telefonar — meaning in English

English meaning

• call verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
• ring noun A small circular band, often worn on a finger as jewelry.
• telephone verb To call someone or pass on information using a phone.

Senses

telefonar is used for these senses in English:

• call (ambitransitive) To contact by telephone.
• ring (intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
• telephone (ambitransitive) To (attempt to) contact someone using a telephone.

call — full definition

1. verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
2. verb To give someone or something a name; to refer to something in a particular way.
3. verb To pay a brief visit, or to stop at a place, especially a ship stopping at a port.
4. verb To predict or officially declare an outcome.
5. noun An act of speaking to someone on the phone.

ring — full definition

1. noun A small circular band, often worn on a finger as jewelry.
2. noun A roughly circular arrangement or shape, or an enclosed area used for a contest such as boxing.
3. verb To make a clear, resonant sound, as a bell does; also, to telephone someone.

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