| Principal Translations |
| hang [sth] from/off [sth] vtr + prep | (suspend from a fixed point) | colgar de vtr + prep |
| | (ropa) | tender de vtr + prep |
| | Let's hang that plant from a hook in the ceiling. |
| | Colguemos esa planta de un gancho en el techo. |
| hang [sth] on/from [sth] vtr + prep | (fasten to wall, etc.) | colgar⇒ vtr |
| | What do you think about hanging the mirror on that wall? |
| | ¿Qué opinas sobre colgar el espejo en esa pared? |
| hang [sth]⇒ vtr | (painting: display) | exponer⇒ vtr |
| | The curators hung the Dalí paintings at the museum. |
| | Los conservadores expusieron los cuadros de Dalí en el museo. |
| hang [sth] with [sth] vtr + prep | (adorn, decorate) | adornar con vtr +prep |
| | Hang the Christmas tree with glass baubles. |
| | Adorna el árbol de Navidad con adornos de cristal. |
| hang over [sth] vi + prep | (hover, dangle) | flotar sobre vi + prep |
| | (figurado, amenaza) | cernirse sobre, cernerse sobre v prnl + prep |
| | The fog hung over the town all morning. |
| | La niebla flotó sobre el pueblo toda la mañana. |
| hang [sb]⇒ vtr | (execute by hanging) | colgar a vtr + prep |
| | | ahorcar a vtr + prep |
| | In the nineteenth century, it was common to hang criminals. |
| | En el siglo XIX era común colgar a los criminales. |
| hang⇒ vi | (die by hanging) | colgar⇒ vtr |
| | The thief will hang when they discover his crimes. |
| | Colgarán al ladrón cuando descubran sus crímenes. |
| Additional Translations |
| hang n | (way [sth] hangs) | caída nf |
| | (ropa) | vuelo nm |
| | I like the sheen of satin, but I prefer the hang of velvet. |
| | Me encanta el brillo del raso, pero prefiero la caída del terciopelo. |
| hang vi | slang (stay, wait) (coloquial) | quedarse⇒ v prnl |
| | We are just going to hang here till the band arrives. |
| | Vamos a quedarnos por aquí hasta que la banda llegue. |
| hang vi | (hover, dangle) | flotar⇒ vi |
| | The thick smoke stayed in the air, just hanging, for at least a day after the fire. |
| | El humo pesado flotó en el aire por al menos un día después del incendio. |
| hang over [sb] vi + prep | figurative (cause worry) (figurado) | flotar sobre vi + prep |
| | I can't relax with these exams hanging over me. |
| | No me puedo relajar con estos exámenes flotando sobre mí. |
| hang for [sth] vi + prep | figurative, informal (pay a price, be punished) | pagar por vi + prep |
| | (figurado: castigo severo) | colgar por vi + prep |
| | If I damage my mum's car, I'll hang for it. |
| | Si daño el auto de mamá, tendré que pagar por ello. |
| hang [sth]⇒ vtr | (suspend with hinges) | colocar⇒ vtr |
| | The carpenters hung the door on its hinges. |
| | Los carpinteros colocaron la puerta sobre sus goznes. |
| hang [sth] on [sth] vtr + prep | US, colloquial (attach) (coloquial) | fijar sobre vtr + prep |
| | The government hung a tax provision on the housing bill. |
| | El gobierno fijó una provisión impositiva sobre el proyecto de ley sobre vivienda. |
| hang [sb] for [sth] vtr + prep | figurative, informal (punish) (figurado) | colgar a alguien por loc verb |
| | The opposition is going to hang that politician for his actions. |
| | La oposición va a colgar a ese político por sus actos. |
Locuciones verbales
hang | hanged |
hang around,
also UK: hang about vi phrasal | informal (loiter) (con mala intención) | merodear⇒ vi |
| | | quedarse⇒ v prnl |
| | It's annoying when youths hang around at the bus stop intimidating customers. |
| | Es molesto cuando los jóvenes merodean por la parada del autobús e intimidan a los clientes. |
hang around,
also UK: hang about vi phrasal | informal (wait, be kept waiting) | esperar⇒ vi |
| | | aguantar⇒ vi |
| | I hung around for 30 minutes but Steve didn't show up. |
| | Esperé 30 minutos pero Steve no apareció. |
hang around with [sb],
also UK: hang about with [sb] vi phrasal + prep | informal (socialize with [sb]) | estar con, andar con vi + prep |
| | | pasar el tiempo con loc verb |
| | Since Harvey started hanging around with a group of older boys, he is always getting in trouble. |
| | Desde que Harvey empezó a estar con ese grupo de chicos más grandes, siempre está en problemas. |
| hang back vi phrasal | (not step forward) | no pasar loc verb |
| | | quedarse⇒ v prnl |
| | The goalkeeper had a tendency to hang back on his line instead of coming out for crosses. |
| | El arquero tenía la tendencia a no pasar de la línea en lugar de salir a buscar la pelota. |
| hang down vi phrasal | (droop, dangle) | colgar⇒ vi |
| | | caer⇒ vi |
| | The Halloween decorations were hanging down from the ceiling. |
| | Las decoraciones del Día de Brujas colgaban del techo. |
| hang in vi phrasal | slang (persevere, not be discouraged) | perseverar⇒ vi |
| | Even when he knew he would lose the race, he hung in and finished strongly. |
| | Aunque sabía que iba a perder la carrera, perseveró y la terminó. |
| hang on vi phrasal | informal, figurative (wait) | esperar⇒ vi |
| | | aguardar⇒ vi |
| | (AmL: informal) | aguantar⇒ vi |
| | Hang on please and I'll be with you in a couple of minutes. |
| | Just hang on. Don't do anything until I get there! |
| | Espere, por favor, y estaré con usted en un par de minutos. // Esperen; ¡no hagan nada hasta que yo llegue! |
| hang on vi phrasal | informal, figurative (telephone: hold) | esperar en línea, aguardar en línea loc verb |
| | | no colgar, no cortar loc verb |
| | Hang on please, I'm just putting you through. |
| | Espere en línea, por favor, y ya lo comunico. |
| hang on to [sth/sb] vtr phrasal insep | (cling to) | agarrarse⇒ v prnl |
| | The slope was so steep and slippery that I had to hang on to a tree to avoid falling. |
| | La cuesta era tan empinada y estaba tan resbaladiza que tuve que agarrarme a un árbol para evitar caerme. |
| hang on to [sth] vtr phrasal insep | informal (retain, keep) | guardar algo, conservar algo loc verb |
| | These old books are worthless, but I hang on to them because they remind me of my childhood. |
| | Estos viejos libros no valen nada, pero los guardo porque me recuerdan a mi infancia. |
| hang on to [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (attend very closely to) | estar pendiente de algo loc verb |
| hang out vi phrasal | slang (spend time idly) | pasar el rato loc verb |
| | | pasar el tiempo loc verb |
| | (CO: coloquial) | parchar⇒ vi |
| | Why don't you come over to my house and hang out for a while? |
| | ¿Por que no vienes a mi casa a pasar el rato? |
| hang out with [sb] vi phrasal + prep | slang (be with: friends) | juntarse con v prnl + prep |
| | | pasar tiempo con loc verb |
| | Since he got a girlfriend he's stopped hanging out with his friends. |
| | Desde que tiene novia ya no se junta con sus amigos. |
| hang together vi phrasal | figurative (be consistent) | concordar⇒ vi |
| | | encajar⇒ vi |
| | These two paragraphs don't hang together; I can't see how they are related. |
| | Estos dos párrafos no concuerdan, no puedo ver qué relación tienen el uno con el otro. |
| hang together vi phrasal | figurative (support one another) | apoyarse mutuamente v prnl |
| | As a society, we must all hang together if we wish to achieve our aims. |
| | Como sociedad tenemos que apoyarnos mutuamente si queremos lograr nuestros objetivos. |
| hang up vi phrasal | (replace phone receiver) (teléfono) | colgar⇒ vtr |
| | It is very rude to hang up in the middle of a telephone conversation. |
| | Es muy grosero colgar en medio de una conversación telefónica. |
hang [sth] up,
hang up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (suspend from a high place) | colgar⇒ vtr |
| | The children hung up their coats at the back of the classroom. |
| | Los niños colgaron sus abrigos al fondo del aula. |
hang [sth] up,
hang up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | informal, US (delay, impede) | cortar⇒ vtr |
| | The car accident near the highway off-ramp hung up traffic for several hours. |
| | El accidente cerca de la salida de la autopista cortó el tráfico durante varias horas. |
| hang up on [sb] vi phrasal + prep | (end phone call) | colgar el teléfono a loc verb + prep |
| | | colgar a vtr + prep |
| hang upon [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (depend on) | depender de vi + prep |
| | | estar supeditado a loc verb |
| | Success or failure hangs upon this one small detail. |
| | El éxito o el fracaso depende de este pequeño detalle. |
Compound Forms:
hang | hanged |
get the hang of [sth],
get the hang of doing [sth] v expr | informal (learn to do) (ES, coloquial) | coger el tranquillo, coger el truco, pillar el tranquillo, pillar el truco loc verb |
| | (AR, coloquial) | agarrarle la mano loc verb |
| | I took her ice-skating for the first time, and she got the hang of it right away. |
| | La llevé a patinar por primera vez y en seguida le pilló el tranquillo. |
| get the hang of [sth] v expr | informal (understand) (informal) | pillar⇒ vtr |
| | (informal) | agarrar⇒ vtr |
| | | entender⇒, comprender⇒ vtr |
| | At first the movie made no sense to me, but after a while I got the hang of it. |
| | Al principio la película no tenía sentido para mí, pero después de un rato la fui pillando. |
| give a dog a bad name and hang him expr | (a bad reputation is hurtful) | Por un perro que maté, mataperros me llamaron expr |
| | | La mala llaga sana, la mala fama mata expr |
| hang a left v expr | informal (turn left while driving) | girar a la izquierda vtr + loc adv |
| | | torcer a la izquierda vtr + loc adv |
| hang a right v expr | informal (turn right while driving) | girar a la derecha vtr + loc adv |
| | | torcer a la derecha vtr + loc adv |
| hang about interj | UK, slang (stop, wait a moment) | un momento loc interj |
| | Hang about, do you mean to say you knew about that the whole time and just didn't tell me?! |
| | Un momento, ¿entonces lo supiste todo este tiempo y no me lo dijiste? |
| hang by a thread v expr | (dangle) | pender de un hilo loc verb |
| Note: Often used in continuous tenses |
| | The Emergency Room doctor told me that my fingertip was hanging by a thread. |
| hang by a thread v expr | figurative (be precarious) (figurado) | pender de un hilo loc verb |
| Note: Often used in continuous tenses |
| | Sam's life hung by a thread as he struggled to come out of a coma. |
| hang five v expr | slang (surf: one foot curled over board) | hacer un hang five loc verb |
hang glider,
hang-glider n | (apparatus for free flying) | ala delta nm |
| | His hang glider got blown off course and he ended up landing in a tree. |
hang glider,
hang-glider n | (person who hang-glides) | aladeltista n común |
| | | piloto de ala delta grupo nom |
| hang gliding n | (flying kite-like aircraft) | ala delta loc nom f |
| | Andrew goes hang gliding every weekend. |
| | Andrés hace ala delta todos los fines de semana. |
| hang in the balance v expr | figurative (be precarious) | pender de un hilo vi + loc adv |
| | | estar en la cuerda floja vi + loc adv |
| | Australia's political future hung in the balance after no clear winner emerged in Saturday's election. |
| | El futuro político de Australia pendía de un hilo después de que no hubiera un ganador definitivo en las elecciones del sábado. |
| hang it up v expr | slang (quit, resign) (desistir) | tirar la toalla loc verb |
| | (dimitir) | renunciar⇒ vi |
| hang loose v expr | (be detached, dangle) | estar suelto loc verb |
| | Water was pouring from the roof because part of the gutter was hanging loose. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Nos cayó el agua encima porque la cañería estaba suelta. |
| hang loose v expr | slang, figurative (relax, be relaxed) | no preocuparse, no hacerse problema loc verb |
| | Hang loose, man - I'll be back in a minute. |
| | No te preocupes; vuelvo en un minuto. |
| hang on [sth] vi + prep | figurative (attend closely) | prestar mucha atención a loc verb |
| | | escuchar sin perder detalle loc verb |
| | | estar pendiente de loc verb |
| | The speech was so interesting that the audience was hanging on every word. |
| | She idolises him, and hangs on his every word. |
| | El discurso era tan interesante que el público prestaba mucha atención a cada palabra. |
| hang on [sth/sb] vi + prep | (depend) | depender de vi + prep |
| | (formal) | estar supeditado a loc verb |
| | I don't know if we will be able to fly today, it all hangs on the weather. |
| | No sé si podremos volar hoy; todo depende del tiempo que haga. |
| hang on [sth/sb] doing [sth] v expr | (depend) | depender de que loc verb |
| | (formal) | estar supeditado a que loc verb |
| | The player's hopes of taking the Wimbledon title hang on him winning this final set. |
| | Las esperanzas de que el tenista se lleve el título de Wimbledon dependen de que gane el último set. |
| hang one on [sb] v expr | US, slang (hit) | pegarle a vi + prep |
| | | golpear a vtr + prep |
| | | darle un golpe a loc verb + prep |
| hang one on v expr | US, slang (get drunk) | emborracharse⇒ v prnl |
| | (AR, MX, UY) | empedarse⇒ v prnl |
| | (AR, UY) | ponerse en pedo loc verb |
| | (EC) | chumarse⇒ v prnl |
| hang out vi + adv | (dangle, protrude) | colgar⇒ vi |
| | The cat's tongue was hanging out. |
| | La lengua del gato colgaba. |
| hang ten v expr | slang (surf: both feet curled over board) | hacer un hang ten loc verb |
| hang time n | (American football) | tiempo suspendido nm + adj |
| hang time n | (basketball) | tiempo suspendido nm + adj |
| hang [sth] to dry v expr | (suspend [sth] wet until it dries) | colgar⇒ vtr |
| | I'll hang my towel to dry in the sun. |
| hang tough v expr | slang (not quit) | mantenerse firme v prnl |
| hang up your boots v expr | figurative, informal (retire) | retirarse⇒, jubilarse⇒ v prnl |
| | (coloquial) | colgar las botas loc verb |
| hang up your boots v expr | figurative, informal (stop doing an activity) | retirarse⇒ v prnl |
| | (coloquial) | colgar las botas loc verb |
hang on [sb]'s every word,
hang upon [sb]'s every word,
hang on [sb]'s words v expr | (attend very closely to) | estar muy pendiente de loc verb |
| | | prestar atención a loc verb |
| | Now that was interesting! I hung upon his every word. |
| | ¡Eso fue interesante! Estuve muy pendiente de cada una de sus palabras. |
| hang your head v expr | (in shame) | bajar la cabeza loc verb |
| | The defendant hung his head as the judge pronounced his sentence. |
| | El acusado bajó la cabeza cuando el juez pronunció la sentencia. |
| hang-glide⇒ vi | (sport: fly kite-like aircraft) | volar con ala delta loc verb |
| hang-up n | informal (psychological complex) | complejo nm |
| | I've got a hang-up about the size of my hips. |
| | Tengo complejo por el tamaño de mis caderas. |
| hang-up n | US, informal (impediment) | impedimento nm |
| | (voz inglesa) | hándicap nm |
| | We've run into a bit of a hang-up and need more time to finish. |
hangout,
hang-out n | informal (frequented place) | lugar frecuentado, sitio frecuentado nm + adj |
| | (grupo de amigos) | punto de encuentro loc nom m |
| | (ladrones, delincuentes) | guarida nf |
| | The club has become a hangout for students after school. |
| | El club se ha convertido en un lugar frecuentado por los estudiantes después de clases. |
| let it all hang out v expr | figurative, informal (be uninhibited) | dejar salir todo loc verb |