multiply

multiplicar

Calcular el resultado de un número por otro, como tres por cuatro.

En inglés sencillo: To calculate a number times another number, such as three times four.

• Multiply four by three.
• She multiplied the price by the number of tickets.
• What do you get if you multiply seven by eight?

Cómo se usa: multiply A by B (Multiply six by five to get thirty.)

Antónimos: divide

Expresiones frecuentes: multiply by ten, multiply two numbers, multiply by something

multiplicarse, multiplicar

Aumentar mucho en número o hacer que algo aumente mucho en número.

En inglés sencillo: To become much greater in number, or make something much greater in number.

• Our problems began to multiply.
• The costs multiplied as the project grew.
• Poor communication can multiply the difficulties.

Sinónimos: increase, grow

Antónimos: decrease

Expresiones frecuentes: problems multiply, multiply rapidly, multiply the risk

reproducirse, multiplicarse

Producir crías o nuevos seres vivos de la misma especie.

En inglés sencillo: To produce young or new living things of the same kind.

• Bacteria multiply quickly in warm food.
• The rabbits multiplied until the island was crowded.
• These cells can multiply without any help.

Sinónimos: reproduce, breed

Expresiones frecuentes: bacteria multiply, multiply rapidly, cells multiply