divisar
Meanings
Verb
1. to spot, to make out, to sight, to descry, to espy, to spy (transitive)
2. to perceive (transitive)
Examples6
Divisé una torre a la distancia.
I made out a tower in the distance.
Huyó al divisar al policía.
He ran away at the sight of a policeman.
Él divisó un barco en la distancia.
He caught sight of a ship in the distance.
Podía divisar una torre en la lejanía.
I made out a tower in the distance.
Cuando dimos vuelta a la esquina pudimos divisar el lago aparecer.
As we went around the corner, the lake came into view.
Inmensas huestes de jinetes se divisaban en lontananza.
Huge cavalry armies could be spotted in the background.