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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025: | Principal Translations |
| bang n | (loud explosive noise) | estallido nm |
| | | explosión nf |
| | The loud bang woke everybody up. |
| | El fuerte estallido despertó a todo el mundo. |
| bang n | (hit or thump) | golpe nm |
| | Sandy's bang on the table got everyone's attention. |
| | El golpe de Sandy sobre la mesa llamó la atención de todo el mundo. |
| bang n | (injury: knock) | golpe nm |
| | Chelsea's legs are covered in bangs and bruises because she doesn't look where she's going. |
| | Chelsea tiene las piernas cubiertas de golpes y moretones porque no mira por dónde va. |
| bang [sth]⇒ vtr | (hit, knock [sth]) | golpear⇒ vtr |
| | The noisy courtroom became quiet when the judge banged the gavel. |
| | El ruidoso tribunal quedó en silencio cuando el juez golpeó el martillo. |
| bang [sth] vtr | (close noisily) | cerrar violentamente vtr + adv |
| | (puerta) | cerrar de un portazo vtr + loc adv |
| | Be careful not to bang the door! |
| | Ten cuidado: ¡no cierres violentamente la puerta! |
| bang⇒ vi | (make loud noise) | golpearse ruidosamente v prnl + adv |
| | (puerta, ventana) | cerrarse de golpe v prnl + loc adv |
| | The broken screen door banged in the wind. |
| | La puerta mosquitera estaba rota y se golpeaba ruidosamente con el viento. |
| bang into [sb/sth] vi + prep | (collide with, bump into) | chocar con vi + prep |
| | Sara banged into the table, bruising her knee. |
| | Sara chocó con la mesa y se lastimó la rodilla. |
| bang adv | informal (directly, straight) | justo adv |
| | | exactamente adv |
| | Our hotel was bang in the middle of the red light district. |
| | Nuestro hotel estaba justo en el medio de la zona roja. |
| bangs npl | US (fringe: hair cut at front) | flequillo nm |
| | | fleco nm |
| | (CO) | capul nf |
| | I like having bangs, but sometimes they get in my eyes. |
| | Me gusta llevar flequillo, pero a veces se me mete en los ojos. |
| Additional Translations |
| bang adv | informal (suddenly) | de golpe loc adv |
| | | de repente, de pronto loc adv |
| | George's car hit a patch of ice, and he went bang into the ditch. |
| | El coche de George pisó una placa de hielo y se fue de golpe a la cuneta. |
| bang n | slang (injection of illegal drug) (ES: coloquial) | chute nm |
| | | dosis nf inv |
| | People who are addicted to drugs are always looking for their next bang. |
| | Los adictos a las drogas siempre andan buscando su próximo chute. |
bang around,
also UK: bang about vi phrasal | (move about clumsily) | dar tumbos loc verb |
| | The baby woke up in the middle of the night, crying, because Joe was banging around in the kitchen. |
| | El bebé se levantó en plena noche, llorando, porque Joe estaba dando tumbos en la cocina. |
| bang [sb]⇒ vtr | vulgar, informal (have sex with) (ES: vulgar) | follarse a v prnl + prep |
| | (AmL: vulgar) | cogerse a v prnl + prep |
| | Ben says he's banged a lot of girls, but I don't believe him. |
| | Ben dice que se ha follado a muchas chicas, pero yo no le creo. |
| bang [sth]⇒ vtr | (propel by hitting) | golpear⇒ vtr |
| | Leah banged it out of the park--it's a home run! |
| | Leah golpeó la pelota y la sacó del campo: ¡es un jonrón! |
| bang [sth] vtr | UK (make stock prices fall) | hacer caer los precios loc verb |
| bang [sth] vtr | (sell stocks quickly) | vender⇒ vtr |
| bang [sth] vtr | US (cut hair in fringe) | cortar en flequillo vtr + loc adj |
| | Did you see Rachel? She banged her hair yesterday. |
| | ¿Has visto a Rachel? Ayer se cortó el pelo en flequillo. |
| bang [sth] vtr | (crop horse's tail) | cortar⇒ vtr |
| | Before the horse show, the groom banged the horses' tails. |
| | Antes del espectáculo ecuestre, el mozo de cuadra cortó la cola a los caballos. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025: Locuciones verbales
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| bang away vi phrasal | informal (do [sth] persistently) (informal) | darle v prnl |
| | (informal) | meterle v prnl |
| | (formal) | trabajar con determinación loc verb |
| Note: Usually followed by 'at sth' or 'on sth'. | | | I've been banging away at this job for days, and I don't seem to be getting anywhere! |
| | Estoy dándole a este trabajo hace días pero parece que no avanzo. |
| bang on vi phrasal | UK, informal (talk insistently about [sth]) (coloquial) | dar la lata, dar la brasa, dar la paliza expr |
| | The lecturer kept banging on even though most of the students weren't listening. |
| | El profesor seguía dando la brasa, aun cuando la mayor parte de los alumnos no le escuchaban. |
| bang on about [sth] vi phrasal + prep | UK, informal (talk insistently about [sth]) | no parar de hablar de loc verb |
| | Tanya is always banging on about how awful her boss is. |
| | Tanya no para de hablar de lo horrible que es su jefe. |
bang [sth] out,
bang out [sth] vtr phrasal sep | informal (produce rapidly) (ES, coloquial) | hacer como churros loc verb |
| | George banged out the letter as quickly as he could on the computer. |
| | George escribió la carta en el ordenador como quien hace churros. |
| | (rápido) | teclear⇒ vtr |
| | George tecleó la carta tan rápido como pudo en el ordenador. |
| bang [sb] up vtr phrasal sep | UK, slang (put in prison) | encarcelar⇒, encerrar⇒ vtr |
| | (ES: coloquial) | enchironar⇒, entrullar⇒ vtr |
| | (AR, CO: coloquial) | encanar⇒ vtr |
| | (AmC, MX: coloquial) | mandar al bote, meter al bote loc verb |
| | He got banged up for robbing the local liquor store. |
| | Lo encarcelaron por robar la licorería del barrio. |
| bang [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | US, slang (damage) | machacar⇒ vtr |
| | I really banged up the car when I hit that moose. |
| | La verdad es que machaqué el coche al chocar con aquel alce. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025: Compound Forms:
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| bang away vi + adv | (play instrument loudly) (instrumento) | aporrear⇒ vtr |
| | | pegarle a vtr + prep |
| Note: Uso transitivo en español. | | | My neighbour is a keen drummer; I hear him banging away throughout the day and night. |
| | Mi vecino es baterista, y lo escucho aporrear la batería día y noche. |
bang for your buck,
bang for the buck n | US, slang (value for money) | sacar partido al dinero, sacar provecho al dinero loc verb |
| | This computer is last year's model, but it has great bang for your buck. |
| bang on adj | UK, slang (on target, exact) (coloquial, acertar, ser correcto) | dar en el clavo expr |
| | It was a tricky question, but I thought his answer was bang on. |
| | Era una pregunta complicada, pero creí que con su respuesta había dado en el clavo. |
bang to rights,
dead to rights expr | UK, slang (caught, busted) (coloquial) | con las manos en la masa loc adv |
| | | en flagrante loc adv |
| | "Now I've got you bang to rights," the policeman said when he found the burglar breaking into someone's house. |
| bang-up adj | slang (excellent) | genial adj mf |
| | | excelente adj mf |
| | (coloquial) | bárbaro/a adj |
| | (ES: vulgar) | cojonudo/a adj |
| | Congratulations, you did a bang-up job on that project! |
| | ¡Enhorabuena, has hecho un trabajo genial en ese proyecto! |
| the Big Bang n | (physics: origin of universe) | la teoría del Big Bang grupo nom |
| | The Big Bang is how cosmologists believe our universe began. |
| | Los cosmólogos creen que la teoría del Big Bang explica el origen del universo. |
| big bang n | (loud explosion) | gran explosión adj + nf |
| | We think a transformer blew because there was a big bang, then all the lights went out. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Anoche una gran explosión que tuvo lugar en el depósito de municiones despertó a todos los vecinos. |
| Big Bang theory n | (physics, astronomy) | teoría del Big Bang nf + loc adj |
| | Scientists use the big bang theory to explain how the universe began. |
| | Los científicos usan la teoría del Big Bang para explicar cómo empezó el universo. |
gangbang,
gang bang n | slang (rape by group of people) | violación colectiva loc nom f |
| | | violación múltiple loc nom f |
| | The woman was a victim of abduction and gangbang. |
gangbang,
gang bang n | slang (group sex) (voz inglesa) | gang bang loc nom m |
| | My wife told me that she has always been interested in trying a gangbang. |
| go with a bang v expr | figurative, informal (party: be a success) (fiestas) | ser un éxito, ser un puntazo, ser un bombazo loc verb |
slap bang,
slap-bang adv | UK, informal (exactly) | justo, exactamente adv |
| | In a flash, she was slap bang in the middle of Kansas. |
| | En un destello, se encontró justo en el medio de Kansas. |
slap bang,
slap-bang adv | UK, informal (suddenly) (coloquial) | de golpe loc adv |
| | | de forma repentina, de manera repentina loc adv |
| | | repentinamente adv |
| | The news came slap-bang without any warning. |
| | La noticia llegó de golpe, sin advertencia. |
| | La noticia llegó de forma repentina, sin advertencia. |
slap bang,
slap-bang adv | UK, informal (directly, head-on) | directamente adv |
| | | de frente loc adv |
| with a bang adv | figurative, informal (begin, end: in a dramatic way) | de manera dramática loc adv |
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