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floater

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
floater n	(moving speck in field of vision) (en el ojo)	mota nf
		miodesopsia nf
	I noticed a floater in my right eye that I want to have examined by an optometrist this weekend.
	Note una mota en mi ojo derecho que quiero que me examine un oftalmólogo.
floater n	figurative, informal (floating voter: undecided voter) (votante)	indeciso, indecisa nm, nf
	The candidate spent the week travelling around the swing state trying to win the votes of floaters.
	El candidato pasó toda la semana por los estados en disputa, intentando ganar el voto de los indecisos.
floater n	figurative, informal (person who votes in more than one place)	persona que vota en varios lugares nf + loc adj
	Some politicians are claiming that this state has a problem with floaters and other voter fraud.
floater n	slang (drowned person)	ahogado, ahogada nm, nf
	The detectives examined the floater and determined that he had been murdered.
floater n	(employee reassigned as needed)	trabajador temporal, trabajadora temporal nm, nf + adj
		trabajador eventual, trabajadora eventual nm, nf + adj
		trabajador comisionado, trabajadora comisionada nm, nf + adj
	I just got a new job as a floater at one of the warehouses down the road.
floater n	slang (feces that will not flush away) (heces, coloquial)	flotador nm
	There was a floater in the toilet, so I decided not to use the restroom at the bus station.
	Había un flotador en el inodoro, así que decidí no usar el baño de la estación de buses.

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Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
floater n	(sports: high-thrown or high-hit ball)	bola larga nf + adj
		bola alta nf + adj
	The quarterback lobbed a floater to the end zone where one of the wide receivers caught it.

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