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tomarle

to take his/her measurements, blood pressure, or name; to take something from/to him/her, to take him/her (a certain amount of) time

→ tomar
tomar to drink + le Indirect object pronoun (to him, her, or you)
verb Rare #36,933
to take his/her measurements, blood pressure, or name; to take something from/to him/her The exact translation of le depends on the sentence; it refers to someone as the person from or for whom something is taken.
SP: Voy a tomarle la presión.
EN: I’m going to take his blood pressure.
to take him/her (a certain amount of) time Used in expressions such as tomarle tiempo: for something to take someone time.
SP: Puede tomarle tiempo acostumbrarse.
EN: It may take him/her time to get used to it.
Conjugation of tomar
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First tomo tomamos
Second tomas —
Third toma toman
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First tomo tomamos
Second tomas —
Third toma toman
Imperative
SingularPlural
First — tomemos
Second toma tómense
Third tome tomen
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First tomé tomamos
Second tomaste —
Third tomó tomaron
Indicative future
SingularPlural
First tomaré tomaremos
Second tomarás —
Third tomará tomarán
Subjunctive future
SingularPlural
First tomaré tomaremos
Second tomarás —
Third tomará tomarán
Present
tomando
Subjunctive
SingularPlural
Second tomes —
Conditional
SingularPlural
First tomaría —
Third tomaría —
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First tomaba tomábamos
Second tomabas —
Third tomaba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First tomaba tomábamos
Second tomabas —
Third tomaba —
tomara

Dios, debe tomarle tiempo recuperarse.

God, it must take him time to recover.

— TÁR (2022)

Déjeme tomarle las medidas, por favor.

Let me take your measurements, please.

Hay que tomarle una radiografía, coserlo y ponerle un yeso.

He needs an x-ray, stitches, and a cast.

— Atrápame si puedes (2002)

¿Puedo tomarle el pulso?

Can I take your pulse?

— Nuremberg: El Juicio Del Siglo (2025)

Permítame tomarle la presión.

Let me take your blood pressure.

Voy a tomarle la medida.

I'm going to take its measurements.

¿Puedo tomarle una foto?

Can I take a picture of you?

¿Me deja tomarle el pulso?

May I take your pulse?

— Zárójelentés (2020)

Me preocupaba otra cosa que tomarle el nombre a la gente.

I was worried about something other than taking people's names.

— Ladrón de bicicletas (1948)