take to heart

tomarse a pecho, tomar en serio

Dar importancia a consejos o comentarios y dejar que influyan en lo que sientes o haces.

En inglés sencillo: To treat advice or comments as important and let them affect your feelings or actions.

• I took your advice to heart.
• Don't take every rude comment to heart.
• Has he taken the warning to heart?

Cómo se usa: take something to heart (She took her teacher's advice to heart and practised every day.)

Sinónimos: take seriously, heed, internalize

Antónimos: disregard

Expresiones frecuentes: take something to heart, really take to heart

tomarse a pecho

Dejar que algo te afecte mucho y te cause tristeza o malestar.

En inglés sencillo: If you are deeply affected by something, you feel very upset about it.

• He took the criticism to heart.
• Try not to take their jokes to heart.
• She took her failure to heart and cried all evening.

Cómo se usa: take something to heart (She took his harsh comments to heart.)

Sinónimos: be hurt by, be upset by

Expresiones frecuentes: take criticism to heart, take something to heart