| Principal Translations |
| crawl⇒ vi | (insect: creep) | trepar⇒ vi |
| | | reptar⇒ vi |
| | Betty watched the spider crawling on the wall. |
| | Betty miró la araña trepar por la pared. |
| crawl vi | (move on all fours) | gatear⇒ vi |
| | The baby crawled across the floor. |
| | El bebé gateaba por el piso. |
| crawl vi | figurative (time: go slowly) | ir a paso de tortuga loc verb |
| | While I was at school, time seemed to crawl. |
| | Cuando estaba en la escuela, el tiempo parecía ir a paso de tortuga. |
| crawl vi | figurative (vehicle: move slowly) (coloquial) | ir a paso de hombre loc verb |
| | The traffic is crawling; I'm going to be very late to work. |
| | The old car crawled along, smoke billowing from its engine. |
| | El tráfico va a paso de hombre, voy a llegar muy tarde al trabajo. |
| crawl n | figurative (slow pace) (tránsito) | paso de hombre loc nom m |
| | (coloquial, figurado) | paso de tortuga loc nom m |
| | At rush hour, traffic slows to a crawl. |
| | En hora pico el tránsito va a paso de hombre. |
crawl,
front crawl,
Australian crawl n | (swimming stroke) | crol nm |
| | (voz inglesa) | crawl nm |
| | The swimming coach helped John improve his crawl. |
| | El instructor de natación ayudó a Juan a mejorar su crol. |
| be crawling with [sth/sb] v expr | figurative (be very crowded with) | estar repleto de v cop + loc adj |
| | | estar plagado de v cop + loc adj |
| | In summer, the city centre is crawling with tourists. |
| | En verano, el centro de la ciudad está repleto de turistas. |