a leer

to read

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phrase Common #5,790

to read Used with another verb to express the action of reading, often after verbs such as aprender, enseñar, sentarse, or ir.

SP: Voy a leer un libro esta noche.

EN: I'm going to read a book tonight.

Tom is learning to read French.

We’ll teach you how to read.

I felt that he could teach me to read.

She spends her mornings writing and her afternoons reading.

We learned to read English.

He sat down to read, with his wife beside him knitting a pair of gloves.

You didn't teach me how to read Japanese.

— La doncella (2016)

Gunter asked Amelia to reread the address.

She wants you to learn to read.

He sat down to read a story.

We’ll teach you to read.

She sat down to read a story.

Let's try reading.

We aren’t used to reading literature.

To learn to read, to think.

— Incendies (2010)