resolve

resolver, solucionar

Solucionar un problema o desacuerdo para que deje de causar dificultades.

En inglés sencillo: To deal with a problem or disagreement successfully so it no longer causes trouble.

• We must resolve this problem.
• They resolved their argument before dinner.
• Can the two sides resolve their differences?

Sinónimos: solve, settle, sort out

Expresiones frecuentes: resolve a problem, resolve a dispute, resolve an issue

decidir, determinar

Decidir con firmeza que se va a hacer algo.

En inglés sencillo: To decide firmly that you will do something.

• I resolve to work harder.
• She resolved never to return there.
• The council resolved that the park should be protected.

Cómo se usa: resolve to do something (She resolved to spend less money.); resolve that… (The committee resolved that the building should remain open.)

Sinónimos: decide, determine

Expresiones frecuentes: resolve to act, resolve to change

aclarar, descifrar

Hacer comprensible algo difícil de entender mediante una explicación o al encontrar su respuesta.

En inglés sencillo: To make something difficult to understand clear by explaining it or finding its answer.

• This clue may resolve the riddle.
• The historian resolved a mystery about the letter.
• Further evidence should resolve any doubts about its meaning.

Sinónimos: explain, clarify, unravel

Expresiones frecuentes: resolve a riddle, resolve a mystery, resolve a doubt

decidir, determinar

Hacer que alguien se decida con firmeza sobre lo que va a hacer.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone certain about what they intend to do.

• The news resolved him to act.
• Her words resolved his mind at last.
• That final insult resolved him to leave the village.

Sinónimos: determine, decide

Expresiones frecuentes: resolve someone, resolve the mind

determinación, resolución

Voluntad firme de hacer algo aunque resulte difícil.

En inglés sencillo: A strong wish to do something, even when it is difficult.

• Her resolve remained strong.
• The setback only strengthened his resolve.
• It took all my resolve to keep going.

Cómo se usa: resolve to do something (Her resolve to finish the race never weakened.)

Sinónimos: determination, willpower

Antónimos: indecision

Expresiones frecuentes: strong resolve, strengthen someone’s resolve, resolve to succeed, firm resolve