espouse

Spanish translation: adoptar

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English term or phrase:espouse
Spanish translation:adoptar
Entered by: Oso (X)

00:08 Apr 20, 2005
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: espouse
Ensayo literario: "twelve men could possibly espouse the doctrines..."
Cristi�n
adoptar
Explanation:
en este caso.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)

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Note added at 2005-04-20 00:11:01 (GMT)
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espouse, embrace, *adopt*, sweep_up
  take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one\'s own; \"She embraced Catholocism\"; \"They adopted the Jewish faith\"

Adapted From: WordNet 2.0 Copyright 2003 by Princeton University.
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4 +2adoptar
Oso (X)
5abrazar
Diego Esteban


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
adoptar


Explanation:
en este caso.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)

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Note added at 2005-04-20 00:11:01 (GMT)
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espouse, embrace, *adopt*, sweep_up
  take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one\'s own; \"She embraced Catholocism\"; \"They adopted the Jewish faith\"

Adapted From: WordNet 2.0 Copyright 2003 by Princeton University.

Oso (X)
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Beth Fagnant
18 mins
  -> Muchas gracias, kuletatz ¶:^)

agree  Egmont
7 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias y buen día a mi pal, Al ¶:^)
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
abrazar


Explanation:
Me gusta más que "adoptar". Aunque en términos figurados siempre hay un margen bastante amplio, el que se emplea normalmente con religiones, filosofías, creencias, etc. es abrazar.

Diego Esteban
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