le compró a

bought for

→ le

phrase Uncommon #17,448

bought for Used to say that someone bought something for another person, especially when the indirect object is marked with le and the person follows with a.

SP: Ella le compró a él unos dulces.

EN: She bought him some sweets.

Tom le compró a Mary un diccionario.

Tom bought Mary a dictionary.

Tom le compró a Mary una cámara bastante costosa.

Tom bought Mary a rather expensive camera.

Tom le compró a Mary algo para comer.

Tom bought Mary something to eat.

Tom le compró a Mary un regalo de cumpleaños.

Tom bought Mary a birthday present.

Reclamó el collar que su hijo, Caledon, le compró a su prometida, usted.

He demanded the necklace that his son, Caledon, bought for his fiancée, you.

— Titanic (1997)

Tom le compró a María un paraguas caro.

Tom bought Maria an expensive umbrella.

Tom le compró a Mary un bonito regalo de Navidad.

Tom bought Mary a nice Christmas present.

Tom le compró a Mary una cosita.

Tom bought Mary a little something.

Tomás le compró a María un collar de diamantes.

Tomás bought María a diamond necklace.

Tom le compró a Mary un lindo regalo.

Tom bought Mary a nice gift.

Tom le compró a María un microscopio.

Tom bought Maria a microscope.

Es un globo como el que le compró a la pequeña Elsie Beckmann.

It's a balloon like the one he bought for little Elsie Beckmann.

— M, el vampiro de Düsseldorf (1931)

Tom le compró a Mary algo para que comiera.

Tom bought Mary something to eat.

Tom le compró a Mary un regalo.

Tom bought Mary a present.

Tom le compró a María una cámara como regalo.

Tom bought Maria a camera as a gift.