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llamar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • attract verb To pull something toward oneself, especially by a physical or magnetic force.
  • beckon verb To signal someone, usually with the hand or a nod, to come closer.
  • call verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
  • hail noun Small, hard balls of ice that fall from the sky during a storm.
  • ring noun A small circular band, often worn on a finger as jewelry.
  • summon verb To officially call people to come together or appear somewhere.
  • telephone verb To call someone or pass on information using a phone.

Senses

llamar is used for these senses in English:

  • attract (transitive) To incur.
  • beckon (ambitransitive) To seem attractive and inviting.
  • call (intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.
  • call (ambitransitive) To contact by telephone.
  • call To come to pass; to afflict.
  • call To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.
  • call (transitive, computing) To jump to (another part of a program); to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.
  • call for To shout out in order to summon (a person).

attract — full definition

  1. verb To pull something toward oneself, especially by a physical or magnetic force.
  2. verb To draw interest, attention, or liking from someone.

beckon — full definition

  1. verb To signal someone, usually with the hand or a nod, to come closer.
  2. verb To seem inviting or attractive; to draw someone in.

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