Meanings (ES + gloss)
escribir
To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
The pupil wrote his name on the paper.
Your son has been writing on the wall.
escribir a
To send written information to.
(UK) Please write to me when you get there.
(US) Please write me when you get there.
escribir
To show (information, etc) in written form.
Ghana's motto, writ large on the gleaming white Independence Arch that overlooks the Atlantic in Accra, is "Freedom and Justice."
The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus.
escribir
To be an author.
I said that I did not believe anyone could write any way except the very best he could write without destroying his talent.
I write for a living.
anotar • apuntar • escribir
To record data mechanically or electronically.
The computer writes to the disk faster than it reads from it.
Phrases
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