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1 rebotar de lado contra
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2 carambola
f.1 cannon.de o por carambola (in billiards)(figurative) by a (lucky) fluke¡carambolas! good heavens!2 star fruit, carambola, fruit of the carambolo tree.3 carom, billiard, cannon.4 billiards.5 multiple car crash, multiple crash, pile-up, pileup.* * *1 (billar) cannon, US carom\por carambola familiar by a fluke, by chance* * *SF (Billar) (=juego) billiards sing ; (=golpe) cannon, carom (EEUU)¡carambolas! — LAm euf * hell! *, wow! *
* * *a) ( en billar) carom (AmE), cannon (BrE)b) (fam) ( casualidad)c) (Méx) ( choque múltiple) pileup* * *a) ( en billar) carom (AmE), cannon (BrE)b) (fam) ( casualidad)c) (Méx) ( choque múltiple) pileup* * *2 ( fam)(casualidad): fue de carambola it was pure chance o it was a fluke3 ( Méx) (choque múltiple) pileup* * *
carambola sustantivo femenino
b) (fam) ( casualidad):
* * *♦ nf1. [en billar] cannon3. [fruto] star fruit, carambola♦ interjgood heavens!* * *f billar carom, Brcannon;por ode carambola fam by sheer chance* * *carambola nf1) : carom2) : ruse, trickpor carambola: by a lucky chance -
3 carambolear
v.1 to play the carambola; to carom.2 to cause to carom, to carom, to cannon. -
4 rebotar
v.1 to bounce.La pelota rebota The ball bounces.La pared rebota el sonido The wall reflects sound.2 to rebound, to bounce back.La pelota rebota The ball bounces back.3 to ricochet, to bounce off, to carom.La bala rebotó y me hirió The bullet ricocheted and injured me.4 to have no funds, to bounce.El cheque rebotó The check bounced=had no funds.* * *1 (clavo) to clinch2 (ataque) to repel3 (conturbar) to put off, upset1 (conturbarse) to get angry, get upset* * *verb* * *1. VT1) [+ pelota] to bounce; [+ ataque] to repel, beat back; [+ rayos] to bounce back, cause to bounce off2) [+ clavo] to clinch3) * [+ persona] to annoy2.VI [pelota] to bounce; [bala] to ricochet, glance (de off)3.See:* * ** * *= bounce, bounce back, ricochet, rebound, bounce off.Ex. When children bounce on mother's knee to a song or a nursery rhyme and maybe when they chuckle at special words, names, and puns, they are responding to the texture and rhythm of sounds.Ex. A light then scans the original and the light is bounced back on to the charged paper.Ex. The subsequent changes that threaten to ricochet through the higher education sector can be described as evolutionary.Ex. The article is entitled 'Children's publishers rebound in 1997'.Ex. A US woman had a lucky escape when a burglar's bullet bounced off the metal underwire in her bra.----* que rebota bien = bouncy [bouncier -comp., bounciest -sup.].* * ** * *= bounce, bounce back, ricochet, rebound, bounce off.Ex: When children bounce on mother's knee to a song or a nursery rhyme and maybe when they chuckle at special words, names, and puns, they are responding to the texture and rhythm of sounds.
Ex: A light then scans the original and the light is bounced back on to the charged paper.Ex: The subsequent changes that threaten to ricochet through the higher education sector can be described as evolutionary.Ex: The article is entitled 'Children's publishers rebound in 1997'.Ex: A US woman had a lucky escape when a burglar's bullet bounced off the metal underwire in her bra.* que rebota bien = bouncy [bouncier -comp., bounciest -sup.].* * *rebotar [A1 ]viA «pelota» to bounce; «bala» to ricochetla piedra rebotó en la pared the stone bounced o rebounded off the wallB «correo electrónico» to bounce* * *
rebotar ( conjugate rebotar) verbo intransitivo [pelota/piedra] to bounce;
[ bala] to ricochet
rebotar
I vi (una pelota, rueda, etc) to bounce, rebound: nos dio tal susto que rebotamos en el asiento, it was such a shock that we shot up out of our seats
(una bala) to ricochet
II verbo transitivo fam (enfadar, mosquear) to annoy
' rebotar' also found in these entries:
English:
bounce
- bounce back
- rebound
- ricochet
* * *♦ vi2. Informát to bounce* * *I v/t1 pelota bounce2 ( disgustar) annoyII v/i bounce, rebound* * *rebotar vi1) : to bounce2) : to ricochet, to rebound* * *rebotar vb to bounce -
5 retachar
v.1 to refuse to accept, to snub, to disclaim, to refuse.2 to ricochet, to carom, to bounce off, to glance off.* * *VT VI LAm to bounce* * *1.verbo transitivo (Méx fam)a) <carta/trabajo> to reject, refuse to acceptb) ( no dejar entrar)2.* * *1.verbo transitivo (Méx fam)a) <carta/trabajo> to reject, refuse to acceptb) ( no dejar entrar)2.* * *retachar [A1 ]vt1 ‹carta/trabajo› to reject, refuse to accept2(no dejar entrar): nos retacharon they wouldn't let us in, they turned us away■ retacharvi( Méx) «bala» to ricochet* * *
retachar ( conjugate retachar) verbo transitivo (Méx fam)
b) ( no dejar entrar):
verbo intransitivo (Méx) [ bala] to ricochet
* * *♦ vtto return;préstame tu lápiz, ahorita te lo retacho lend me your pencil, I'll give it back to you in a moment;lo retacharon al hospital porque le dio otro ataque they took him back to hospital because he had another attack;me dio un golpe, pero se lo retaché he hit me, but I hit him back♦ See also the pronominal verb retacharse -
6 carambola
• billiard• carom• Chinese gooseberry
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