| Principal Translations |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
| write [sth]⇒ vtr | (form letters, inscribe) | escribir⇒ vtr |
| | George can write his name already. |
| | George ya puede escribir su nombre. |
| write [sth] vtr | (author: a book, etc.) (literatura) | escribir⇒ vtr |
| | (informe) | redactar⇒ vtr |
| | Elizabeth wants to write a book. |
| | Elizabeth quiere escribir un libro. |
| write [sth] vtr | (compose: a document, letter, etc.) | escribir⇒ vtr |
| | I wrote a long email and then deleted it. |
| | Escribí un correo electrónico largo y después lo eliminé. |
| write [sth] to [sb] vtr + prep | (communicate in writing) | escribirle algo a alguien vi + prep |
| | | escribir para vtr + prep |
| | I'm going to write a letter to my friend. |
| | Voy a escribirle una carta a mi amigo. |
| write to [sb] vi + prep | (send [sb] a letter, email) | escribirle a alguien vi + prep |
| | I wrote to my MP to ask her to back my campaign. |
| | Le escribí a mi diputada para pedirle que apoye mi campaña. |
| write [sb]⇒ vtr | US (send [sb] a letter, email) | escribirle a alguien vi + prep |
| | Will you write me while you're in Spain? |
| | ¿Vas a escribirme cuando estés en España? |
| write⇒ vi | (form letters) (habilidad) | escribir⇒ vi |
| | Rachel is learning to write. |
| | Raquel está aprendiendo a escribir. |
| write vi | (to express thoughts in writing) | escribir⇒ vi |
| | When I want to get things clear in my head, I write. |
| | Cuando quiero tener las cosas claras en mi cabeza, las escribo. |
| write vi | (write letters) (cartas) | escribir⇒ vi |
| | I never have time to write. |
| | Nunca tengo tiempo de escribir. |
| write vi | (write professionally) (profesión) | ser escritor loc verb |
| | Brian has always wanted to write. |
| | Brian siempre ha querido ser escritor. |
| Locuciones verbales |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
| write back vi phrasal | (send a written reply) (por escrito) | contestar⇒, responder⇒ vtr |
| | As a child, I sent a fan letter to my favorite singer but he never wrote back. |
| | Please write back as soon as you can. |
| | De chico, le enviaba cartas a mi cantante preferido pero él nunca me contestaba. // Por favor, contesta tan pronto como puedas. |
write [sth] down,
write down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (transcribe, put in writing) | anotar⇒ vtr |
| | | apuntar⇒ vtr |
| | | escribir⇒ vtr |
| | That was a great idea. |
| | Let's find some paper and write it down. |
| | You should write the phone number down before you forget it. |
| | ¡Eso fue una gran idea! Busquemos un papel para anotarla. |
write [sth] down,
write down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (reduce value of asset) | reducir el valor de loc verb + prep |
| | The company's assets were written down by $20m last year. |
| | El año pasado el valor de los activos de la empresa fue reducido en veinte millones de dólares. |
write [sth] in,
write in [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (inscribe [sth] inside) | anotar⇒ vtr |
| | | escribir⇒ vtr |
| | If you can solve the final crossword clue, feel free to write it in. |
| | Si puedes responder la última pista del crucigrama, puedes anotarla. |
write [sth] off,
write off [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (record as total loss) | declarar siniestro total loc verb |
| | | desgravar⇒ vtr |
| | We're going to have to write off the warehouse that burnt down. |
| | Vamos a tener que declarar siniestro total la bodega que se quemó. |
write [sb] off,
write off [sb] vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (consider a failure) | dar por perdido loc verb |
| | Even though he did so poorly on the exam, I wasn't going to write him off completely. |
| | Aun cuando le fue muy mal en el examen, no lo iba a dar por perdido completamente. |
write [sth] off,
write off [sth] vtr phrasal sep | UK, informal (car, vehicle: completely wreck) (coloquial, figurado) | fundir⇒ vtr |
| | Brian had an accident and he wrote his car off. |
| | Brian tuvo un accidente y fundió el auto. |
| | | destrozar⇒ vtr |
| | | destruir⇒ vtr |
| | Brian tuvo un accidente y destrozó el auto. |
write [sth] off,
write off [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (discount, dismiss) | ignorar⇒, descartar⇒ vtr |
| | We can certainly write off his opinion: he never knows what he's talking about! |
| | Ciertamente, podemos ignorar su opinión: nunca sabe de qué está hablando. |
| write off for [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (send, apply for [sth]) | mandar a pedir loc verb |
| | Joe wrote off for the skin cream he'd seen advertised in a magazine. |
| | Joe mandó a pedir la crema que había visto en la revista. |
| write [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | (transcribe in full) | escribir completo, escribir entero loc verb |
| | I signed my name and wrote it out in block capitals underneath. |
| | Firmé con mi nombre y debajo lo escribí completo en mayúsculas. |
write [sth] up,
write up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (write out in full) | hacer un informe con algo, redactar un informe con algo loc verb |
| | Please write up your notes from the classroom observation. |
| | Por favor, haz un informe con las notas de tu observación de la clase. |
| | (ES) | hacer una redacción con algo, escribir una redacción con algo loc verb |
| | (CL) | hacer una composición con algo loc verb |
| | Por favor, haz una redacción con las notas de tu observación de la clase. |
| | Por favor, haz una composición con las notas de tu observación de la clase. |
write [sth] up,
write up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (write a critique of) | hacer crítica de, escribir crítica de loc verb |
| | | hacer reseña de, escribir reseña de loc verb |
| | Jessica writes up movies for her school newspaper. |
| | Jessica hace críticas de películas para el periódico local. |
write [sb] up,
write up [sb] vtr phrasal sep | US (record misbehaviour) | amonestar por escrito a alguien loc verb + prep |
| | One more infraction and I will have to write you up. |
| | Si cometes otra infracción, voy a tener que amonestarte por escrito. |
