to memorize, to learn by heart
Me tomó dos horas memorizar esta frase.
It took me two hours to memorize this phrase.
El chico logra memorizar todo lo que lee.
The boy manages to memorize everything he reads.
No es necesario memorizar el diccionario para saber bien una lengua.
You don't need to memorize the dictionary to know a language well.
It isn't easy to memorize dates.
Muchos piensan que ser actor es simplemente memorizar textos.
Many people think that being an actor is simply memorizing lines.
Cuando la cosa va de memorizar palabras en inglés, no hay nadie que le supere.
When it comes to memorizing English words, nobody can beat him.
Para la prueba tienen que memorizar muchas definiciones.
For the test they have to memorize many definitions.