commit

cometer

Hacer algo malo o contrario a la ley.

En inglés sencillo: To do something wrong or illegal.

• He committed a crime.
• The police believe she committed fraud.
• Did anyone see who committed the attack?

Sinónimos: perpetrate

Expresiones frecuentes: commit a crime, commit murder, commit fraud

comprometerse

Prometer hacer algo o aceptar dedicarle tiempo y esfuerzo.

En inglés sencillo: To promise to do something or agree to give it your time and effort.

• I cannot commit to another project.
• She committed herself to helping the children.
• Will you commit enough time to finish this?

Cómo se usa: commit to doing something (We committed to reducing waste.); commit someone to something (The agreement commits us to the project.); commit something to something (They committed more money to the research.)

Sinónimos: pledge, undertake

Expresiones frecuentes: commit to something, commit yourself, commit resources

consignar, memorizar

Poner palabras o ideas por escrito, o aprenderlas para recordarlas.

En inglés sencillo: To put words or ideas into writing or learn them so you can remember them.

• He committed the poem to memory.
• I finally committed my ideas to paper.
• Have you committed these instructions to writing?

Cómo se usa: commit something to memory/paper (She committed the address to memory.)

Sinónimos: record, memorize

Expresiones frecuentes: commit to memory, commit to paper

internar, recluir

Enviar oficialmente a alguien a una institución o procedimiento judicial, a menudo sin su consentimiento.

En inglés sencillo: To officially send someone to an institution or legal process, often without their agreement.

• The judge committed him to prison.
• She was committed to a secure hospital.
• The court committed both suspects for trial.

Cómo se usa: commit someone to something (The judge committed him to prison.); commit someone for trial (The court committed her for trial.)

Sinónimos: confine

Antónimos: release

Expresiones frecuentes: commit someone, commit for trial, commit a patient

confiar, encomendar

Dejar a una persona o una cosa al cuidado de alguien.

En inglés sencillo: To give someone or something into another person's care or keeping.

• They committed the documents to his keeping.
• She committed her children to her sister's care.
• The dying man committed his soul to God.

Cómo se usa: commit someone/something to someone's care (They committed the child to her grandmother's care.)

Sinónimos: entrust, consign

Expresiones frecuentes: commit to someone, commit to care