take for

confundir con, tomar por

Creer por error que una persona o cosa es otra.

En inglés sencillo: To wrongly think that someone or something is someone or something else.

• I took you for my brother.
• She took the plastic flowers for real ones.
• Did you take him for the manager?

Cómo se usa: take someone/something for someone/something (I took the bag for a cushion.)

Sinónimos: mistake for, confuse with

Expresiones frecuentes: take someone for, take for someone else

llevar

Llevar a alguien a un lugar para comer, beber o conseguir otra cosa.

En inglés sencillo: To bring someone somewhere to get food, a drink, or another thing.

• Dad took us for ice cream.
• Can I take you for lunch tomorrow?
• She takes her mother for tea every Friday.

Cómo se usa: take someone for something (I will take you for a coffee.)

Expresiones frecuentes: take for coffee, take for ice cream, take someone for lunch

tomar por, considerar

Creer que alguien es cierto tipo de persona.

En inglés sencillo: To believe that someone is a particular kind of person.

• Do you take me for a fool?
• She took him for an honest man.
• They must take us for complete idiots.

Cómo se usa: take someone for someone/something (Do you take me for a child?)

Sinónimos: regard as, consider

Expresiones frecuentes: take someone for, take for a fool

estafar, timar

Engañar a alguien para que te entregue una cantidad determinada de dinero.

En inglés sencillo: To trick someone into giving you a particular amount of money.

• The dealer took me for fifty dollars.
• Those crooks took him for all his savings.
• How much did the scammer take you for?

Cómo se usa: take someone for an amount (The fake broker took her for five thousand pounds.)

Sinónimos: swindle, cheat, rip off

Expresiones frecuentes: take someone for, take for thousands

cobrar, contabilizar

Contar un artículo como si costara una cantidad determinada.

En inglés sencillo: To count an item as costing a particular amount.

• He took the bread for sixpence.
• The merchant took each sack for two shillings.
• She took the smaller items for a penny each.

Cómo se usa: take something for an amount (The shopkeeper took the bread for sixpence.)

Sinónimos: charge for, reckon at

Expresiones frecuentes: take something for, take for sixpence

dirigirse a

Moverse hacia un lugar determinado.

En inglés sencillo: To move towards a particular place.

• The fox took for the woods.
• The riders took for the nearest village.
• Seeing the hunters, the deer took for the hills.

Cómo se usa: take for a place (The fox took for the nearby woods.)

Sinónimos: head for, make for

Expresiones frecuentes: take for home, take for the woods