The directive entrenches a situation in which protected companies can take over unprotected ones, yet unprotected companies cannot take over protected ones.

Me temo que no; mañana el señor Berlusconi presentará un gran espectáculo y Enel anunciará que va a absorber a Suez.

I fear they will not; tomorrow MrBerlusconi will put on a big show, and Enel will announce that it is going to take over Suez.

absorber [absorbiendo · absorbido; absorto] {transitive verb}

absorber(also: sorber, asimilar, integrar, absorberse)

to absorb [absorbed · absorbed] {v.t.}

Podrían absorber los principios que rigen la labor de nuestra democracia.

They would be able to absorb the principles governing the working of our democracy.

Por supuesto que Europa no puede absorber toda la miseria del mundo.

Of course Europe cannot absorb all of the world’ s misery.

Sugerimos que exista una capacidad limitada para absorber los incrementos de manera efectiva y eficiente.

We suggest there is limited capacity to absorb increases effectively and efficiently.

absorber

engross [engrossed · engrossed] {vb}

absorber(also: envolver, engullir, tragar, sepultar)

to engulf [engulfed · engulfed] {v.t.}

Yakarta parece querer borrar del mapa a este reducido pueblo católico, valiente, que se resiste a ser absorbido por una Indonesia de 150 millones de musulmanes.

Jakarta seems to want to wipe this small, courageous Catholic people off the map for resisting being engulfed by an Indonesia of 150 million Muslims.

absorber(also: tomar, tomarse)

to occupy [occupied · occupied] {vb}

Por tanto, aunque ocupe el 25 % del territorio de la república y cuente con el 20 % de la población, Voivodina ha absorbido el 36 % de la línea de crédito que ha reservado la UE para las PYME.

Therefore, even though it occupies 25 % of the area of the republic and has 20 % of the population, Vojvodina has absorbed 36 % of the credit line that the EU has earmarked for SMEs.

absorber(also: empezar, ocupar, consumir, empuñar)

to take up {vb}

En muchos países africanos, los pagos del servicio de la deuda todavía absorben una mayor parte del presupuesto que los servicios sanitarios.

In many African countries, debt service payments still take up a larger share of the budget than health services.

Las agencias absorben todo el margen de actuación de otros programas y en alguna ocasión la Comunidad tendrá además que hacerse cargo de los costes de las pensiones.

The agencies take up all the scope for other programmes, and at some point the Community ends up having to pay the pension costs as well.

Y lo hacemos en un momento en que las perspectivas financieras de la Unión Europea prevén un presupuesto en el cual el gasto agrícola va absorber entre el 40% y el 50% de los recursos.

We are doing this at a time when the European Union Financial Perspective provides for a budget in which agricultural expenditure will still take up between 40% and 50% of the resources.

absortar [absortando · absortado] {transitive verb}

absortar(also: maravillar)

to astonish [astonished · astonished] {v.t.}

SYNONYMS

Synonyms (Spanish) for "absorto":

absorto

abastraído- abismado- abstraído- admirado- atónito- ausente- boquiabierto- caviloso- concentrado- distraído- embebido- enajenado- ensimismado- ido- meditabundo

CONTEXT EXAMPLES

Context examples for "absorto" in English(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.

estaba tan absorto en mis pensamientos que …

I was so preoccupied with my own thoughts that …

estaba absorto, con los ojos clavados en la pantalla

my eyes were riveted to the screen

quedarse absorto

to become engrossed in one's thoughts

estar absorto en algo

to be absorbed in sth

estar absorto en

to hang on

Ante esta contemplación, el bienaventurado siervo del Altísimo permanecía absorto en admiración, pero sin llegar a descifrar el significado de la visión.

When the blessed servant of the Most High saw these things, he was filled with the greatest wonder, but he could not understand what this vision should mean.

Se trata de un mercado con intereses financieros devastadores que empobrece a la sociedad y a las naciones, absorto en el enriquecimiento exponencial de las empresas multinacionales.

It is a market with devastating financial interests that impoverishes society and nations, intent on the exponential enrichment of multinational companies.

No se me apareció a modo de chica joven, como cuando soñamos con la Virgen María: había estado tan absorto en el estudio de su documento durante tanto tiempo, que soñé que era una mujer anciana.

She did not appear to me as a young girl, like when we dream of the Virgin Mary: I had pored over her document for so long that I dreamt she was an elderly lady.

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