Meanings (ES + gloss)
adueñarse • apoderarse • enseñorearse • tomar • usurpar
To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.
In Rio de Janeiro, thousands protested in a gritty area far from the city’s upscale seaside districts. In other cities, demonstrators blocked roads, barged into City Council meetin…
Pilton Yard, the Lynton & Barnstaple headquarters, has been taken over by a fur trading firm, and would-be trespassers to the old engine-shed are turned back by the pungent odour o…
asumir
To adopt a further responsibility or duty.
He will take over the job permanently when the accountant retires.
reemplazar
To relieve someone temporarily.
If you will take over driving, I'd like to get some sleep.
My husband is taking over the accounts department during the holiday period, while the chief accountant is away.
apropiar
To appropriate something without permission.
anexar • anexionar • anexionarse
To annex a territory by conquest or invasion; to conquer.
Ancient Rome took over lands throughout the known world.
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