robar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- boost noun Something that helps increase or improve a person's effort, confidence, or performance.
- burgle verb To commit burglary.
- draw verb To create a picture using a pencil, pen, or similar tool.
- heist noun A robbery, especially a carefully planned one targeting a bank, museum, or similar institution.
- jack noun A mechanical device used to lift something heavy off the ground, especially to raise a car to change a tyre.
- purloin verb To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
- reave verb To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.
- rob verb To take property from a person or place unlawfully, often through force or threat.
- snitch verb To inform on someone, often betraying a friend or group.
- steal verb To take something that belongs to someone else without permission or intention of returning it.
- swipe verb To steal something, often quickly and casually.
Senses
robar is used for these senses in English:
- boost (transitive, engineering) To amplify; to signal boost.
- burgle (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) To commit burglary. [from 1867]
- draw (transitive, card games) To be dealt or to take (a playing card) from the deck; also, to have (a particular hand) as a result of this. [from 16th c.]
- heist (transitive) To steal, rob, or hold up (something).
- jack (transitive, colloquial) To steal (something), typically an automobile; to rob (someone).
- purloin (transitive, usually, formal, or, humorous) To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
- reave (archaic) To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.
- rob (transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence.
boost — full definition
- noun Something that helps increase or improve a person's effort, confidence, or performance.
- verb To help increase or improve something.
- verb To start a vehicle with a dead battery using jumper cables (informal).
burgle — full definition
- verb To commit burglary.
- verb To take the ball legally from an opposing player.