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pry

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpraɪ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/praɪ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(prī)

Inflections of 'pry' (n): npl: pries

Inflections of 'pry' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

pries: v 3rd person singular

prying: v pres p

pried: v past

pried: v past p

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'pry' tiene referencia cruzada con ''pry''. Se encuentra en una o más de las líneas abajo.'pry' is cross-referenced with ''pry''. It is in one or more of the lines below.

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Principal Translations
Inglés	Español
pry⇒ vi	(ask personal questions)	curiosear⇒ vi
husmear⇒ vi
Tim's boss always wanted to know everything Tim got up to outside of work; he was always prying and Tim hated it.
El jefe de Tim siempre quería saber lo que hacía después del trabajo, siempre estaba curioseando y Tim lo odiaba.
pry into [sth] vi + prep	(ask personal questions)	fisgonear en vi + prep
husmear en vi + prep
curiosear en vi + prep
Wendy hated the way her mother was always prying into her love life.
It's rude to pry into others' business.
Wendy odiaba el modo en que su madre fisgoneaba en su vida amorosa.
pry [sth]⇒ vtr	US (open by levering)	abrir algo haciendo palanca vtr + loc adv
The robbers pried the door with a crowbar.
Los ladrones abrieron la puerta haciendo palanca con una barra.

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Principal Translations
Inglés	Español
prize n	(award to be won)	premio nm
The winner of this competition will receive a prize of £500.
El ganador de esta competencia recibirá un premio de £500.
prize [sth]⇒ vtr	(find [sth] important)	valorar⇒ vtr
apreciar⇒ vtr
Maggie prized her friendship with Lydia.
Maggie valoraba su amistad con Lydia.
prize [sth] (US), pry [sth] (US), prise [sth] (UK)⇒ vtr	(pry: raise, open by levering)	abrir haciendo palanca loc verb
The robbers prized the door with a crowbar.
Los ladrones abrieron la puerta haciendo palanca con una barra.

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Additional Translations
Inglés	Español
prize adj	(excellent, award-winning)	de primera loc adj
de competición loc adj
excelente adj mf
Tom was very proud of his prize marrow, which had taken top place at the village show.
Tom estaba muy orgulloso con su calabacín de primera, que había sacado el primer lugar en la feria del pueblo.
prize adj	(very good)	de concurso loc adj
There were some prize specimens at the cattle show.
Había ejemplares de concurso en la feria de ganado.
prize adj	(complete, utter)	de campeonato loc adj
de marca mayor loc adj
You really are a prize idiot!
¡Realmente eres un idiota de campeonato!
prize n	(reward)	recompensa nf
premio nm
Her mum wanted to give her some money for all her hard work, but getting into her first choice of university is all the prize Ann needs.
Su madre quería darle algo de dinero por todo su esfuerzo, pero ser aceptada por su universidad preferida era toda la recompensa que Ann quería.

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Locuciones verbales
Inglés	Español
pry [sth] away, prize [sth] away (US), prise [sth] away (UK) vtr phrasal sep	(draw away with difficulty)	separar⇒ vtr
sacar⇒ vtr
Once my son got his own laptop, I could scarcely pry him away from it.
Cuando mi hijo tuvo su primer ordenador portátil, se hizo difícil separarlo del aparato.

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Compound Forms: pry \| prize
Inglés	Español
prize [sth] open, pry [sth] open (US), prise [sth] open (UK) vtr + adj	(open by levering)	abrir con palanca loc verb
prize [sth] from [sth], pry [sth] from [sth] (US), prise [sth] from [sth] (UK) vtr + prep	(extract with difficulty)	arrebatar⇒ vtr
sacar⇒ vtr
arrancar⇒ vtr
The thieves prized Bill's wallet from his grasp.
Los ladrones arrebataron la billetera de Bill.
prize [sth] out of [sb], pry [sth] out of [sb] (US), prise [sth] out of [sb] (UK) v expr	figurative (information: extract from [sb])	sacar algo de loc verb
arrancar algo de loc verb
Paisley didn't want to give away Imogen's secret, but her colleagues prized it out of her.
Praisey no quería decir el secreto de Imogen pero sus colegas se lo sacaron de la boca.
prize [sth] out of [sth], pry [sth] out of [sth] (US), prise [sth] out of [sth] (UK) v expr	(extract with difficulty)	arrancar algo de loc verb
extraer algo de algo haciendo palanca loc verb
sacar algo con dificultad de loc verb
pry [sth] loose (US), prize [sth] loose, also UK: prise [sth] loose vtr + adj	(loosen [sth] by pulling)	desencajar⇒ vtr
sacar a los tirones loc verb
pry [sth] open, prize [sth] open (US), prise [sth] open (UK) vtr + adj	(open [sth] by levering)	apalancar⇒ vtr
abrir con palanca loc verb
(para abrir)	forzar⇒ vtr
abrir a la fuerza loc verb

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'pry' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

In the English description:

nose around - poke - prize - snoop - snoop around

Spanish:

hurguetear - hocicar - escarbar - lechucear - cotillear - fiscalizar - inmiscuir - curiosear - fisgar - fisgonear - olfatear - alzaprima - oliscar

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Synonyms: push, lift, raise, pull, prize, more...

Collocations: pry into [other people's business, her affairs, his life], don't pry, stop prying into my [life], more...

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sacarle información a alguien = pry/draw/work?
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