take away

retirar, llevarse

Quitar algo del lugar donde está y llevárselo.

En inglés sencillo: To move something away from where it is.

• Please take away these boxes.
• She took the empty cups away.
• Who will take away the rubbish?

Cómo se usa: take something away (The waiter took the empty dishes away.)

Sinónimos: remove, carry away

Antónimos: bring

Expresiones frecuentes: take away plates, take away something, take something away

quitar, privar de

Hacer que alguien pierda algo que tiene o de lo que disfruta.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone lose something they own, have, or enjoy.

• They took away my phone.
• The new law takes away our freedom.
• Nothing can take that memory away from her.

Cómo se usa: take something away from someone (The school took the phone away from him.)

Sinónimos: remove, confiscate

Antónimos: give

Expresiones frecuentes: take away rights, take away freedom, take something away

menos

Entre dos números, indica que el segundo se resta del primero.

En inglés sencillo: Used between two numbers to show that the second is subtracted from the first.

• Six take away two is four.
• What is ten take away seven?
• Twelve take away five leaves seven.

Cómo se usa: number + take away + number (Eight take away three is five.)

Sinónimos: minus, less

Antónimos: plus

Expresiones frecuentes: five take away two, ten take away three, nine take away four, eight take away six