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3 Translation results for set in Spanish
verb
| adjective
| noun
setverb
set, has set, is setting, sets
poner; fraguar (dícese del cemento, etc.), cuajar (dícese de la gelatina, etc.); sentar; ponerse (dícese del sol o de la luna); fijar, establecer; poner (un reloj, etc.); hacer
Example sentences of
set
verb
•We need to set some extra chairs around the table.
•He set the ladder against the wall and walked away.
•I remember setting my bag right here.
•They set the bricks along the walkway.
•The jeweler can set the stone several different ways.
More examples
•He turned off the car and set the parking brake.
•Rangers will set a trap to catch the bear.
•We set an extra place at the table for our guest.
Set up significa prepararse para algo poniendo cosas donde tienen que estar. También significa organizar > I’m going to set up a meeting with our boss. Adicionalmente puede significar establecer > He set up a charity on behalf of his family.
setadjective
fijo, establecido; inflexible; listo, preparado
Example sentences of
set
adjective
•Her college is set in the countryside.
•Their house is set back from the road.
•a man with deep-set eyes
•She has very set ideas about how children should behave.
Set se aplica a un grupo relativamente grande, y normalmente social, de personas que tienen intereses o gustos en común <the cocktail-party set>.
Circle indica un centro común del grupo, por ejemplo, una persona, una actividad o una causa <his circle of friends>.
Coterie se aplica a un círculo que es pequeño, selecto o exclusivo <surrounded by a coterie of advisers>.
Clique suele connotar una exclusividad que es egoísta o arrogante, y puede aplicarse en particular a un grupo pequeño o disidente dentro de un círculo o grupo más grande <most of the 11th-grade girls were members of cliques>.
Crowd puede connotar un grupo de personas que tienen algo en común <that's the crowd she socializes with these days>.
poner
- to contribute, to put, to place, to set up, to establish, to install, to put in, to make, to turn on, to switch on, to suppose, to lay (eggs), to lay eggs, to put in, to add,
fraguar (dícese del cemento, etc.)- to forge, to set, to solidify, to conceive, to concoct, to hatch
cuajar (dícese de la gelatina, etc.)- to curdle, to curdle, to clot, to coagulate, to set, to jell, to be accepted
sentar
- to seat, to sit, to suit, to establish, to set, to agree with (of food or drink), to please
ponerse (dícese del sol o de la luna)- to move (into a position), to put on, to wear, to thrown on (clothes), to become, to turn, to set (of the sun or moon)
fijar
- to fasten, to affix, to establish, to set up, to set, to fix
poner (un reloj, etc.)- to contribute, to put, to place, to set up, to establish, to install, to put in, to make, to turn on, to switch on, to suppose, to lay (eggs), to lay eggs, to put in, to add,
hacer
- to act, to make, to do, to perform, to force, to oblige
