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buscar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • angle noun The space between two lines or surfaces that meet at a point, measured in degrees.
  • ferret noun A small, slender, domesticated relative of the weasel, sometimes used to hunt rabbits and other burrowing animals.
  • fetch verb To go and get something, then bring it back.
  • hunt verb To chase and kill wild animals for food or sport.
  • pursue verb To follow someone or something in order to catch them.
  • search verb To look carefully in order to find someone or something.
  • seek verb To try to find something.
  • sell verb To hand over goods or services to someone in exchange for money.

Senses

buscar is used for these senses in English:

  • ferret (by extension, ambitransitive) To uncover and bring to light by searching; usually to ferret out.
  • hunt (ambitransitive) To try to find something; search (for).
  • look for (transitive) To seek.
  • pick up (transitive) To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize.
  • search (intransitive, followed by "for") To look thoroughly.
  • seek (transitive) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
  • sell (transitive) To promote (a particular viewpoint).

angle — full definition

  1. noun The space between two lines or surfaces that meet at a point, measured in degrees.
  2. noun A particular way of looking at or approaching a situation, especially in a story or argument.
  3. verb To present something from a particular point of view, often to favor one side.
  4. verb To fish with a hook and line.

ferret — full definition

  1. noun A small, slender, domesticated relative of the weasel, sometimes used to hunt rabbits and other burrowing animals.
  2. noun A person who searches persistently and thoroughly.
  3. verb To search persistently until something hidden is found (usually "ferret out").

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