What does aprobar in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word aprobar in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use aprobar in Spanish.

The word aprobar in Spanish means pass, pass, pass, sanction, pass, pass on the first try, pass at the first attempt, pass by a wide margin, approve by a wide margin, barely pass, pass with flying colors, approve a strategy. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word aprobar

pass

verbo transitivo (algo: dar por bueno)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
El Parlamento aprobó dos nuevas leyes.
Parliament passed two new laws.

pass

verbo transitivo (sacar nota suficiente)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Juan aprobó el examen de inglés.
John passed the English exam.

pass

verbo transitivo (declarar apta a una persona)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
El profesor aprobó a toda la clase.
The teacher passed the whole class.

sanction, pass

verbo transitivo (un plan: dar vía libre)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Se ha aprobado el nuevo plan de becas universitarias para este año.
The new university scholarship program for this year has been sanctioned.

pass on the first try, pass at the first attempt

locución verbal (en el primer intento)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Lucas es muy inteligente y aprobó el examen a la primera.

pass by a wide margin, approve by a wide margin

locución verbal (votación)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Aprobaron la ley por amplia mayoría.

barely pass

locución verbal (coloquial (aprobar justito)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
No había estudiado mucho y aprobé por los pelos.
She hadn't studied much and barely passed.

pass with flying colors

locución verbal (aprobar con holgura) (figurative)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Lucía siempre estudia mucho y aprueba sobrado todos los exámenes.
Lucia always studies hard and passes all her exams with flying colors.

approve a strategy

locución verbal (visto bueno)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

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