| Principal Translations |
| bounce⇒ vi | (ball: rebound) | rebotar⇒ vi |
| | Audrey threw the ball at the ground, and it bounced. |
| | A basketball bounced across the courtyard. |
| | Audrey tiró la pelota contra el suelo y la pelota rebotó. // Una pelota de básquet rebotó por el patio. |
| bounce vi | (jump up and down) | dar saltos loc verb |
| | | brincar⇒ vtr |
| | The children were bouncing around the room after eating so much candy. |
| | Los niños daban saltos por la habitación después de comer dulces. |
| bounce [sth]⇒ vtr | (ball: cause to rebound) | botar⇒ vtr |
| | | rebotar⇒ vtr |
| | | picar⇒ vtr |
| | The little girl was bouncing a ball as she walked along the street. |
| | La niña estaba botando una pelota mientras caminaba por la calle. |
| bounce [sth] off [sth] vtr + prep | (cause to rebound off [sth]) | rebotar en vtr + prep |
| | | picar en vtr + prep |
| | Catherine bounced the basketball off the side of the building. |
| | Catherine rebotaba la pelota en el costado del edificio. |
| bounce off vi + adv | (rebound) | rebotar⇒ vi |
| | The squash ball hit the wall and bounced off. |
| | La pelota de squash le pegó a la pared y rebotó. |
| bounce off [sth] vi + prep | (rebound) | rebotar en vi + prep |
| | The ball bounced off the wall. |
| | La pelota rebotó en la pared. |
| bounce n | (ball: rebound) | rebote nm |
| | The player must return the ball after no more than one bounce. |
| bounce n | (ability to rebound) | capacidad de rebote loc nom f |
| | This tennis ball has lost its bounce. |
| | La pelota de tenis ha perdido su capacidad de rebote. |
| bounce n | (springing movement) | rebote nm |
| | With a bounce, the rabbit darted across the road. |
| | Con un rebote, el conejo salió disparado cruzando la calle. |
| Additional Translations |
| bounce n | figurative, informal (vigor) | vigor nm |
| | | empuje nm |
| | | energía nf |
| | Rob appears to have his bounce back after his recent illness. |
| | Parece que Rob ha recuperado su vigor después de su reciente enfermedad. |
| bounce n | UK (impertinence) | impertinencia nf |
| the bounce n | US, slang (dismissal from job) (coloquial) | raje nm |
| | | despido nm |
| | Leo's boss gave him the bounce because he was always late to work. |
| | El jefe de Leo le dio el raje porque siempre llegaba tarde. |
| bounce n | figurative (economics: upturn) | repunte nm |
| bounce⇒ vi | figurative, informal (cheque: be rejected by bank) | rebotar⇒ vi |
| | | ser devuelto loc verb |
| | The cheque bounced as he had insufficient funds in his account. |
| | El cheque rebotó porque había fondos insuficientes en la cuenta. |
| bounce off [sth] vi + prep | (light: be reflected) | reflejarse en v prnl + prep |
| | The glare of headlights bounced off of the shop window. |
| | El brillo de las luces se reflejaba en la vitrina del negocio. |
| bounce [sth]⇒ vtr | informal, figurative (return: a cheque) (figurado) | rebotar⇒ vtr |
| | | ser rechazado loc verb |
| | The bank bounced my check because there wasn't enough money in the account. |
| | El banco rebotó mi cheque porque no había dinero suficiente en la cuenta. |
| bounce [sth] vtr | (computing: reboot) | reiniciar⇒ vtr |
| bounce [sb] from [sth] vtr + prep | US, figurative, slang (evict) (coloquial, figurado) | plantar en la calle a loc verb |
| | | poner de patitas en la calle a loc verb |
| | The football players were bounced from the club for starting a fight. |
| | Plantaron en la calle a los jugadores de fútbol por armar una pelea en el club. |
| bounce [sth] off [sb] vtr + prep | figurative, informal (idea: test) (coloquial) | tirar algo a loc verb |
| | | deslizar algo a loc verb |
| | I'll bounce the idea off my boss and get back to you. |
| | Voy a tirarle la idea a mi jefe y te cuento. |
Locuciones verbales
bounce | bouncing |
| bounce back vi phrasal | figurative, informal (person: recover quickly) | recuperarse⇒ v prnl |
| | He was dangerously ill at one point but he bounced back quickly. |
| | Estaba peligrosamente enfermo en un momento pero se recuperó rápido. |
| bounce back vi phrasal | figurative, informal (show resilience) | recuperarse⇒ v prnl |
| | The company will bounce back from financial instability because its products are in demand. |
| | La compañía se recuperará de la inestabilidad financiera porque hay demanda para sus productos. |
| bounce back vi phrasal | (email: be returned) | rebotar⇒ vi |
| | My e-mail bounced back to me because I mistyped your address. |
| | El correo electrónico que te envié rebotó porque escribí mal tu dirección. |