visit

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

1. To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
2. To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability.
3. Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
4. To punish, to inflict harm upon (someone or something).
5. Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone).
6. To inflict punishment, vengeance for (an offense) on or upon someone.
7. To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
8. To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc.

Noun

1. A single act of visiting.
2. A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home.

Conceptos

visitar

visita

ver

inspeccionar

estancia

reseñar

faltar

cita

lectura

acometer

cargar

imponer

infligir

inflingir

charlar

cumplimentar

hacer venir

consulta

recorrer

revisión

frecuentar

visitador

visitadora

visitante

Con guión como

vis‧it

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈvɪzɪt/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English visiten, from Old French visiter, from Latin vīsitō, frequentative of vīsō (“behold, survey”), from videō (“see”). Cognate with Old Saxon wīsōn (“to visit, afflict”), archaic German weisen (“to visit, afflict”). Displaced native Old English sēċan (“to visit”) and sōcn (“a visit”).

Oraciones

He was the first bishop of Hong Kong to visit the mainland China .

Fue el primer obispo de Hong Kong en visitar la China continental.

A few residents live on board full-time while most visit periodically throughout the year .

Algunos residentes viven a tiempo completo, mientras que la mayoría visita periódicamente durante todo el año.