llevar a efecto

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Spanish

Verb

llevar a efecto (first-person singular present llevo a efecto, first-person singular preterite llevé a efecto, past participle llevado a efecto)

  1. (idiomatic) to carry out
    Synonyms: llevar a cabo, llevar a término
    • 1863, José Pastor de la Roca, La corona de fuego o los subterráneos de las torres de Altamira:
      -Ese hombre [] es un miserable que trata de sorprendernos: yo os suplicaría señor, que tuviera a bien V. a mandar llevar a efecto el castigo que le habéis impuesto, sin más tregua.
      That man is a lousy one, trying to surprise us. I beseech you, Sir, to see to it that they carry out the punishment he had been given, without further ado.
    • 1993, Enrique Canto Bory, Mi vida:
      Venía a comunicarme que en la calle Arrieta se estaba llevando a efecto un reclutamiento de españoles para ingresar en la Legión del Caribe.
      He was coming to inform me that in Arrieta Street they were carrying out a recruitment of Spaniards to sign up for the Caribbean Legion.
  2. (idiomatic) to put into effect
    • 2005, José Francisco Blasco Lahoz, El régimen especial de trabajadores autónomos:
      atienden al gobierno permanente de la sociedad llevando a efecto sus acuerdos []
      they pay attention to the society's permanent government, putting into effect their agreements

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