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actuar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • act verb To do something; to take action.
  • enact verb To officially pass a bill into law.
  • perform verb To carry out an action or task.
  • play verb To engage in an activity purely for fun or recreation.
  • pretend verb To act as if something is true or real when it isn't, in order to deceive or as part of play.
  • sell verb To hand over goods or services to someone in exchange for money.
  • stage noun A phase or step in a process of change or development.

Senses

actuar is used for these senses in English:

  • act (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
  • act (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
  • perform (ambitransitive) To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain.
  • play (transitive, intransitive) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
  • pretend (transitive, obsolete) To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
  • roleplay (transitive) To act as a character as part of a fantasy, especially with a group.
  • sell (transitive, professional wrestling, slang) To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.
  • stage To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.

act — full definition

  1. verb To do something; to take action.
  2. verb To perform a role in a play, film, or show.
  3. verb To behave in a particular way.
  4. noun Something done; a deed.
  5. noun A law passed by a legislative body.

enact — full definition

  1. verb To officially pass a bill into law.
  2. verb To perform or act out a role or scene.

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