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back and forth

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
back and forth adv	(move: to and fro)	de acá para allá loc adv
		de un lado para otro loc adv
	The little girl rocked back and forth on the swing.
	La pequeña niña se hamacaba de acá para allá en el columpio.
back and forth, back-and-forth adj	(movement: to and fro)	de acá para allá loc adv
		de un lado para otro loc adv
	(coloquial)	vaivén nm
		ir y venir loc nom m
Note: Hyphens are used when the term is an adjective.
	It is relaxing to sit on the beach and watch the back-and-forth motion of the waves.
	Es muy relajante sentarse en la playa a ver las olas moverse de acá para allá.
	Es muy relajante sentarse en la playa a ver el vaivén de las olas.
	Es muy relajante sentarse en la playa a ver el ir y venir de las olas.
back and forth, back-and-forth n	informal (conversation) (coloquial)	cuchicheo nm
	Rebecca could hear the back and forth of a conversation outside her window.
	Rebeca podía escuchar el cuchicheo de una conversación fuera de su ventana.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
go back and forth v expr	(move to and fro)	ir de un lado para otro, ir de aquí para allá loc verb
	Mario was having treatment for cancer and was going back and forth to hospital.
go back and forth v expr	figurative (vacillate)	dudar⇒, vacilar⇒ vi
	(figurado)	dar vueltas loc verb
	Ian was going back and forth about whether this was the right thing for him.
waffle back and forth v expr	US, informal (change mind)	cambiar de opinión como de calzoncillos loc verb

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