Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Friday December 26, 2008

desarrollar, verb:
to develop

In some of its uses, desarrollar matches to develop.

Quieren desarrollar la economía del país.
They want to develop the country’s economy.

Dicen que el estudio desarrolla la mente.
Studying is said to develop the mind.

With nouns relating to doing something, such as actividad, trabajo, labor, proyecto, desarrollar translates as to carry out:

Desarrollará su actividad en cuatro áreas.
He’ll carry out his activity in four areas.

La Unicef desarrolla una labor importante.
Unicef carries out important work.

Remember there are two letter ‘r’s and two letter ‘l’s in desarrollar.

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Spanish Word of the Day ArchiveFriday December 26, 2008