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v.to snoop, to prowl.Nos merodea la mafia The Mafia marauds around us.* * *1 (curiosear) to prowl about2 MILITAR to maraud* * *VI1) (=rondar) to prowl (about); [pandillas, tropas] to maraud2) Méx to make money by illicit means* * *verbo intransitivo to prowl* * *= hang around, loiter (about/around), loaf (about/around), bum around, prowl, hang about.Ex. His characters are gullible and easily led, dependent on the kindness of strangers and vulnerable to parasites and touts who hang around train stations and hotels.Ex. A high-pitched sound said to be only audible to young people will be used to deter teenagers from loitering at night.Ex. The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about.Ex. He spent his early twenties bumming around the world and became fascinated by the differences and similarities in all of us.Ex. Told in rhyme, this is the story of a slinky black cat who prowls at night and becomes a thief.Ex. A new report says that we waste three hours a day faffing around, doing nothing in particular, pootling, dawdling, pottering, hanging about.* * *verbo intransitivo to prowl* * *= hang around, loiter (about/around), loaf (about/around), bum around, prowl, hang about.Ex: His characters are gullible and easily led, dependent on the kindness of strangers and vulnerable to parasites and touts who hang around train stations and hotels.
Ex: A high-pitched sound said to be only audible to young people will be used to deter teenagers from loitering at night.Ex: The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about.Ex: He spent his early twenties bumming around the world and became fascinated by the differences and similarities in all of us.Ex: Told in rhyme, this is the story of a slinky black cat who prowls at night and becomes a thief.Ex: A new report says that we waste three hours a day faffing around, doing nothing in particular, pootling, dawdling, pottering, hanging about.* * *merodear [A1 ]vito prowllo vi merodeando por aquí I saw him prowling around here* * *
merodear ( conjugate merodear) verbo intransitivo
to prowl
merodear verbo intransitivo to prowl, loiter: le he visto merodeando por aquí antes, I've seen him prowling around here before
' merodear' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
rondar
English:
hover
- loiter
- lurk
- prowl
- skulk
* * *merodear vi* * *v/i loiter* * *merodear vi1) : to maraud, to pillage2) : to prowl around, to skulk -
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4 merodear
vi1) мародёрствовать, грабить2) слоняться, болтаться -
5 merodear
гл.общ. мародёрствовать, бродить (вокруг чего-л.), кружить, ошиваться (обычно с дурным умыслом) -
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vi; М.гра́бить, мародёрствовать -
7 merodear
vi por un sitio1) мародёрствовать, занима́ться грабежо́м где2) пренебр броди́ть, слоня́ться, болта́ться где -
8 merodear
• be on the prowl• maraud• maraud around• rove -
9 merodear
• bloudit• drancovat• očumovat• plenit• pálit* * *• potulovat se• toulat se -
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intr воен. грабя, мародерствам. -
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vi1) мародёрствовать, грабить2) слоняться, болтаться -
12 merodear
1) мародерствовать;2) совершать мелкие кражи;3) совершать кражи из садов и огородов, с полей -
13 merodear
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14 merodear los alrededores
• roadway• roadworthy• roam• roam about• roam around• roam overDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > merodear los alrededores
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15 merodear por el campo
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16 merodear por las calles
• prowl the streetsDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > merodear por las calles
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18 prowl
(to move about stealthily in order to steal, attack, catch etc: Tigers were prowling in the jungle.) merodear, rondar- prowler- be on the prowl
prowl vb rondar / merodeartr[praʊl]1 merodear, rondar1 merodear por, rondar por1 merodeo\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be on the prowl / go on the prowl merodear, rondarprowl ['praʊl] vi: merodear, rondarprowl vt: rondar porn.• ronda en busca de presa s.f.• vagabundeo s.m.v.• rondar v.• rondar en busca de presa v.
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1. praʊlintransitive verb merodear, rondar
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vt merodear or rondar por
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noun ronda f[praʊl](to be) on the prowl (FOR something) — (estar*) al acecho (de algo)
1.to be on the prowl — merodear, rondar
2.VI (also: prowl about {or}3} around) rondar, merodearhe prowls round the house at night — (outside) ronda la casa de noche; (inside) se pasea por la casa de noche
3.VT4.CPDprowl car N — (US) (Police) coche-patrulla m
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1. [praʊl]intransitive verb merodear, rondar
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vt merodear or rondar por
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noun ronda f(to be) on the prowl (FOR something) — (estar*) al acecho (de algo)
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v.1 to patrol.2 to court.3 to be around (edad, cifra).ronda los cuarenta años he's about forty4 to wander.me ronda una idea por la cabeza I've been turning over an idea in my head5 to hover around, to circle, to haunt, to hang round.* * *1 (vigilar) to patrol, do the rounds of2 peyorativo (merodear) to prowl around, hang about, haunt3 (cortejar) to woo, court4 figurado (estar cerca) to stalk1 (vigilar) to patrol2 (merodear) to prowl around, roam around3 (tocar y cantar por las calles) to busk, serenade4 (andar de noche) to roam at night, wander at night* * *verb1) to patrol, police2) haunt* * *1. VT1) [policía, soldado] to patrol2) [+ cifra, edad]3) (=perseguir)es una idea que me rondaba la cabeza desde hace tiempo — it's an idea which I've had going round in my head for quite a while
4) † (=cortejar) to court2. VI1) [policía, soldado] to (be on) patrol2) (=deambular) to prowl3) [pensamiento, idea]debes rechazar las dudas que te rondan por la cabeza — you must dispel the doubts that are besetting you
4) † [enamorado, la tuna] to serenade* * *1.verbo transitivo1) vigilante/patrulla to patrol2) pensamiento3) < lugar> to hang around4) ( cortejar) to court (dated or liter)5) ( acercarse a)la rentabilidad ronda el 3% — the yield is hovering around the 3% mark
6) ( dar serenata a) to serenade2.rondar vi1) vigilante/patrulla to be on one's round o beat, be on patrol2) ( merodear) to hang around3) ( dar serenata) to serenade* * *= be one step away from, walk (a)round, hang around, loiter (about/around), loaf (about/around), bum around, linger, prowl, hang about.Ex. Denigrating the ideas of others is just one step away from a personal attack and reflects the speaker's ineptness.Ex. He got up, and, putting hands in the pockets of his trousers, began to walk around the room.Ex. His characters are gullible and easily led, dependent on the kindness of strangers and vulnerable to parasites and touts who hang around train stations and hotels.Ex. A high-pitched sound said to be only audible to young people will be used to deter teenagers from loitering at night.Ex. The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about.Ex. He spent his early twenties bumming around the world and became fascinated by the differences and similarities in all of us.Ex. He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.Ex. Told in rhyme, this is the story of a slinky black cat who prowls at night and becomes a thief.Ex. A new report says that we waste three hours a day faffing around, doing nothing in particular, pootling, dawdling, pottering, hanging about.----* pensamiento que ronda la cabeza de uno = thought + run through + Posesivo + head.* rondar + Número = hover around + Número.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) vigilante/patrulla to patrol2) pensamiento3) < lugar> to hang around4) ( cortejar) to court (dated or liter)5) ( acercarse a)la rentabilidad ronda el 3% — the yield is hovering around the 3% mark
6) ( dar serenata a) to serenade2.rondar vi1) vigilante/patrulla to be on one's round o beat, be on patrol2) ( merodear) to hang around3) ( dar serenata) to serenade* * *= be one step away from, walk (a)round, hang around, loiter (about/around), loaf (about/around), bum around, linger, prowl, hang about.Ex: Denigrating the ideas of others is just one step away from a personal attack and reflects the speaker's ineptness.
Ex: He got up, and, putting hands in the pockets of his trousers, began to walk around the room.Ex: His characters are gullible and easily led, dependent on the kindness of strangers and vulnerable to parasites and touts who hang around train stations and hotels.Ex: A high-pitched sound said to be only audible to young people will be used to deter teenagers from loitering at night.Ex: The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about.Ex: He spent his early twenties bumming around the world and became fascinated by the differences and similarities in all of us.Ex: He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.Ex: Told in rhyme, this is the story of a slinky black cat who prowls at night and becomes a thief.Ex: A new report says that we waste three hours a day faffing around, doing nothing in particular, pootling, dawdling, pottering, hanging about.* pensamiento que ronda la cabeza de uno = thought + run through + Posesivo + head.* rondar + Número = hover around + Número.* * *rondar [A1 ]vtA «vigilante/patrulla» to patrolB«idea/pensamiento»: hace días que me ronda esa idea I've had that idea going around in my head for daysdebemos ahuyentar los malos pensamientos que nos rondan we must chase away the evil thoughts that beset usC ‹lugar› to hang aroundla gentuza que ronda el bar the rabble who hang around the barera como si la muerte lo estuviese rondando it was as if death were stalking himlleva varios años rondándola he's been courting her for several yearsE ‹cifra/edad›debe estar rondando los 60 she must be around/getting on for 60la rentabilidad ronda el 3% the yield is hovering around the 3% markF (dar serenata a) to serenade■ rondarviA (para vigilar) «vigilante/patrulla» to be on one's round o beat, be on patrolB (merodear) to hang aroundC (dar serenata) to serenade* * *
rondar ( conjugate rondar) verbo transitivo
b) [ pensamiento]:
d) ( acercarse a):
verbo intransitivo ( merodear) to hang around
rondar
I verbo transitivo
1 (a una mujer) to court frml
(a alguien con algún fin) to be after sb
2 (vagar, pasear de noche con un fin poco claro) to loiter, prowl around: un extraño ronda la casa desde ayer, a stranger has been prowling around the house since yesterday
3 (vigilar) to patrol
4 (estar en torno a, aproximarse a) to be about: el precio ronda los dos millones, the price is about two million
5 (gripe, sueño, enfermedad) to approach: me está rondando la gripe, I think I'm coming down with flu
(una idea) to think about: no sé qué le está rondando en la cabeza, I don't known what he has in his mind
II verbo intransitivo
1 (un vigilante, etc) to do the rounds
2 (un delicuente, alguien sospechoso) to loiter, prowl around
' rondar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
andar
English:
prowl
- haunt
- push
* * *♦ vt1. [vigilar] to patrol;rondaban las calles en parejas they patrolled the streets in pairsle ronda el sueño he's about to drop off;♦ vi1. [vigilar] to patrol;rondaban en parejas they patrolled in pairs3. [edad, cifra] to be around;ronda los cuarenta años he's about forty;las pérdidas rondan los tres millones the losses are in the region of three million4. [cortejar] to serenade* * *I v/t1 zona patrol2:me ronda una idea I have an idea going around in my head3 mujer serenade4:rondar los treinta be around thirtyII v/i famhang around fam* * *rondar vt1) : to patrol2) : to hang aroundsiempre está rondando la calle: he's always hanging around the street3) : to be approximatelydebe rondar los cincuenta: he must be about 50rondar vi1) : to be on patrol2) : to prowl around, to roam about* * *rondar vb3. (rayar) to be nearlyronda los 30 años he's nearly 30 / he's about 30 -
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'loitə(to proceed, work etc slowly or to stand doing nothing in particular: They were loitering outside the ship.) rezagarse, entretenerse, perder el tiempotr['lɔɪtəSMALLr/SMALL]1 (be slow) entretenerse; (waste time) perder el tiempo2 (loaf about) holgazanear; (suspiciously) merodear■ 'No loitering' "No merodear", "Prohibido merodear"3 (lag behind) rezagarse\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto loiter with intent to commit a felony merodear con intención de delinquirloiter ['lɔɪt̬ər] vi: vagar, perder el tiempov.• holgazanear v.• mangonear v.• perder el tiempo v.• rezagarse v.• vagar v.• vaguear v.'lɔɪtər, 'lɔɪtə(r)intransitive verb perder* el tiempo, holgazanear['lɔɪtǝ(r)]VI (=idle) perder el tiempo; (=lag behind) rezagarse; (=dally) entretenersedon't loiter on the way! — ¡no te entretengas!
to loiter (with intent) — (Jur) merodear con fines sospechosos or delictivos
* * *['lɔɪtər, 'lɔɪtə(r)]intransitive verb perder* el tiempo, holgazanear
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