assume in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for assume in the English»Spanish Dictionary

assume [Am əˈsum, Brit əˈsjuːm] VB trans

1. assume (suppose):

assume

suponer

let's assume they're right

supongamos que tienen razón

I assume you've heard the news

supongo que te habrás enterado de la noticia

I assume so

supongo que sí

assuming that everything goes to plan

suponiendo que todo salga de acuerdo con lo previsto

assuming that everything goes to plan

en el supuesto caso de que todo salga de acuerdo con lo previsto

she assumes far too much

presupone demasiado

we can't assume anything

no podemos dar nada por sentado

2.1. assume form (undertake):

assume duties/office/command/role

asumir

2.2. assume form (seize):

assume power

hacerse con

assume power

tomar

2.3. assume form (take as one's own):

assume title/right/responsibility/risk

asumir

assume debt

hacerse cargo de

assumed name

nombre m ficticio

3.1. assume form (acquire):

assume importance

adquirir

assume importance

cobrar

assume dimensions

adquirir

the affair has assumed a sinister character

el asunto ha tomado un cariz siniestro

3.2. assume (feign):

assume form liter

adoptar

he assumed an air of cheerfulness

adoptó un aire de falsa alegría

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fondly believe/imagine/assume

ingenuamente

wrongly believe/assume

equivocadamente

people automatically assume we're married

la gente da por hecho or por sentado que estamos casados

it would be fatal to assume that …

sería funesto or tendría funestas consecuencias asumir que …

Translations for assume in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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arrogarse

to assume

presuponer

to assume

autogolpe

coup organized by a government to allow it to assume extra (unconstitutional) powers

di lo que tú piensas, pero no pluralices

give your opinion but don't assume you're speaking for all of us

asumir

to assume form

no quiere asumir la responsabilidad del cuidado de los niños

he doesn't want to take on o assume responsibility for looking after the children

asumir aire/actitud

to assume liter

asumir

to assume

aun asumiendo que estos datos fueran ciertos

even if we assume that these figures are correct

assume in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for assume in the English»Spanish Dictionary

assume [əˈsju:m, Am -ˈsu:m] VB trans

1. assume (regard as true):

assume

suponer

assume

asumir LatAm

let's assume that ...

supongamos que...

2. assume (adopt):

assume

adoptar

3. assume (undertake):

assume

asumir

assume power

tomar

assume VB

User Entry

to assume that...

partir de la base [o del principio] de que...

Translations for assume in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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arrogarse

to assume

asumir (responsabilidad)

to assume

asumir

to assume

revestir importancia

to assume importance

acceder a la presidencia

to assume the presidency

tú cuenta lo que te pasó a ti y no pluralices

say what happened to you, but don't assume you're speaking for the rest of us

atribuirse todo el poder

to assume absolute power

asumir un riesgo

to assume a risk

supongamos que...

let us assume that ...

assume Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

let's assume that ...

supongamos que...

let's assume we solve the problem in two days ...

pongamos que resolvemos el problema en dos días...

say what happened to you, but don't assume you're speaking for the rest of us

tú cuenta lo que te pasó a ti y no pluralices

to assume that the book has been read

dar el libro por leído

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

In the compressor, a pressure-rise hysteresis is assumed.

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It is assumed the color episodes exist intact.

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But boredom sets in as she assumes her place - that of the station master's wife.

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It was assumed that the city would grow to have a population of 300,000.

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It also assumes that each students needs accrue the same level of costs.

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Do not assume that they're the same unless specified by the source.

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For simplicity assume that productivity, as measured by marginal product of labor, in the nontradable sector is equal between countries and normalized to one.

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Since the sounds are assumed to have been similar at the time the characters were chosen, such relationships give clues to the lost sounds.

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In unattended installation, it is assumed that there is no user to help mitigate errors.

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In each setting, institution and ritual behaviour assumes highly organised forms.

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