obtener in Spanish - meaning & frequency

Part of speech: verb
Frequency rank: #1481 of 5,000

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"obtener" in example sentences

"obtener" appears in 133 of 223,093 short Tatoeba Spanish sentences that have an English translation, counting 34 spellings (its conjugated forms). Here are 3 of them.

Tú obtuviste más que yo.

You obtained more than me.

Tatoeba #1179100

Si quiero algo, lo obtengo.

If I want something, I get it.

Tatoeba #1545419

Quiero obtener mucho.

I want to get a lot.

Tatoeba #5963738

Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR.

Words often found with "obtener"

Each of these shares at least three of those Tatoeba sentences with "obtener"; the number is how many.

premio9 préstamo3 aumento3 información5 primer7 permiso4

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