look out

tener cuidado, estar atento

Prestar atención para detectar peligros o posibles problemas.

En inglés sencillo: To pay attention so you notice danger or possible problems.

• Look out! A car is coming.
• We looked out for loose rocks on the path.
• Look out for thieves in crowded places.

Cómo se usa: look out for someone/something (Look out for cyclists when you open the car door.)

Sinónimos: watch out, be careful, beware

Expresiones frecuentes: look out for cars, look out below

mirar afuera

Dirigir la mirada desde el interior de un lugar hacia lo que hay fuera.

En inglés sencillo: To direct your eyes from inside a place towards what is outside.

• Look out of the window.
• He looked out through the door at the rain.
• The children were looking out as the train crossed the bridge.

Cómo se usa: look out of something (She looked out of the window.); look out through something (He looked out through the open door.)

Sinónimos: look outside

Expresiones frecuentes: look out the window, look out through something

dar a

Dicho de una habitación o ventana, estar orientada hacia un lugar o una vista determinados.

En inglés sencillo: If a room or window does this, it faces a particular place or view.

• Our room looks out on the sea.
• The kitchen windows looked out onto a busy road.
• Does the balcony look out over the mountains?

Cómo se usa: look out on/onto something (The bedroom looks out onto a small garden.); look out over something (Our windows look out over the valley.)

Sinónimos: overlook, face

Expresiones frecuentes: look out on something, look out over something

buscar, encontrar

Buscar algo hasta encontrarlo, normalmente entre las cosas que uno tiene.

En inglés sencillo: To search for something and find it, usually among your possessions.

• I will look out some blankets.
• She looked out her old school photographs for us.
• Could you look the receipt out before tomorrow?

Cómo se usa: look out something / look something out (I will look those papers out for you.)

Sinónimos: find, dig out, hunt out

Expresiones frecuentes: look out something, look out old photographs