crawling

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
crawling n	(moving on hands and knees)	arrastre nm
		gateo nm
	Crawling is what babies do before they learn to walk.

Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
crawling n	(defect in painted surface) (pintura)	defecto nm
	Crawling may occur if the paint is applied to a dirty surface.

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
crawl⇒ vi	(insect: creep)	trepar⇒ vi
		reptar⇒ vi
	Betty watched the spider crawling on the wall.
	Betty miró la araña trepar por la pared.
crawl vi	(move on all fours)	gatear⇒ vi
	The baby crawled across the floor.
	El bebé gateaba por el piso.
crawl with [sth/sb] vi + prep	figurative, usually passive (be very crowded with)	estar repleto de v cop + loc adj
		estar plagado de v cop + loc adj
	In summer, the city centre is crawling with tourists.
	En verano, el centro de la ciudad está repleto de turistas.
crawl vi	figurative (time: go slowly)	ir a paso de tortuga loc verb
	While I was at school, time seemed to crawl.
	Cuando estaba en la escuela, el tiempo parecía ir a paso de tortuga.
crawl vi	figurative (vehicle: move slowly) (coloquial)	ir a paso de hombre loc verb
	The traffic is crawling; I'm going to be very late to work. The old car crawled along, smoke billowing from its engine.
	El tráfico va a paso de hombre, voy a llegar muy tarde al trabajo.
crawl n	figurative (slow pace) (tránsito)	paso de hombre loc nom m
	(coloquial, figurado)	paso de tortuga loc nom m
	At rush hour, traffic slows to a crawl.
	En hora pico el tránsito va a paso de hombre.
crawl, front crawl, Australian crawl n	(swimming stroke)	crol nm
	(voz inglesa)	crawl nm
	The swimming coach helped John improve his crawl.
	El instructor de natación ayudó a Juan a mejorar su crol.

Locuciones verbales crawl \| ~~crawling~~
Inglés		Español
crawl into [sth] vtr phrasal insep	(creep inside)	meterse en v prnl + prep
		colarse en v prnl
	He crawled into bed as quietly as possible so as not to wake his wife.
	Se metió en la cama lo más en silencio que pudo para que su esposa no se despertara.
crawl out of [sth] vi phrasal + prep	(creep outside)	salir de vi + prep
	She crawled out of her sleeping bag to see if it was a bear making all the noise outside her tent.

Compound Forms: crawling \| crawl
Inglés		Español
data crawling, web crawling n	(web: automated search) (en la web)	rastreo e indexación loc nom m
go crawling to [sb] v expr	figurative, informal (grovel) (figurado)	arrastrarse a los pies de loc verb
	I went crawling to my boss and begged him to give me my job back.
	Me arrastré a los pies de mi jefe y le rogué que me devolviera mi empleo.

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