherman chap and it looked perfect in the rushes.'
The 1994 Amendments address the incidental take of marine mammals in the course of commercial fishing, not the direct lethal take of pinnipeds for management purposes.
recompensa
Something that is taken; a haul.
He wants half of the take if he helps with the job.
Why would anyone go along with such things? Money is still the main answer: Almost all prominent climate deniers are on the fossil-fuel take.
punto de vista
An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
Another unsolicited maths take: talking about quotients in terms of "equivalence classes" or cosets is really unnatural.
What's your take on this issue, Fred?
toma
A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
Act seven, scene three, take two.
It's a take.
Phrases
Meanings (ES + gloss)
tomar
To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
take prisoners
take the guards prisoner
tomar
To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
He took all the credit for the project, although he had done almost none of the work.
She took the blame, in the public's eyes, although the debacle was more her husband's fault than her own.
violar
To have sex with.
I wonder what it would feel like to take two cocks at the same time.
Sometimes he would have her standing up by the side of the bed, not bothering to undress, merely undoing his fly and using her like a cheap envelope to receive his lust. At others…
tomar
To grasp or grip.
He took her hand in his.
She sat half upright, supported on Henrietta's shoulder; and, taking her father's hand, she clasped it with her husband's.
chapar • coger • tomar
To use as a means of transportation.
I took a plane.
take the ferry
tomar
To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
take the blue pill
take two of these and call me in the morning
opositar • tomar
To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
take a shower
take sun-baths
durar • llevar
To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
Hunting that whale takes most of his free time.
Unloading the moving truck took us half a day, but this mess of a house will take us all weekend to tidy up. It takes ages to finish house moving!
tomar
To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
Could you take a picture of us?
She took a video of their encounter.
Phrases
are you taking any medicationsbe taken badbe taken illbe taken sickbetakecare-takingfor the takingforetakefortakeget taken inhave drink takenhave one's name takenleave-takinglike taking candy from a babylunatics have taken over the asylummistakenote-takingontakeout-takeovertakepartakepiss-takingpoint takenprize-takingprofit takingprofit-takingput and takeput-and-takerisk-takingtake French leavetake a Bextake a French leavetake a bathtake a beattake a bitetake a bowtake a breathertake a chancetake a chill pilltake a crap