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crawl

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkrɔːl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/krɔl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(krôl)

WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2024:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
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.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2024:

Locuciones verbales
InglésEspañol
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.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2024:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
pub crawl,
also US: bar crawl n		 informal (barhop: visit to a series of bars)recorrida de bares nf + loc adj
  tour de bares nm + loc adj
Note: Although 'bar crawl' is possible in US English, 'pub crawl' is the expected term.
 To celebrate Evan's birthday, his mates took him on a pub crawl.
 Para celebrar el cumpleaños de Evan, sus compañeros lo llevaron en una recorrida de bares.
  de copas loc adv
 Para celebrar el cumpleaños de Evan, sus compañeros lo llevaron de copas.
come out of the woodwork,
crawl out of the woodwork v expr		 figurative, disapproving (appear suddenly)surgir de la nada loc verb
crawl space n (low-ceilinged basement, tunnel)cámara nf
 ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. El fontanero tuvo que entrar en la cámara bajo la casa para fijar las cañerías.
make [sb]'s skin crawl v expr (disgust, unnerve [sb])dar escalofríos a loc verb
  erizarle la piel a loc verb
 Something about that man makes my skin crawl.
swim the crawl,
do the crawl v expr		 (do overarm swimming stroke)nadar estilo crol loc verb
 During a freestyle swimming race most swimmers choose to swim the crawl.
 En la competición de estilo libre, muchos participantes eligieron nadar estilo crol.
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'crawl' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
barhop - creep - creep under - scuttle - wriggle away
Spanish:
a gatas - arrastrar - crawl - gatear - ratear - doblegar - a vuelta de rueda - alternar - arrastrarse por el suelo - crol - gateado - ir en procesión - poner la piel chinita - poteo - reptar

Collocations: the [long, arduous, lengthy] crawl (back to), [began, started] the crawl back to , was [swimming, doing] the [front, back] crawl, more...

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