answers in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.answer [Am ˈænsər, Brit ˈɑːnsə] N

1.1. answer (reply):

answer
respuesta f
answer
contestación f
what was their answer?
¿qué respondieron or contestaron?
what was their answer?
¿cuál fue su respuesta or contestación?
there's no answer (to doorbell, phone)
no contestan
answer to sth to question/letter/accusation
respuesta a algo
in answer to your letter
en relación con or con relación a su carta
in answer to your question
para contestar tu pregunta
in answer to your question
en repuesta a tu pregunta
I can't get an answer out of him
no consigo que me dé una respuesta or contestación
by way of (an) answer
como toda or por toda respuesta
he's got an answer for everything!
¡tiene una respuesta para todo!
the answer to a maiden's prayer hum
un príncipe azul
to be the answer to sb's prayers
llegar como caído del cielo
to know all the answers inf
saberlo todo
you think you know all the answers, don't you?
¿tú qué te crees? ¿que lo sabes todo?

II.answer [Am ˈænsər, Brit ˈɑːnsə] VB trans

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III.answer [Am ˈænsər, Brit ˈɑːnsə] VB intr

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answer to VB [Am ˈænsər -, Brit ˈɑːnsə -] (v + prep + o)

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3. answer to → answer

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I.answer [Am ˈænsər, Brit ˈɑːnsə] N

1.1. answer (reply):

answer
respuesta f
answer
contestación f
what was their answer?
¿qué respondieron or contestaron?
what was their answer?
¿cuál fue su respuesta or contestación?
there's no answer (to doorbell, phone)
no contestan
answer to sth to question/letter/accusation
respuesta a algo
in answer to your letter
en relación con or con relación a su carta
in answer to your question
para contestar tu pregunta
in answer to your question
en repuesta a tu pregunta
I can't get an answer out of him
no consigo que me dé una respuesta or contestación
by way of (an) answer
como toda or por toda respuesta
he's got an answer for everything!
¡tiene una respuesta para todo!
the answer to a maiden's prayer hum
un príncipe azul
to be the answer to sb's prayers
llegar como caído del cielo
to know all the answers inf
saberlo todo
you think you know all the answers, don't you?
¿tú qué te crees? ¿que lo sabes todo?

II.answer [Am ˈænsər, Brit ˈɑːnsə] VB trans

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III.answer [Am ˈænsər, Brit ˈɑːnsə] VB intr

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answer for VB [Am ˈænsər -, Brit ˈɑːnsə -] (v + prep + o)

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I.answer back VB [Am ˈænsər -, Brit ˈɑːnsə -] (v + adv)

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II.answer back VB [Am ˈænsər -, Brit ˈɑːnsə -] (v + o + adv)

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Carmen answers Don José teasingly
Carmen responde insinuante or con coquetería a Don José
her answers were uncannily accurate
respondió con una precisión asombrosa
a series of quick-fire questions and answers
una ráfaga de preguntas y respuestas

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answers in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for answers in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

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I.answer [ˈɑ:nsəʳ, Am ˈæ:nsɚ] N

II.answer [ˈɑ:nsəʳ, Am ˈæ:nsɚ] VB trans

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III.answer [ˈɑ:nsəʳ, Am ˈæ:nsɚ] VB intr

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the answers disagree
las respuestas no concuerdan
studied answer
pensado, -a

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answers Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to know all the answers
tener todas las respuestas
to not take no for an answer
no admitir un no por respuesta
I called but there was no answer
llamé pero no contestaron
to have a lot to answer for
tener mucha culpa
to answer to the name of Billy
responder al nombre de Billy
the answers disagree
las respuestas no concuerdan
the dog answers to the name of ...
el perro responde al nombre de...
to take a long time to answer
tardar en responder
it took them three weeks to answer
tardaron tres semanas en contestar
I didn't manage to find the answer
no acerté a encontrar la respuesta
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The riddle and both jocular answers date from the 19th century.
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These staff-written answers combined forthright talk about women's medical issues, advice, and, of course, recommendations for the company product.
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She plays the beginning of a few simple tunes, and he answers her song with a boogie-woogie.
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It then offers answers to frequently asked questions for those filing unemployment compensation forms.
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The multiple choice portion of the exam consists of forty questions with five possible answers each.
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He characterized her answers to his questions as revealing an ingrown organic hate.
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However, only one answer was accepted from all players, and incorrect answers were penalized 30 points.
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He gets through and answers the question correctly but finds out that he only won a gift certificate.
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Eager and impressionable freshmen had to pry their lethargic bodies from bed to copy down your answers bask in the aura of your intelligence.
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A QA implementation, usually a computer program, may construct its answers by querying a structured database of knowledge or information, usually a knowledge base.
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