| wrholt |
May 31, 2014 03:04 PM |
In English or in Spanish?
The English word tome means 'large book'.
The Spanish word tome is the third-person singular present subjunctive form of the verb tomar, which has the basic meaning of "to take" and can be used literally or figuratively to mean "to take", "to grab", "to take hold of", "have/drink (liquids)", "take/catch (train, plane)", "take/swallow (pills, medicine)", "take/capture (in battle)", and others. It also functions as the formal 2nd-person singular imperative "take!", often used as "have some" or "serve yourself", such as when someone offers you something to eat or drink, or hands something to you.
Conjugated verb forms of regular Spanish verbs normally do not appear as separate entries in Spanish and bilingual dictionaries; compilers of these dictionaries generally assume that users know enough to look up the verb by its infinitive. Unfortunately, people who don't know the language or who are still relative beginners at learning it may not recognize that a particular word may be a conjugated verb form and may not be able to figure out what the infinitve should be. On the other hand, some dictionaries include some irregular forms for irregular verbs as main entries, then cross-reference them to the main entry for the infinitive.
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