English-Spanish translations for promise

• promesa
  Una promesa es una promesa y, como sabemos, debe mantenerse. A promise is a promise and, as we know, it must be kept.
  Ahora debe cumplir esa promesa. He must now keep that promise.
  Esa promesa no se ha cumplido. That promise has not been kept.
• prometer
  No podemos prometer mucho todavía. We cannot promise too much at this stage.
  Lo único que puedo hacer ahora es prometer que me esforzaré por conseguirlo. All I can do now is to promise to strive for it.

Definition of promise

• an oath or affirmation; a vow
• a transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use
• reason to expect improvement or success; potential
• a placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation
• bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised
• To commit to , or to assure of such commitment; to make an oath or vow
• To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good

Examples

• if I make a promise, I always stick to it;  he broke his promise
• She shows great promise as an actress
• If you promise not to tell anyone, I will let you have this cake for free
• He promised to never return to this town again
• She promised me a big kiss if I would drive her to the airport
• I cant promise success, but Ill do the best I can
• The clouds promise rain

Related words

• compromise
• compromised
• promised
• immunocompromised
• compromiser
• promise the moon|promise ''sb'' the moon
• promise the world|promise ''sb'' the world
• promise ring
• promise the moon