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acostumbrar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ease noun The quality of being simple or effortless.
  • season noun One of the four main divisions of the year — spring, summer, autumn, or winter — marked by particular weather patterns.
  • use verb To employ something for a particular purpose.
  • wont noun A person's usual habit or custom.

Senses

acostumbrar is used for these senses in English:

  • ease (transitive) To reduce the difficulty of (something).
  • inure (transitive) To cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries. [from 16th c.]
  • season (transitive) To habituate, accustom, or inure (someone or something) to a particular use, purpose, or circumstance.
  • season (intransitive) To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
  • use (intransitive, archaic, or, literary, _, except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
  • wont (intransitive, archaic) To be accustomed (to something), to be in the habit (of doing something).

ease — full definition

  1. noun The quality of being simple or effortless.
  2. noun A relaxed state, free from worry, pain, or awkwardness.
  3. verb To make something less difficult, painful, or intense.

season — full definition

  1. noun One of the four main divisions of the year — spring, summer, autumn, or winter — marked by particular weather patterns.
  2. noun A period of the year associated with a particular activity, sport, or event.
  3. verb To add salt, herbs, or spices to food to improve its flavour.

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