collect

recoger, reunir, coleccionar

Juntar cosas en un mismo lugar o grupo.

En inglés sencillo: To bring things together in one place or group.

• I collect old coins.
• She collected the papers from the desk.
• The team is collecting data about local birds.

Cómo se usa: collect something from someone/something (We collected information from local families.)

Sinónimos: gather, assemble, amass

Antónimos: scatter, disperse

Expresiones frecuentes: collect data, collect stamps, collect something together, collect papers

cobrar, recibir

Recibir dinero que te deben o algo que tienen preparado para ti.

En inglés sencillo: To get money or something else that someone owes or has ready for you.

• He collects the rent each month.
• She went on stage to collect her prize.
• The company has not collected the money it is owed.

Cómo se usa: collect something from someone (The owner collects rent from the tenants every month.)

Sinónimos: receive, get

Expresiones frecuentes: collect rent, collect a payment, collect a prize

a cobro revertido, a portes debidos

Se dice de una llamada o un envío cuyo coste paga quien lo recibe.

En inglés sencillo: Paid for by the person receiving the phone call or goods.

• He made a collect call home.
• Will you accept this collect call?
• The office refused the collect shipment because no one could pay.

Sinónimos: reverse-charge

Antónimos: prepaid

Expresiones frecuentes: collect call, collect shipment, collect delivery

a cobro revertido, a portes debidos

Llamar o enviar algo de manera que pague quien recibe la llamada o el envío.

En inglés sencillo: With the cost paid by the person receiving the call or goods.

• I called collect from the airport.
• The company ships these boxes collect.
• Can I send the package collect?

Sinónimos: at the recipient's expense

Expresiones frecuentes: call collect, ship collect, send something collect

colecta

Oración breve de una celebración cristiana, a menudo antes de una lectura de la Biblia.

En inglés sencillo: A short prayer used during a Christian church service, often before a reading from the Bible.

• The priest read the collect.
• Today's collect asks for peace.
• She found the collect for Easter in the prayer book.

Sinónimos: prayer

Expresiones frecuentes: the sunday collect, read the collect, collect for easter