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 Translation for 'to impress sb' from English to Spanish
impresionar a algnto impress sb. [cause positive thoughts]
3 Words
recalcar algo a algn to impress sth. on / upon sb. [stress the importance of]
Partial Matches
estampar algoto impress sth. [stamp, imprint]
captar la atención y el interés de algn/algo con algn/algo [locución] to catch the attention and interest of sb./sth. with sb./sth. [idiom]
unverified relacionar algn/algo con algn/algoto associate sb./sth. with sb./sth.
confrontar a-algn/algo con algn/algoto confront sb./sth. with sb./sth.
recordar a algn a algn/algo [por asociación, parecido]to remind sb. of sb./sth.
prometer a algn en matrimonio a algnto betroth sb. to sb. [dated]
presentar algn a algnto introduce sb. to sb.
unverified hacer huevos [ayudarle a alguien] [cent.] [Guatemala] [col.]to help sb.
chinchar a algn [molestar a alguien] [esp.] [Sevilla] [col.]to bother sb.
exculpar a algnto exculpate sb.
exonerar a algn [absolver]to exonerate sb.
cascar a algn [golpear a alguien] [sur.] [Colombia] [col.]to hit sb.
exiliar a algnto exile sb.
aplacar a algnto conciliate sb.
hipnotizar a algnto hypnotize sb.
chifear a algn [cent.] [Panamá] [col.]to ignore sb.
algn decidesb. decides
relig.
excomulgar a algn
to excommunicate sb.
chulear a-algn [molestar] [cent.] [El Salvador] [col.]to annoy sb.
blazear a algn [cent.] [Panamá] [col.]to offend sb.
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Usage Examples English
  • Desserts in the South tend to be quite rich and very much a legacy of entertaining to impress guests, since a Southern housewife was (and to a degree still is) expected to show her hospitality by laying out as impressive a banquet as she is able to manage.
  • Alyattes's offering to Delphi might have been sent to please the sanctuary of Apollo and the Delphains, especially the priests, to impress the Greek visitors of the sanctuary, and to influence the oracle to advise to Periander of Corinth, an ally of Thrasybulus of Miletus, to convince the latter to make peace with Alyattes.
  • Understanding how the movement of thought is managed through an essay has a profound impact on its overall cogency and ability to impress.
  • The "self-conscious" effort to impress must, according to Hoffmann, be divorced from the "self-aware" effort to create.
  • Margo wanted to impress the somewhat younger Paul Martin (William Mooney).

  • In these areas a male will try to impress the females while defending the area from other males, a practice known as lekking.
  • Il Capitano often talks at length about made-up conquests of both the militaristic and the carnal variety in an attempt to impress others, but often ends up impressing only himself.
  • Serbian goalkeeper Vladimir Stojković, originally recruited to replace Landreau, failed to impress and left Nantes at the winter break following a rift within the squad.
  • It made limited use of this weapon in small detachments during the 1870s, intended to impress indigenous peoples.
  • Lloyd George wanted to make the destruction of the Ottoman Empire a major British war aim, and two days after taking office told Robertson that he wanted a major victory, preferably the capture of Jerusalem, to impress British public opinion.

  • Realistically coloured with vegetable dyes, they are said to have originated at the Monastero della Martorana, Palermo, when nuns decorated empty fruit trees with marzipan fruit to impress an archbishop visiting at Easter.
  • The classical orders of Greek origin were in particular retained in buildings designed to impress, even though they usually had little or no structural role.
  • The provision that senators must sit on oath or affirmation was designed to impress upon them the extreme seriousness of the occasion.
  • Many reasons have been cited for its failure to impress audiences: competition from films such as "E.T.
  • Hinckley stated that his actions were an attempt to impress Foster, on whom Hinckley was fixated, by mimicking Travis's mohawked appearance at the Palantine rally.

  • He has a flair for showmanship, often keeping his methods and evidence hidden until the last possible moment so as to impress observers.
  • The Oscars were held the day after President Ronald Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, who did it as an attempt to impress Jodie Foster, who played a child prostitute in another of Scorsese's famous films, "Taxi Driver" (which also starred De Niro).
  • After Rome became an empire, the ability to impress and persuade people by the spoken word lost much of its importance.
  • He is said to have had only one girlfriend as an adolescent; he later told journalists that he did not have any idea how to impress girls.
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