English-Spanish translations for take advantage of

• aprovecharse
  La Unión Europea debería aprovecharse de esta nueva oportunidad de desarme. The European Union ought to take advantage of this new opportunity for disarmament.
  Los países no deberían ser coaccionados y es inaceptable aprovecharse de su hambruna. Countries should not be coerced, and it is unacceptable to take advantage of their famine.
  Una falta de reforma significa que nuestra industria se encuentra mal situada para aprovecharse de los beneficios de la globalización. Lack of reform means that our industry is badly placed to take advantage of the benefits of globalisation.
• aprovechar
  Se debería aprovechar del modo correspondiente. We should take advantage of that.
  Tenemos que aprovechar esta coyuntura. We must take advantage of this situation.
  Tenemos que aprovechar esta oportunidad. We must take advantage of this opportunity.

Definition of take advantage of

• To use#verb|use or make use#noun|use of
• To exploit#Verb|exploit, for example sexually

Examples

• He took advantage of the swimming pool every day of his visit
• She took advantage of his desperation
• He toyed with her emotions just to get her in bed. He took advantage of her

Related words

• stakewall; stockade
• take advantage
• take bread and salt
• take bladders for lanterns
• take it into one's head
• take the bread out of someone's mouth
• head caretaker
• take the gilt off the gingerbread
• take the lead