call to

atraer, tentar

Despertar un fuerte deseo de tener algo o vivir una experiencia.

En inglés sencillo: If something strongly attracts you, you feel a desire to have it or experience it.

• The sea calls to me.
• Adventure called to him, so he left home.
• Even after dinner, that chocolate cake still calls to me.

Cómo se usa: something calls to someone (The open road calls to her every spring.)

Sinónimos: tempt, beckon, appeal to

Antónimos: repel

Expresiones frecuentes: call to someone, call to me

llamar al sacerdocio

Despertar en alguien un profundo sentimiento espiritual de que debe hacerse sacerdote católico.

En inglés sencillo: To give someone a strong spiritual feeling that they should become a Catholic priest.

• He felt called to the priesthood.
• She asked whether God had called him to the priesthood.
• Those called to the priesthood often spend years in training.

Cómo se usa: be called to the priesthood (He believed he was called to the priesthood.)

Sinónimos: destine for the priesthood

Expresiones frecuentes: call to priesthood, call to ministry