Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Tuesday April 3, 2007

cumplir, verb:
to carry out; to keep

Cumplir is a very frequent and versatile verb, with lots of meanings. Today we’re looking at two of them.

Los contratan para cumplir las misiones más complicadas
They hire them to carry out the most complicated missions

In the meaning of carry out cumplir is often used with the noun órdenes orders

Sólo cumplo órdenes
I’m just carrying out orders

Cumplir una promesa means to keep a promise and cumplir su palabra means to keep your word:

A ver si van a poder cumplir sus promesas electorales
Let’s see if they can keep their election promises

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Spanish Word of the Day ArchiveTuesday April 3, 2007