allow-permiten: meaning, definitions and translations
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What is allow?allow is permiten
What is permiten?
To let do or happen; permit: We allow smoking only in restricted areas.
Dejar hacer o suceder; permiso: permite fumar sólo en áreas restringidas.
To permit the presence of: No pets are allowed inside.
Para permitir la presencia de: No se admiten dentro de.
To permit to have: allow oneself a little treat.
Para permitir que: permitirse un pequeño capricho.
To make provision for; assign: The schedule allows time for a coffee break.
Prever; asignar: el horario permite a tiempo para un coffee break.
To plan for in case of need: allow two inches in the fabric for shrinkage.
Para planear en caso de necesidad: permiten dos pulgadas en la tela para la contracción.
To grant as a discount or in exchange: allowed me 20 dollars on my old typewriter.
Conceder un descuento como a cambio: me permitió 20 dólares en mi vieja máquina de escribir.
Chiefly Southern & Midland U.S. To admit; concede: I allowed he was right.
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Chiefly Southern & Midland U.S. To think; suppose: "We allow he's straight” ( American Speech).
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Chiefly Southern & Midland U.S. To assert; declare: Mother allowed that we'd better come in for dinner.
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To offer a possibility; admit: The poem allows of several interpretations.
Para ofrecer una posibilidad; admitir: El poema permite varias interpretaciones.
To take a possibility into account; make allowance: In calculating profit, retailers must allow for breakage and spoilage.
Tener en cuenta una posibilidad; hacer concesiones: Al calcular los beneficios, los minoristas deben permitir la rotura y el deterioro.