a escribir

to write

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phrase Common #5,410

to write Used after verbs like animar, aprender, or empezar: escribir means to write; with a máquina, it can mean typing.

SP: Quiero empezar a escribir un cuento.

EN: I want to start writing a story.

It's pointless to sit down and write when you haven't even gotten up to live yet.

We teach them how to write.

— El tambor de hojalata (1979)

And I’ll stay home to write.

— Laurence Anyways (2012)

Well, they should learn to type.

— Reservoir Dogs (1992)

I am learning to write.

He has begun writing the dictionary in his native language.

I prefer reading to writing.

She spends her mornings writing and her afternoons reading.

Don't start writing immediately.

— Super 30 (2019)

Sofi, go to the dining room with Pepe and help him write his letter.

— Roma (2018)

Tom is learning to write programs in JavaScript.

Doesn't Helga inspire him to write?

— Mother Night (1996)

We are learning to write.

She will leave teaching and begin writing full-time.

— Anatomía de una caída (2023)

And I’m also going to write for the newspapers.

— [REC] (2007)