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consertar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cure noun A treatment or remedy that restores health or solves a problem.
  • fix verb To repair something that is broken or not working properly.
  • mend verb To repair something that is broken, torn, or damaged.

Senses

consertar is used for these senses in English:

  • cure (transitive) To cause to be rid of (a defect).
  • fix (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
  • mend (archaic) To increase the quality of (someone or something); to better, to improve on; also, to produce something better than (something else).

cure — full definition

  1. noun A treatment or remedy that restores health or solves a problem.
  2. verb To restore someone to health, or to fix a problem completely.
  3. verb To preserve food, typically meat or fish, by salting, smoking, or drying.

fix — full definition

  1. verb To repair something that is broken or not working properly.
  2. verb To attach or secure something firmly in place.
  3. verb To prepare food or drink.
  4. verb To dishonestly arrange the outcome of a contest or event in advance.
  5. noun A solution to a problem.

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