🤝 Verbos relacionados con transacciones económicas

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(gen) to acquire /ë'kwaië/ • (~ riqueza / fama) to acquire wealth / fame • (comprar) to purchase /'p3:tšës/, to buy • (experiencia) to gain • (conocimientos) to acquire

(tiempo, dinero) to save /seiv/ • (v-pr: ahorradnos la cobertura mediática) spare us the press coverage

[coger en alquiler] (plazo breve de tiempo: coche, disfraz...) to hire /'haië/, (periodos más largos: casa, habitación...) to rent /rent/ • (alquilaron una barca para la tarde) they hired a boat for the afternoon • [dejar en alquiler] to hire sth out, to rent sth out, to let sth out (sólo casas o habitaciones)

to charge /tša:dž/ (sb for sth) • (¿cuánto cobra la hora?) how much do you charge the hour • (¿me cobra, por favor?) can I have the bill, please? • (salario) to be paid (for sth) • (vt: cheque) to cash /kæš/ • (adquirir) to gain • (¡vas a ~!) you'll get a smack!

(~ con: producto) to trade in sth, to deal [dealt] in sth • (persona) to do business (with sb)

to buy /bai/ [bought /bO:t/] • (quiero ~les un regalo) I want to buy them a present

to cost /kost, (Am) kO:st/ [cost] • (el accidente costó la vida a cien personas) the accident cost the lives of a hundred people • (leerme el libro me costó un mes) it took me a month to read the book • (resultar difícil) to find it hard (to do sth) • (me cuesta levantarme temprano) I find it hard to get up early • (~ un ojo de la cara) to cost an arm and a leg • (cueste lo que cueste) at all costs

to owe /ëu/ (sth to sb) • (te debo una explicación) I owe you an explanation • (me debes el café) you owe me for the coffee • (+inf: presente/futuro) must (v mod), (fut: en textos legales) shall • (~ de: frases afirmativas) must • (ya debe de estar en casa) he must be home by now • (frases negativas: no debe de ser fácil) it can't be easy

to spend /spend/ [spent] (sth on sth) • (consumir) to use • (desgastar: ropa, zapatos) to wear sth out • (usar) to use sth up • (me has gastado toda la colonia) you've used up all my cologne • (talla) to take • (~ la talla cuarenta de pantalones) to take size forty trousers • (desperdiciar) to waste /weist/ • (~le una broma a algn) to play a joke on sb

to negotiate /ni'gaušieit/ • (comercio) to trade /treid/ • (negocia con pieles) he trades in furs, he is in the fur trade / business

to pay /pei/ [paid] (producto, compra: for) sth • (pagamos el piso) we paid for the flat • (~ las deudas) to pay your debts • (me paga los estudios) he's paying for my education • (me las pagarás!) you'll pay for this! • (~ en efectivo) to pay in cash • (~ con tarjeta) to pay (for sth) by credit card • (~ el pato) to carry the can • (no han pagado el alquiler) they haven't paid the rent • (me pagan muy poco) I get paid very little • (a los que no se les paga por su trabajo se les llama voluntarios) those who do not get paid for their job are called volunteers

(costar) to cost • (tener un valor) to be worth (sth) • (servir) to do • (este vaso vale como florero) this glass will do as a vase • (para qué vale eso?) what's that for? • (no valer) to be no good • (ser suficiente) to be enough • (~ por) to entitle sb for sth • (este cupón vale por un descuento) this coupon entitles you to to a discount • (~ para: persona) to be good (as sth) • (estar permitido) to be allowed • (documento) to be valid • (ropa) to fit • (más vale que cojas el paraguas) you'd better take the umbrella • (no vale!) that's not fair • (no ~ para nada) to be useless • (vale!) okay

(se vende) for sale • (se venden en el mercado) they are on sale in the market • (dejarse sobornar) to sell yourself • (~ como churros) to sell like hot cake