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1 strides
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2 walk with long steps or strides
English-spanish dictionary > walk with long steps or strides
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3 make great strides
(to progress well: He's making great strides in his piano-playing.) hacer grandes progresos -
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1. past tense strode [stroud]: past participle stridden ['stridn] - verb(to walk with long steps: He strode along the path; He strode off in anger.) andar a zancadas
2. noun(a long step: He walked with long strides.) zancada- take in one's stride
stride1 n zancadawith one stride, the giant crossed the river de una zancada, el gigante cruzó el ríostride2 vb ir dando zancadastr[straɪd]1 (long step) zancada; (gait) paso, manera de andar2 (advance, development) progresos nombre masculino plural1 andar a zancadas\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto get into one's stride coger el ritmoto take something in one's stride tomarse algo con calma, tomarse algo muy bienstride ['straɪd] vi, strode ['stro:d] ; stridden ['strɪdə n] ; striding : ir dando trancos, ir dando zancadasstride n: tranco m, zancada fn.• paso largo s.m.• trancada s.f.• tranco s.m.• zancada s.f.v.(§ p.,p.p.: strode, stridden) = andar a trancos v.• cruzar a pasos largos v.• montar a horcajadas v.
I straɪdhe strode away/off angrily — se fue furioso, dando grandes zancadas
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a) ( long step) zancada f, tranco min one o a single stride — de una zancada
to make (great) strides — hacer* (grandes) progresos
b) ( gait) paso mto get into one's stride — agarrar or (esp Esp) coger* el ritmo
[straɪd] (vb: pt strode) (pp stridden)to put o throw somebody off her/his stride — hacerle* perder el ritmo a alguien
1.N zancada f, tranco m ; (in measuring) paso mto make great strides — (fig) hacer grandes progresos
- get into or hit one's stride- take things in one's stride or in stride- put sb off their stride2.VI (also: stride along) andar a zancadas3. VT1) † [+ horse] montar a horcajadas sobre2) (=cross) [+ deck, yard etc] cruzar de un tranco* * *
I [straɪd]he strode away/off angrily — se fue furioso, dando grandes zancadas
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a) ( long step) zancada f, tranco min one o a single stride — de una zancada
to make (great) strides — hacer* (grandes) progresos
b) ( gait) paso mto get into one's stride — agarrar or (esp Esp) coger* el ritmo
to put o throw somebody off her/his stride — hacerle* perder el ritmo a alguien
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5 jerky
adjective (jerking; full of jerks: a jerky movement; a jerky way of speaking.) espasmódicotr['ʤɜːkɪ]1 espasmódico,-a1) : espasmódico (dícese de los movimientos)2) choppy: inconexo (dícese de la prosa)♦ jerkily [-kəli] advadj.• accidentado, -a adj.adj.• espasmódico, -a adj.
I 'dʒɜːrki, 'dʒɜːkihe walked with short, jerky strides — andaba con pasos cortos y desacompasados, andaba a trompicones
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mass noun (AmE) cecina f, tasajo m, charqui m (AmS)['dʒɜːkɪ]ADJ (compar jerkier) (superl jerkiest) [movement, motion] brusco; [speech] entrecortado, vacilante* * *
I ['dʒɜːrki, 'dʒɜːki]he walked with short, jerky strides — andaba con pasos cortos y desacompasados, andaba a trompicones
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mass noun (AmE) cecina f, tasajo m, charqui m (AmS) -
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1. feminine - giantess; noun1) ((in fairy stories etc) a huge person: Jack met a giant when he climbed the beanstalk.) gigante; giganta2) (a person of unusually great height and size.) gigante; giganta3) (a person of very great ability or importance: Einstein is one of the giants of twentieth-century science.) gigante, as; giganta, as
2. adjective(of unusually great height or size: a giant cod; a giant fern.) gigante, gigantesco, descomunalgiant1 adj enormegiant2 n gigantetr['ʤaɪənt]1 gigante,-a1 gigante, gigantesco,-agiant ['ʤaɪənt] adj: gigante, gigantesco, enormegiant n: gigante m, -ta fadj.• gigante adj.• gigantesco, -a adj.n.• gigante s.m.
I 'dʒaɪəntnoun gigante, -ta m,f
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adjective (before n) < organization> gigantesco; < insect> gigante, gigantesco; < stride> gigantesco, enorme['dʒaɪǝnt]1. N1) (physically) gigante(-a) m / f2) (fig) (in importance, power) gigante mSol, the computer giant — Sol, líder en ordenadores
2.ADJ [tree, star] gigantesco; [animal, insect, bird, plant] gigante; [portion] gigantesco, enorme; [packet] gigante, familiar; [strides] de gigante3.CPDgiant panda N — panda mf gigante
giant slalom N — slalom m gigante
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I ['dʒaɪənt]noun gigante, -ta m,f
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adjective (before n) < organization> gigantesco; < insect> gigante, gigantesco; < stride> gigantesco, enorme -
7 antiterrorista
antiterrorista adjetivo antiterrorist ( before n)
antiterrorista adj inv antiterrorist: hubo grandes avances en la lucha antiterrorista, great strides have been made in combating terrorism
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