sacar provecho: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- To obtain advantage, benefit, or profit from a situation, action, or experience; often implies using circumstances or past events to one's own good.
Examples
BetaDespués de estudiar mucho, saqué provecho de todo el conocimiento para aprobar el examen con nota alta.
After studying a lot, I benefited from all the knowledge to pass the exam with a high grade.
Si aprendes a sacar provecho de tus errores, crecerás como persona y profesional.
If you learn to make the most of your mistakes, you will grow as a person and professional.
Ella sacó provecho de la situación difícil para fortalecer sus habilidades y salir adelante.
She took advantage of the difficult situation to strengthen her skills and move forward.
- Literally, to extract or secure a material gain or profit from something.
Examples
BetaLa fábrica sacó provecho de la nueva tecnología para aumentar su producción y reducir costos.
The factory extracted material benefit from the new technology to increase production and reduce costs.
Sacaron provecho del terreno cultivable para vender productos orgánicos en el mercado local.
They made a profit from the arable land to sell organic products at the local market.
La empresa sacará provecho de la inversión hecha en energías renovables en los próximos años.
The company will extract profit from the investment made in renewable energy in the coming years.
Para sacar provecho del mineral, los ingenieros diseñaron un proceso eficiente de extracción.
To obtain material gain from the mineral, the engineers designed an efficient extraction process.
Examples:
- ES: Puedo sacar provecho.EN: I can use some of it.
- ES: ¡No puedes sacar provecho de eso!EN: You can't take advantage of that.
- ES: Viste cómo se puso al pensar que fuiste tú... y alguien debería sacar provecho de esta situación.EN: You saw what it did to her to think it was you, and somebody might as well get something out of this.
- ES: Sí, pero no trate de sacar provecho.EN: Yes, but, uh, don't try to take advantage.
- ES: Cuando se tiene un coche como este es una pena no sacar provecho de él.EN: WELL, WHEN YOU HAVE A CAR LIKE THIS, IT SEEMS A PITY NOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, DOESN'T IT?
- ES: Justo cuando voy a sacar provecho del chico, esa belleza entra en su vida y me patea justo en el trasero.EN: JUST WHEN I'M GOING TO CASH IN ON THE BOY, THIS BEAUTIFUL THING COMES INTO HIS LIFE AND KICKS ME RIGHT IN THE PUSS.
- ES: Tanta charla es para engatusarnos y sacar provecho.EN: All his talk is so he can get a better price, so he can make fools of us.
- ES: Quizás le parezca inmoral, pero si va a sacar provecho de esto, yo también quiero.EN: I don't mean no harm, but if Eliza's gonna have a bit out of this, why not me too?
- ES: Voy a sacar provecho de tu jueguecito con el canadiense.EN: I'm no fool! I'll find out if you were cheating me.
- ES: No me engaña, pienso que ha hecho un gran descubrimiento a mi costa, y usted va a sacar provecho de ello.EN: You don't fool me. You think you've made a great discovery at my expense, and you're going to cash in on it.
- ES: Verá, si sabe más que yo, debería sacar provecho de sus conocimientos.EN: You see, if you know more than I do, then I shall profit by your knowledge.
- ES: Sus pretensiones son tan viejas como la historia y si no pueden meter sus sucias y asquerosas manos en una idea decente y sacar provecho de ella, la destrozan como perros hambrientos y la entierran.EN: Your types are as old as history. If you can't lay your dirty fingers on a decent idea, and squeeze it into your pocket, like dogs, if you can't eat it, you bury it.
- ES: Si quieren convertirme en un héroe de pacotilla, voy a sacar provecho de ello.EN: They want to turn me into a tin-pot hero, I'm gonna cash in on it.
- ES: Cada director es reponsable, pero no debe sacar provecho de esa confianza.EN: Every editor is on his honor, but the editor has no right to take advantage of that trust.
- ES: - ¿Para sacar provecho?EN: To get your dirty bit of profit?
- ES: Los métodos de publicidad empleados antes a nombre del demandante... indican que esto puede considerarse... como un intento de sacar provecho periodístico de esta audiencia.EN: The methods of publicity previously used in behalf of the plaintiff... indicate that this may rightly be regarded as an attempt... to make journalistic capital of this hearing.
- ES: No querrán arriesgar su vida si pretenden sacar provecho...EN: I assume you are eager to make use of this likeness with some profit yourselves.
- ES: "He seguido detenidamente su carrera y sin duda ha sabido sacar provecho de sus antiguos errores."EN: I have followed every step of your career, and you have indeed profited by your early mistakes.
- ES: "Te daré una lección de la que podrás sacar provecho un día u otro."EN: "I will give you a lesson that you will be able to benefit from one day or the other!"
- ES: Mi querido Beudet: Así como dispusimos esta tarde, le envío incluido un palco para esta noche, del que posiblemente puedan sacar provecho su mujer, usted y la familia Lebas. Menard.EN: Dear Beudet, As arranged, I send you loge tickets for tonight, maybe you could bring your wife and your associate, Lebas.
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