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1. noun((a) sudden great fear, especially that spreads through a crowd etc: The fire caused a panic in the city.) pánico
2. verb(to make or become so frightened that one loses the power to think clearly: He panicked at the sight of the audience.) entrarle a alguien el pánico, aterrarse- panickypanic1 n pánicothere was panic when the bomb exploded cuando estalló la bomba, cundió el pánicopanic2 vb entrar pánico a alguienwhen the bomb exploded, everybody panicked cuando estalló la bomba, a todos les entró pánicotr['pænɪk]1 pánico1 infundir pánico a1 entrarle el pánico a, aterrarse■ don't panic! ¡tranquilo!\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be panic stations reinar el pánicoto get into a panic dejarse llevar por el pánicopanic button botón nombre masculino de alarma: llenar de pánicopanic vi: ser presa de pánicopanic n: pánico madj.• pánico, -a adj.n.• pánico s.m.v.• llenarse de terror v.'pænɪk
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1) u c (fear, anxiety) pánico mpeople fled in panic — la gente huyó, despavorida or presa del pánico
don't get into a panic — no te dejes llevar por el pánico; (before n)
panic button — botón m de alarma
the strike led to panic food-buying — la gente se asustó con la huelga y se lanzó a comprar alimentos
it was panic stations — (colloq) reinaba el pánico
2) c (funny person, thing) (AmE colloq)he is a panic — es divertidísimo or comiquísimo, es un plato (AmL fam)
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- ck- intransitive verb dejarse llevar por el pánicodon't panic! — tranquilo!, cálmate!
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vt infundirle pánico a['pænɪk] (vb: pt, pp panicked)to panic somebody INTO something: we were panicked into a hasty decision — lo que nos dijeron (or lo que leímos, etc) nos infundió pánico y tomamos una decisión precipitada
1. N1) (=fear) pánico man earthquake hit the capital, spreading panic among the population — un terremoto azotó la capital, sembrando el pánico entre la población
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to be in a (state of) panic — ser presa del pánicoI phoned my mum in a panic — llamé a mi madre muerto de miedo *, llamé a mi madre presa del pánico
a patient rang me in a state of panic because her baby had swallowed a key — me llamó una paciente muy asustada porque su hijo se había tragado una llave
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I was in a blind panic — estaba ofuscado por el pánico•
to flee in panic — huir aterrado, huir presa del pánico•
if I asked the simplest question, she would go into or get into a panic — si le hacía la pregunta más simple le entraba el pánico•
to send or throw sb into a panic, her sudden arrival threw him into a panic — su inesperada llegado hizo que le entrase el pánico2) * (=rush)there's no panic, tomorrow will do — no es que haya prisa, mañana vale
we've had a bit of a panic on here and it slipped my mind till now — hemos ido un poco de cabeza por aquí y se me ha olvidado hasta ahora
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industry is panicking about the recession — la recesión tiene a la industria presa del pánico•
don't panic! — ¡calma!, ¡cálmate!don't panic, sit still and keep calm — no te dejes llevar por el pánico, quédate sentado y mantén la calma
3.VT [+ crowd, population] provocar el pánico entre; [+ person] provocar or infundir el pánico en, llenar de pánico athe sound of the gun panicked the elephants — el sonido del rifle provocó el pánico en or entre los elefantes
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he had been panicked into the decision — había tomado la decisión impulsado por el pánico4.CPDpanic alarm N — alarma f antipánico
panic attack N — ataque m de pánico
to have a panic attack — tener or sufrir un ataque de pánico
panic button N — (lit) botón m de alarma
to press or hit or push the panic button — (fig) perder el control or la calma
panic buying N —
panic buying has caused shortages of some foodstuffs — las compras provocadas por el pánico han provocado escasez de algunos alimentos
panic measures NPL — medidas fpl inducidas por el pánico
panic reaction N — reacción f motivada por el pánico
panic stations * NPL —
* * *['pænɪk]
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1) u c (fear, anxiety) pánico mpeople fled in panic — la gente huyó, despavorida or presa del pánico
don't get into a panic — no te dejes llevar por el pánico; (before n)
panic button — botón m de alarma
the strike led to panic food-buying — la gente se asustó con la huelga y se lanzó a comprar alimentos
it was panic stations — (colloq) reinaba el pánico
2) c (funny person, thing) (AmE colloq)he is a panic — es divertidísimo or comiquísimo, es un plato (AmL fam)
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- ck- intransitive verb dejarse llevar por el pánicodon't panic! — tranquilo!, cálmate!
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vt infundirle pánico ato panic somebody INTO something: we were panicked into a hasty decision — lo que nos dijeron (or lo que leímos, etc) nos infundió pánico y tomamos una decisión precipitada
См. также в других словарях:
panic stations — plural noun A state of panic or commotion • • • Main Entry: ↑panic * * * panic stations UK US noun [plural] british informal a situation in which a lot of people are very worried about something that usually needs to be done quickly Thesaurus:… … Useful english dictionary
panic stations Brit. — panic stations Brit. informal a state of alarm or emergency. → panic … English new terms dictionary
panic stations — ► PLURAL NOUN (treated as sing. ) Brit. informal ▪ a state of alarm or emergency … English terms dictionary
panic stations — British & Australian, informal a time when you feel extremely anxious and you must act quickly because something needs to be done urgently. No matter how organized you think you are, one hour before the show starts it s panic stations … New idioms dictionary
panic stations — UK / US noun [plural] British informal a situation in which a lot of people are very worried about something that usually needs to be done quickly … English dictionary
panic stations — A state of alarm, bustle, confusion … A concise dictionary of English slang
panic — pan|ic1 S3 [ˈpænık] n [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: panique caused by panic , from Greek panikos, from Pan ancient Greek god of nature, who caused great fear] 1.) [C usually singular, U] a sudden strong feeling of fear or nervousness that… … Dictionary of contemporary English
panic — 1 noun 1 (countable usually singular, uncountable) a sudden strong feeling of fear or nervousness that makes you unable to think clearly or behave sensibly: get into a panic/be thrown into (a) panic: She got into a real panic when she thought she … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
panic — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a sudden uncontrollable fear or alarm. b (attrib.) characterized or caused by panic (panic buying). 2 infectious apprehension or fright esp. in commercial dealings. v.tr. & intr. (panicked, panicking) (often foll. by into) affect… … Useful english dictionary
panic — I. /ˈpænɪk / (say panik) noun 1. a sudden demoralising terror, with or without clear cause, often as affecting a group of persons or animals. 2. an instance, outbreak, or period of such fear. –adjective 3. (of fear, terror, etc.) suddenly… …
panic — panic1 noun sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety. ↘informal frenzied hurry to do something. verb (panics, panicking, panicked) be affected by or cause to feel panic. ↘(panic someone into) drive someone through panic into (hasty or rash action).… … English new terms dictionary
