traer
verbo transitivo
1 (transportar) to bring
¿has traído el dinero? have you brought the money?; ¿me traes un vaso de agua? can you bring o fetch o get me a glass of water?; el muchacho que trae los periódicos the lad who delivers o brings the newspapers; ¿nos trae la cuenta, por favor? can we have the bill, please?; trae, ya lo arreglo yo give it to me, I'll fix it
¿me puedes traer mañana a la oficina? can you bring me to work o give me a lift to work tomorrow?; ¿qué la trae por aquí? what brings you here?
traer un hijo al mundo to bring a child into the world
traer buenas/malas notas to get good/bad marks o grades; (EEUU)
como su madre o como Dios lo trajo al mundo as naked as the day he was born; in his birthday suit
2 (llevar encima) [+ropa] to wear; [+objeto] to carry
traía unos zapatos muy bonitos she was wearing some very nice shoes; ¿qué traes en esa bolsa? what have you got in that bag?; what are you carrying in that bag?
3 [+periódico, revista]
el periódico no trae nada sobre eso there's nothing about it in the newspaper; ¿trae alguna noticia interesante? is there any interesting news?
4 (causar) [+suerte, paz, beneficios] to bring [+recuerdos] to bring back [+consecuencias] to have
te traerá buena suerte it'll bring you good luck
el embargo trajo como consecuencia la ruina económica the embargo brought about o resulted in the economic ruin
traer consigo to bring about
la recesión trajo consigo un aumento del paro the recession brought with it o brought about an increase in unemployment
5 (tener)
la ausencia de noticias me trae muy inquieto the lack of news is making me very anxious; el juego lo trae perdido gambling is his ruin
6
me trae sin cuidado
me trae al fresco
I couldn't care less (familiar)me la trae floja I couldn't give a damn (muy_familiar)
traer de cabeza a algn
el caso trae de cabeza a la policía local this case is proving to be a headache for local police; el horario comercial trae de cabeza a los consumidores shopping hours are a headache for consumers
traerla con algn (México) to have it in for sb (familiar)
llevar o traer a mal traer a algn [+persona] to give sb nothing but trouble; [+problema] to be the bane of sb's life
¡este hijo mío me trae a mal traer! this son of mine is really giving me a hard time!; this son of mine is (giving me) nothing but trouble!
traer y llevar a algn (molestar) to pester sb; (chismorrear) to gossip about sb
verbo pronominal
traerse1 (tramar) to be up to
estoy seguro de que esos dos se traen algún manejo sucio I'm sure the two of them are up to something shady
2 (uso enfático) to bring
me he traído la cámara I've brought the camera; I've brought the camera with me; no se trajo al novio she didn't bring her boyfriend
