serve Significado & definición

Significado de serve en español

• 0 to give someone food or drink, especially in a restaurant or bar -- servir (comida o bebida)

  • Are you still serving?

• 1 to help customers and sell things to them in a shop -- atender

  • Are you being served?

• 2 to do work that helps society -- servir

  • to serve in the army

• 3 to be useful as something -- servir de algo

  • The spare bedroom also serves as a study.

• 4 to be in prison for a period of time -- cumplir (una sentencia)

• 5 to give sb food or drink -- servir

  • the waiter who served us in the restaurant el camarero que nos sirvió en el restaurante

  • Could you serve the drinks to the guests? ¿Podrías servir las bebidas a los invitados?

• 6 to do a job or duty for a person, organization, etc. -- servir

  • He served in the Senate for eighteen years. Él sirvió en el senado durante dieciocho años.

  • She currently serves as vice president of technology. Actualmente sirve como vicepresidenta de tecnología.

  • soldiers serving their country soldados al servicio de su país

• 7 to have a result or effect -- servir

  • a video game that only serves to teach young people about violence un videojuego que solo sirve para enseñar a los jóvenes sobre la violencia

• 8 to help achieve or provide -- servir

  • The old dock serves no purpose anymore. El viejo muelle ya no sirve para nada.

  • a community center that serves the needs of the town un centro comunitario que sirve las necesidades del pueblo

• 9 to spend time in prison -- cumplir

  • to serve a life sentence cumplir una sentencia de por vida

  • He served 22 years. Sirvió 22 años.

• 10 to hit a ball to start playing tennis -- servir

  • Who’s turn is it to serve? ¿A quién le toca sacar?

  • to serve the ball servir la bola

• 11 indicates you think what happened to sb was sth they deserved -- servir como ejemplo

  • “The teacher kept me inside at lunch.” “It serves you right for lying.” “La profesora me hizo quedarme dentro durante la comida.” “Lo tienes bien merecido por mentir”.