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Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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learnt [Am lərnt, Brit ləːnt] Brit pt & pt part learn

I. learn <pt & pp learned or Brit also learnt> [Am lərn, Brit ləːn] VB trans

1.1. learn (gain knowledge of):

learn
aprender
to learn English/the guitar
aprender inglés/(a tocar la) guitarra
what did you learn in school today?
¿qué aprendiste hoy en el colegio?
you can learn a lot from watching him
se puede aprender mucho mirándolo
to learn to + infin
aprender a  +  infin
he's learning to read
está aprendiendo a leer
I learned to keep my mouth shut
aprendí a callarme
I've learned that from experience
eso me lo ha enseñado la experiencia
I've learned that from experience
eso lo he aprendido por propia experiencia
you'll have to learn to live with it
vas a tener que acostumbrarte
she quickly learned what to do
pronto aprendió lo que había que hacer
he soon learned what was what inf
enseguida se dio cuenta de cómo eran las cosas
you've got a lot to learn (about life)
tienes mucho que aprender todavía

1.2. learn (memorize):

learn
aprender de memoria

1.3. learn <learned, pp >:

learned response
aprendido

2. learn (become informed about):

learn details
enterarse de
we learned that she'd already left
nos enteramos de que ya se había ido
we learned that she'd already left
supimos que ya se había ido
they finally learned where/how he died
finalmente se enteraron de dónde/de cómo murió

3. learn (teach) controvers:

that'll learn him!
¡para que aprenda!
that'll learn him!
¡así aprenderá!

II. learn <pt & pp learned or Brit also learnt> [Am lərn, Brit ləːn] VB intr

1. learn (gain knowledge):

learn
aprender
I've learned from my mistakes
he aprendido de mis errores
will he ever learn?
¡cuándo aprenderá!
it's never too late to learn
nunca es tarde para aprender

2. learn (become informed):

to learn about or of sth (more frml)
enterarse or saber de algo
I learned about her promotion from a friend
me enteré or supe de su ascenso por un amigo

I. learn <pt & pp learned or Brit also learnt> [Am lərn, Brit ləːn] VB trans

1.1. learn (gain knowledge of):

learn
aprender
to learn English/the guitar
aprender inglés/(a tocar la) guitarra
what did you learn in school today?
¿qué aprendiste hoy en el colegio?
you can learn a lot from watching him
se puede aprender mucho mirándolo
to learn to + infin
aprender a  +  infin
he's learning to read
está aprendiendo a leer
I learned to keep my mouth shut
aprendí a callarme
I've learned that from experience
eso me lo ha enseñado la experiencia
I've learned that from experience
eso lo he aprendido por propia experiencia
you'll have to learn to live with it
vas a tener que acostumbrarte
she quickly learned what to do
pronto aprendió lo que había que hacer
he soon learned what was what inf
enseguida se dio cuenta de cómo eran las cosas
you've got a lot to learn (about life)
tienes mucho que aprender todavía

1.2. learn (memorize):

learn
aprender de memoria

1.3. learn <learned, pp >:

learned response
aprendido

2. learn (become informed about):

learn details
enterarse de
we learned that she'd already left
nos enteramos de que ya se había ido
we learned that she'd already left
supimos que ya se había ido
they finally learned where/how he died
finalmente se enteraron de dónde/de cómo murió

3. learn (teach) controvers:

that'll learn him!
¡para que aprenda!
that'll learn him!
¡así aprenderá!

II. learn <pt & pp learned or Brit also learnt> [Am lərn, Brit ləːn] VB intr

1. learn (gain knowledge):

learn
aprender
I've learned from my mistakes
he aprendido de mis errores
will he ever learn?
¡cuándo aprenderá!
it's never too late to learn
nunca es tarde para aprender

2. learn (become informed):

to learn about or of sth (more frml)
enterarse or saber de algo
I learned about her promotion from a friend
me enteré or supe de su ascenso por un amigo
we learnt the fundamentals of cooking at school
aprendimos los rudimentos or las reglas básicas de cocina en el colegio
third-hand hear/learn
por terceros
third-hand hear/learn
a través de terceros
to learn/recite sth by rote
aprender/recitar algo de memoria
to play/learn the piano
tocar el/aprender piano
to play/learn the piano attr duet/concerto
para piano
to play/learn the piano lesson/teacher
de piano
Spanish
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English
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caletrearse
to learn … parrot fashion
caletrearse
to learn … by rote
caletrearse
to learn … (off) by heart
autodisciplinarse
to learn self-discipline
aprender
to learn
¡nunca aprenderás!
you'll never learn!
aprender
to learn
tienes que aprenderlo de memoria
you have to learn it (off) by heart
aprender algo de alg.
to learn sth from sb
aprender a + infinit.
to learn to +  infinit.
tienen que aprenderse la lección para mañana
you have to learn the lesson (by heart) for tomorrow
de este libro se extrae una lección
there is a lesson to be learnt o drawn from this book

in the PONS Dictionary

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learnt [lɜ:nt, Am lɜ:rnt] VB

learnt pt, pp of learn

I. learn [lɜ:n, Am lɜ:rn] learnt Am: learned, learnt Am: learned learnt Am: learned, learnt Am: learned VB trans

learn
aprender
to learn to do sth
aprender a hacer algo
to learn that
enterarse de que

II. learn [lɜ:n, Am lɜ:rn] learnt Am: learned, learnt Am: learned learnt Am: learned, learnt Am: learned VB intr

learn
aprender
to learn from one's mistakes
aprender de los propios errores

I. learn [lɜ:n, Am lɜ:rn] learnt Am: learned, learnt Am: learned learnt Am: learned, learnt Am: learned VB trans

learn
aprender
to learn to do sth
aprender a hacer algo
to learn that
enterarse de que

II. learn [lɜ:n, Am lɜ:rn] learnt Am: learned, learnt Am: learned learnt Am: learned, learnt Am: learned VB intr

learn
aprender
to learn from one's mistakes
aprender de los propios errores
to learn the basics of sth
aprender lo más básico sobre algo
to learn one's lesson
aprenderse la lección
Spanish
Spanish
English
English
aprender
to learn
fácil de aprender
easy to learn
aprender a leer
to learn to read
aprender de la historia
to learn from history
aprender de memoria
to learn by heart
¿dónde has aprendido estos malos modales?
where did you learn such bad manners?
siempre se aprende algo nuevo
you live and learn
salir escaldado
to learn one's lesson
escarmentar en cabeza ajena
to learn from sb else's mistakes
escarmentar
to learn one's lesson
quedar [o estar] escarmentado de algo
to learn one's lesson from sth
debes aprender a achantar el mirlo
you have to learn to hold your tongue
aprender español
to learn Spanish
pagar la novatada
to learn the hard way
in the PONS Dictionary
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I. learn <learned, learned> [lɜrn] VB trans

learn
aprender
to learn that
enterarse de que

II. learn <learned, learned> [lɜrn] VB intr

learn
aprender
to learn to do sth
aprender a hacer algo
to learn from one's mistakes
aprender de los propios errores
to learn one's lesson
aprenderse la lección
to learn the ropes
aprender el oficio
Spanish
Spanish
English
English
aprender
to learn
fácil de aprender
easy to learn
aprender a leer
to learn to read
aprender de la historia
to learn from history
aprender de memoria
to learn by heart
¿dónde has aprendido estos malos modales?
where did you learn such bad manners?
siempre se aprende algo nuevo
you live and learn
salir escaldado
to learn one's lesson
escarmentar en cabeza ajena
to learn from sb else's mistakes
escarmentar
to learn one's lesson
quedar [o estar] escarmentado de algo
to learn one's lesson from sth
aprender español
to learn Spanish
iniciar en algo
to learn sth on one's own
pagar la novatada
to learn the hard way
estudiar
to learn

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to learn from one's mistakes
aprender de los propios errores
to learn the basics of sth
aprender lo más básico sobre algo
to learn the hard way fig
aprender a base de errores [o palos]
to learn from one's mistakes
aprender de los propios errores
debes aprender a achantar el mirlo
you have to learn to hold your tongue
se aprende mucho en esta clase
you learn a lot in this class
escarmentar en cabeza ajena
to learn from sb else's mistakes
quedar [o estar] escarmentado de algo
to learn one's lesson from sth
encareció la necesidad de aprender idiomas
he/she stressed the need to learn languages
¿dónde has aprendido estos malos modales?
where did you learn such bad manners?

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Trying to be perfect or trying to appear perfect leads one to feel down if one makes even the slightest mistake.
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Hubris prompted the boys to overprint issue 4, a mistake that they, their wives, and their storage spaces, still regret today.
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A common mistake is to grant the shared service center a status equal to that of business unit or division.
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Not a mistake; as this is a two-page island of horizontal writing within a book whose text is otherwise vertical, it is paginated backwards.
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One may not to mistake the three stages for wholly separate portions of the striving after virtue and perfection.
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