{"id":56,"date":"2008-06-20T09:45:40","date_gmt":"2008-06-20T13:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=56"},"modified":"2008-06-20T09:45:40","modified_gmt":"2008-06-20T13:45:40","slug":"expressions-with-tomar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/expressions-with-tomar\/","title":{"rendered":"Expressions with TOMAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tomar <\/strong>is a very common verb in Spanish. Here are some uses and expressions with it.<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>to take<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Tom\u00f3 el libro en las manos.<\/em> \u2013 He took the book in his hands.<br \/>\n<em>El camarero no ha querido tomar la propina que le daba.<\/em> \u2013 The waiter didn&#8217;t want to take the tip he was being given.<br \/>\n<em>He tomado el tren para venir aqu\u00ed. <\/em>\u2013 I took the train to come here.<br \/>\n<em>Toma algunas fotos cuando viajes. <\/em>\u2013 Take some pictures when you travel.<br \/>\n<em>Tom\u00f3 apuntes durante la conferencia. <\/em>\u2013 She took notes at the conference.<\/p>\n<p>2.<strong> to consider<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Lo toman por tonto. <\/em>\u2013 They consider him stupid.<\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>to have<\/strong> (food, drink)<\/p>\n<p><em>He tomado mucha gaseosa.<\/em> \u2013 I&#8217;ve had a lot of soda.<br \/>\n<em>Anda a la escuela despu\u00e9s de tomarte el desayuno. <\/em>\u2013 Go to school after you have breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>4. <strong>no tomar en serio <\/strong>\u2013 not to take something seriously<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nEl due\u00f1o no tom\u00f3 en serio nuestra propuesta.<\/em> \u2013 The owner didn&#8217;t take our proposal seriously.<\/p>\n<p>5. <strong>ser de armas tomar <\/strong>\u2013 be bold and demanding.<\/p>\n<p><em>Es una mujer de armas tomar, no se detiene ante nada.<\/em> \u2013 She&#8217;s a very bold woman, nothing will stop her.<\/p>\n<p>6. <strong>tenerla tomada <\/strong>\u2013 to have it in for someone or something<\/p>\n<p><em>La profesora la tiene tomada conmigo.<\/em> \u2013 The teacher has it in for me.<\/p>\n<p>7. <strong>tomar en cuenta<\/strong> \u2013 take something into account<\/p>\n<p><em>No tom\u00f3 en cuenta nuestro esfuerzo.<\/em> \u2013 He didn&#8217;t take our effort into account.<\/p>\n<p>8. <strong>tomar por donde quema<\/strong> \u2013 to take something the wrong way<\/p>\n<p><em>No tomes estas cosas por donde queman, deja de ser suspicaz. <\/em>\u2013 Don&#8217;t take things the wrong way, stop being suspicious.<\/p>\n<p>9. <strong>tomar el pelo<\/strong> \u2013 to make fun of<\/p>\n<p><em>Me est\u00e1s tomando el pelo, \u00bfverdad?<\/em> \u2013 You&#8217;re making fun of me, aren&#8217;t you?<\/p>\n<p>10. <strong>toma y daca<\/strong> \u2013 give and take<\/p>\n<p><em>No puedes pretender que solo trabaje yo en ello; esto ha de ser un toma y daca.<\/em> \u2013 You can&#8217;t expect me to be the only one working on this; it has to be give and take.<\/p>\n<p>Hasta la pr\u00f3xima.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomar is a very common verb in Spanish. Here are some uses and expressions with it. 1. to take Tom\u00f3 el libro en las manos. \u2013 He took the book in his hands. El camarero no ha querido tomar la propina que le daba. \u2013 The waiter didn&#8217;t want to take the tip he was&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/expressions-with-tomar\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[66,82,157,165],"class_list":["post-56","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-expressions","tag-idioms","tag-tomar","tag-verb"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}