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mirar

/miˈɾaɾ/, [miˈɾaɾ]

look, look at, to watch

Verb mirar (first-person singular present miro, first-person singular preterite miré, past participle mirado)

  1. (transitive) to look at (to try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes)
  2. (transitive) to watch (to look at, view, or observe for a period of time)
    Estábamos mirando la televisión.
    We were watching TV.
  3. (transitive) to watch (to mind, attend, or guard)
  4. (transitive) to consider, think over (to think about seriously)
  5. (transitive, usually in the imperative) used for emphasis; look
    ¡Mira qué linda!
    How pretty!
  6. (transitive) to seek, look for (to try to find)
  7. (intransitive) to look (to try to see something, to pay attention with one’s eyes)
  8. (intransitive, of a structure) to face, overlook (to be oriented towards a certain direction or thing)

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Ahora puedes mirar.

    You can look now.

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  • No me gusta mirar televisión.

    I don't like to watch tv.

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  • La familia ama mirar misteriosos asesinatos juntos.

    The family loves to watch murder mysteries together.

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  • Tom nos mostró por dónde mirar.

    Tom showed us where to look.

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  • Entre los dos fueron a la ventana para mirar hacia afuera.

    Both of them went to the window to look outside.

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  • No me atreví a mirar.

    I didn't dare to look.

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  • No puedo mirar esta foto sin recordar mis días en la escuela.

    I cannot look at this photo without being reminded of my school days.

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  • Tom no se atrevía a mirar a Mary.

    Tom didn't dare to look at Mary.

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  • Trataba de no mirar.

    I was trying not to look.

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  • ¿Puedes mirar al otro lado, por favor?

    Can you please look the other way?

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