"entretenerse" English translation

ES

"entretenerse" in English

volume_up
entretenerse {vb}
EN
volume_up
entretenerse {r. v.}
EN
volume_up
entretener {vb}
EN
volume_up
entretener {v.t.}
EN
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Translations & Examples

ES entretenerse
volume_up
 {verb}

  1. general
  2. "distraerse, pasar el tiempo"

1. general

entretenerse
volume_up
 to busy oneself {vb}
entretenerse con algo
to busy oneself with sth
entretenerse (also: quedarse, quedarse un rato, entretenerse un rato)
volume_up
 to linger {v.i.} (delay leaving)
entretenerse (also: detenerse)
volume_up
 to tarry {v.i.} [arch.] (delay)

2. "distraerse, pasar el tiempo"

entretenerse
volume_up
 to keep busy {vb}
entretenerse
volume_up
 to keep occupied {vb}
entretenerse
volume_up
 to keep oneself busy {vb}
entretenerse
volume_up
 to keep oneself occupied {vb}

ES entretenerse
volume_up
 {reflexive verb}

entretenerse
volume_up
 to amuse oneself {vb}
entretenerse (also: perder el tiempo, juguetear, coquetear)
volume_up
 to dally {v.i.} (with)
entretenerse (also: perder el tiempo)
volume_up
 to dawdle {vb}
entretenerse
volume_up
 to dilly-dally {v.i.}
entretenerse
volume_up
 to keep bussy {vb}
entretenerse (also: ociar)
volume_up
 to putter {vb}

ES entretener
volume_up
 [entreteniendo|entretenido] {verb}

entretener
volume_up
 to bail up {vb}
entretener (also: divertir)
volume_up
 to divert [diverted|diverted] {v.t.} [form.] (amuse)
entretener
volume_up
 to stall {v.t.} [coll.] (delay)

ES entretener
volume_up
 [entreteniendo|entretenido] {transitive verb}

  1. general
  2. "retener"
  3. "soledad, ocio"

1. general

entretener (also: embebecer)
volume_up
 to amuse [amused|amused] {v.t.}
Nos hemos entretenido haciendo un montón de informes, pero no sabemos qué ha pasado con esas iniciativas; han desaparecido.
We have amused ourselves with a pile of reports, but we have no idea what has happened to these initiatives; they have disappeared.
Me entretuve el otro día buscando la palabra «globalización» en un diccionario de principios de los años 90 y ni siquiera aparecía, así que estamos ante un debate relativamente nuevo.
I amused myself the other day by looking up the word 'globalisation' in a dictionary from the beginning of the 1990s. It was not even to be found, so this is a relatively new debate.
entretener
volume_up
 to chicane [chicaned|chicaned] {v.t.}
entretener (also: distraer)
volume_up
 to distract [distracted|distracted] {v.t.}
entretener (also: divertir, hacer gracia)
volume_up
 to entertain [entertained|entertained] {v.t.}
Los servicios de radiodifusión pública deben seguir innovando, educando y, claro está, entreteniendo.
Public service broadcasting should continue to innovate, educate and, of course, entertain.
Evidentemente quieren que se les entretenga y se les informe.
Obviously they want to be entertained and informed.
en nombre del Grupo ECR. - (EN) Señor Presidente, el debate de hoy es muy entretenido.
on behalf of the ECR Group. - Mr President, it is very entertaining today in the House.
entretener
volume_up
 to keep bussy {v.t.}
entretener
volume_up
 to keep sb. amused {v.t.}
entretener (also: divertir)
volume_up
 to regale [regaled|regaled] {v.t.}

2. "retener"

entretener (also: retener, guardar, quedarse, mantenerse)
volume_up
 to keep [kept|kept] {vb}
Señorías, gracias una vez más; no les entretendré más.
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you once again; I shall not keep you any longer.
no te quiero entretener
don't let me keep you!
Señora Presidenta, Señorías, leyendo la prensa internacional se entera uno en qué se entretienen algunos de nuestros colegas.
Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, reading the international press is an interesting activity should one wish to know how certain MEPs keep themselves occupied here.
entretener (also: retener, demorar, arraigar)
volume_up
 to detain [detained|detained] {vb}
No es necesario que entretenga a la Asamblea con una gran cantidad de detalles técnicos relacionados con estos textos.
I do not need to detain the House with a lot of the technical details relating to those texts.
Ya no entretendré más a esta Cámara.
I shall detain the House no longer.
Me he entretenido en otra reunión y he intentado programar mi llegada con un margen demasiado estrecho.
I was detained in another meeting and I tried to time my arrival too finely.

3. "soledad, ocio"

entretener
volume_up
 to while away {vb}
para entretener la espera se compró una revista
she bought a magazine to while away the time she had to wait

Synonyms

Synonyms (Spanish) for "entretenerse":

entretenerse
Spanish
entretener
Spanish
Context sentences

Context sentences for "entretenerse" in English

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SpanishKate utiliza también Windows 7 de una manera mucho más prosaica: para entretenerse en sus viajes.
Kate also uses Windows 7 in a much more prosaic way: for on-the-road entertainment.
SpanishUna “África lavada en sangre” era una fantasía con la que una persona sensata e inteligente no debería entretenerse.
A blood-washed Africa was a wild fantasy not to be entertained by sensible people.
Spanishpor cierto que tiene en qué entretenerse, con siete niños
she certainly has her hands full with seven children
Spanish¿Qué lleva a los jóvenes de 13 a 17 años de edad a atacar e incluso matar a personas indefensas simplemente para entretenerse?
There is a high level of violence among young people everywhere, and this is a very serious problem.
SpanishEl Gobierno croata tiene en qué entretenerse.
So the Croatian Government has its hands full.
SpanishUno se ve obligado a ser sólo solidario consigo mismo y entretenerse con todo tipo de asuntos superfluos de dinero.
Everyone is being compelled just to think of their own interests, and to start attending to all kinds of unnecessary financial matters.
Spanish¿Qué lleva a los jóvenes de 13 a 17 años de edad a atacar e incluso matar a personas indefensas simplemente para entretenerse?
What leads young people between 13 and 17 years of age to attack and even kill defenceless individuals as a form of entertainment?

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