vie

competir, rivalizar

Competir intensamente con otros para ganar algo o ser el mejor.

En inglés sencillo: To compete strongly with others to win something or be the best.

• The children vie for attention.
• Two teams vied for first place.
• Several candidates are vying to become leader.

Cómo se usa: vie for something (Several firms are vying for the contract.); vie with someone for something (She vied with her sister for their father’s attention.); vie to do something (Three cities are vying to host the event.)

Sinónimos: compete, contend

Expresiones frecuentes: vie for attention, vie with someone, vie for power

enfrentar, contraponer

Ofrecer o producir algo para competir con lo que ofrece o produce otra persona.

En inglés sencillo: To offer or produce something in competition with what another person offers or produces.

• The rivals vied boasts across the table.
• Each poet would vie a verse against the next.
• They vied offers until the owner accepted one.

Cómo se usa: vie something with someone (The poets vied verses with one another.)

Sinónimos: pit, bandy

Expresiones frecuentes: vie boasts, vie verses, vie something with someone

apostar

Arriesgar dinero o algo valioso sobre un resultado incierto.

En inglés sencillo: To risk money or something valuable on an uncertain result.

• He chose to vie five coins.
• They vied their gold on the result.
• Would you vie your fortune on such a risk?

Cómo se usa: vie something on something (He would vie his last coin on the outcome.)

Sinónimos: bet, wager, stake

Expresiones frecuentes: vie money, vie a sum, vie something on something

apostar a una mano

En un antiguo juego de cartas, apostar una cantidad de dinero a las cartas que se tienen en la mano.

En inglés sencillo: To bet a sum of money on the cards you hold in an old card game.

• Each player could vie a small sum.
• She vied three coins on her hand.
• He refused to vie more money after the next deal.

Cómo se usa: vie something on a hand (The player vied two coins on his hand.)

Sinónimos: bet, stake, wager

Expresiones frecuentes: vie a sum, vie on something, vie three coins