comunicar
verbo transitivo
1 (decir) [+decisión, resultado] to announce
ha comunicado su decisión de abandonar la orquesta he has announced his decision to leave the orchestra; ha sido el encargado de comunicar la noticia he was given the task of announcing the news; no pudo comunicar la situación exacta del velero he was unable to give o state the yacht's exact position; según comunicaron fuentes del gobierno according to government sources
comunicar algo a algn to inform sb of sth; una vez comunicado el hallazgo a la policía once the police had been informed of the discovery; le comunicaron su despido por carta they informed her of her dismissal by letter; cuando le comunicaron la noticia when they told her the news
comunicar a algn que to inform sb that
comunicamos a los señores pasajeros que ... we would like to inform passengers that ...
nos comunican desde Lisboa que ... we have heard from Lisbon that ...
2 (al teléfono)
¿me comunica con la dirección, por favor? could I speak to the manager, please?; could you put me through to the manager, please?
verbo intransitivo
1 (España) [+teléfono] to be engaged
su teléfono comunicaba todo el tiempo her telephone was engaged all the time
está comunicando comunica it's engaged
verbo pronominal
comunicarse1 (establecer comunicación) (uso recíproco) to communicate
se comunican en inglés/por fax they communicate in English/by fax; they use English/fax (to communicate); aunque no nos vemos, nos comunicamos a menudo although we don't see each other, we're often in touch o in contact
(uso transitivo) nos comunicamos nuestras impresiones we exchanged impressions
comunicarse con algn to communicate with sb; necesitan una emisora con la que comunicarse con nosotros they need a radio to communicate with us; se comunicó telefónicamente con su esposa he spoke to his wife on the phone; en mi trabajo tengo que comunicarme con gente de muchos países my work brings me into contact with people from many different countries
2 (entenderse)
comunicarse bien con algn to connect well with sb
hay gente con la que me comunico muy bien there are some people I connect with really well; se comunica mal con sus empleados he can't communicate with his employees