write

escribir

Poner letras, palabras o números en papel o en una pantalla.

En inglés sencillo: To put letters, words, or numbers on paper or a screen.

• Write your name here.
• I wrote the number on my hand.
• Can you write clearly with that pencil?

Cómo se usa: write something on something (Write your address on this form.); write in something (Please write in black ink.)

Sinónimos: put down, record

Expresiones frecuentes: write your name, write something down, write in pencil, write on paper

escribir, componer

Crear un libro, cuento, artículo, pieza musical o programa informático.

En inglés sencillo: To create a book, story, article, piece of music, or computer program.

• She wants to write a book.
• He wrote the music for our school play.
• Have you ever written a computer program?

Cómo se usa: write something about something (She wrote a novel about two sisters.)

Sinónimos: compose, create, author

Expresiones frecuentes: write a book, write a song, write an article, write computer code

escribir

Enviar a alguien una carta u otro mensaje escrito.

En inglés sencillo: To send someone a letter or another written message.

• Please write to me soon.
• He wrote his mother a long letter.
• Have you written back to your friend?

Cómo se usa: write to someone (I wrote to my aunt last week.); write someone something (She wrote me a lovely letter.)

Sinónimos: send a message, correspond

Expresiones frecuentes: write to someone, write someone back, write a letter, write home

escribir, comunicar por escrito

Comunicar a alguien un hecho o una idea mediante palabras escritas.

En inglés sencillo: To tell someone a fact or idea using written words.

• She wrote that she was happy.
• He wrote to me that he needed help.
• The author writes that the town was once much larger.

Cómo se usa: write that + clause (She wrote that the meeting had been cancelled.); write to someone that + clause (He wrote to us that he was moving abroad.)

Sinónimos: state, report

Expresiones frecuentes: write that something, write to explain, write to inform

escribir, grabar

Guardar información en la memoria de un ordenador o en un dispositivo de almacenamiento.

En inglés sencillo: To save information in a computer's memory or on a storage device.

• The computer is writing data to disk.
• The program wrote a new file.
• Can this device read and write at the same time?

Cómo se usa: write something to something (The program writes data to the disk.)

Sinónimos: store, save, record

Expresiones frecuentes: write to disk, write a file, write data, write to memory

dedicarse a escribir, escribir

Crear cuentos, artículos u otras obras escritas como profesión o actividad habitual.

En inglés sencillo: To create stories, articles, or other written works as a job or regular activity.

• She writes for a living.
• He wrote professionally for many years.
• Do you still write for that magazine?

Cómo se usa: write for something (She writes for a local newspaper.); write for a living (He has written for a living since leaving university.)

Sinónimos: be an author

Expresiones frecuentes: write for money, write for newspapers, write professionally, write full time

escritura

Una operación que guarda datos en la memoria de un ordenador o en un dispositivo de almacenamiento.

En inglés sencillo: One action of saving data in computer memory or on a storage device.

• The write failed because the disk was full.
• This drive handles thousands of writes per second.
• Frequent writes can shorten the life of flash memory.

Sinónimos: write operation

Expresiones frecuentes: disk write, memory write, a failed write, write operation