he was pounding on

• a saltos, cruzamos el río a saltos — we jumped across the river

• dar o pegar un salto — [persona, animal] to jump; [corazón] to leap

los niños les acompañaban dando saltos — the kids went with them, jumping o hopping about

al hablar da muchos saltos de un tema a otro — when he speaks, he jumps from o leaps around from one subject to the next

• de un salto, se puso en pie de un salto — he leapt o sprang to his feet

• el libro supuso su salto a la fama — the book marked his leap to fame, the book was his springboard to fame

vivir a salto de mata — (=sin organización) to lead a haphazard life; (=sin seguridad) to live from hand to mouth

le gustaría dar el salto al teatro profesional — he would like to make the leap o jump into professional theatre

• triple salto — triple jump

salto alto — LAm high jump

salto con garrocha LAm —

salto en paracaídas — (=salto) parachute jump; (=deporte) parachuting

salto inicial — (Baloncesto) jump ball

salto largo — LAm long jump

salto de línea — (Inform) line break

salto de agua — (Geog) waterfall; (Téc) chute

se levantó de un salto — ( de la cama) he leapt o sprang out of bed; ( del suelo) he leapt o jumped up from the floor

se puso en pie de un salto — she leapt o sprang to her feet

dar or pegar un salto — ( dar un brinco) to jump; ( de susto) to start, jump

dar un salto en el vacío — to take a leap in the dark

se levantó de un salto — ( de la cama) he leapt o sprang out of bed; ( del suelo) he leapt o jumped up from the floor

se puso en pie de un salto — she leapt o sprang to her feet

dar or pegar un salto — ( dar un brinco) to jump; ( de susto) to start, jump

dar un salto en el vacío — to take a leap in the dark

Ex: For those involved in producing BNB, the eighties have seen this question leap in a single bound into the realm of stark reality from the cosy abstraction of AACR2.

Ex: Finally the sized paper was pressed, dried, pressed again and, if it was intended for writing on, smoothed by rubbing or hammering.

eso ya me lo palpitaba yo — I had a hunch o a feeling that would happen (colloq)

eso ya me lo palpitaba yo — I had a hunch o a feeling that would happen (colloq)

Ex: The place is pulsating with life from families at the restaurants and fruit shops.

lo puedes pegar con celo — you can stick it on with Sellotape ®, you can sellotape it on

es un crimen pegar a los niños — it's a crime to hit o smack children

• me pegó un golpe — he hit me

• pegar un grito — to shout, cry out

• le han pegado un puntapié — they gave him a kick, they kicked him

• pegar un salto — to jump ( with fright {etc}4})

• pegar un susto a algn — to scare sb, give sb a fright

• le pegaron un tiro — they shot him

pegar una silla a una pared — to move o put a chair up against a wall

pegar en algo — (=dar) to hit sth; (=rozar) to touch sth

pegaba con un palo en la puerta — he was pounding on o hitting the door with a stick

ese sombrero no pega con el abrigo — that hat doesn't match o go with the coat

este vino pega (mucho) — this wine is really strong o goes to your head

pegó un póster en la pared — she stuck (o pinned etc) a poster up on the wall

pegarla — (RPl fam) to be dead on (AmE colloq), to be spot on (BrE colloq)

pegarle a alguien — to hit somebody; (a un niño, como castigo) to smack somebody

su disco está pegando fuerte — her record is a big hit (colloq)

no pegar ni con cola — (fam)

me pegué con la mesa — I knocked o hit myself on the table

me pegué en la cabeza — I banged o knocked my head

se pegó un porrazo — (fam) she gave herself a nasty knock

pegársela — (Esp fam) to have a crash

pegársela a alguien — (Esp fam) ( ser infiel) to be unfaithful to somebody

pegarse una ducha — (fam) to take o have a shower

anoche nos pegamos una comilona tremenda — we had an amazing meal (colloq)

me voy a pegar unas vacaciones...! — I'm going to give myself a good vacation o (BrE) holiday

cómo se pega al teléfono! — she never stops yakking on the phone (colloq)

se pegó al or del timbre — she kept her finger on the doorbell

pegó un póster en la pared — she stuck (o pinned etc) a poster up on the wall

pegarla — (RPl fam) to be dead on (AmE colloq), to be spot on (BrE colloq)

pegarle a alguien — to hit somebody; (a un niño, como castigo) to smack somebody

su disco está pegando fuerte — her record is a big hit (colloq)

no pegar ni con cola — (fam)

me pegué con la mesa — I knocked o hit myself on the table

me pegué en la cabeza — I banged o knocked my head

se pegó un porrazo — (fam) she gave herself a nasty knock

pegársela — (Esp fam) to have a crash

pegársela a alguien — (Esp fam) ( ser infiel) to be unfaithful to somebody

pegarse una ducha — (fam) to take o have a shower

anoche nos pegamos una comilona tremenda — we had an amazing meal (colloq)

me voy a pegar unas vacaciones...! — I'm going to give myself a good vacation o (BrE) holiday

cómo se pega al teléfono! — she never stops yakking on the phone (colloq)

se pegó al or del timbre — she kept her finger on the doorbell

Ex: When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.

Ex: Then it gets progressively worse as walls are washed away and vehicles plastered against houses and trees.

batió el récord mundial de 400 metros vallas — she broke o beat the world 400 metres hurdles record

las ventas han batido todos los récords este año — sales have broken o beaten all records this year

la policía batió la zona pero no encontró nada — the police combed o searched the area but found nothing

las olas batían la orilla de la playa — the waves were beating on o against the shore

el viento batía con fuerza las ventanas — the wind was pounding on o against the windows

los cañones batieron las murallas de la ciudad — the cannons battered o pounded the city walls

el viento batía con fuerza contra los cristales — the wind pounded on o against the windows

batir las claras a punto de nieve — beat o whisk the egg whites until stiff

batirse a or en duelo — to fight a duel

batírselas — to manage

batir las claras a punto de nieve — beat o whisk the egg whites until stiff

batirse a or en duelo — to fight a duel

batírselas — to manage

Ex: Flexible moulds made of laminated paper called 'flong' were first used in Lyons in 1829 and were blotting and tissue paper pasted together, and the mould was formed by beating damp flong on the face of the type.

corrieron atropelladamente hacia la salida — they bolted o rushed towards the exit

corrieron atropelladamente hacia la salida — they bolted o rushed towards the exit