Locuciones verbales
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| bear down on [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | (push, press on) | accionar con fuerza loc verb |
| | | hacer presión sobre loc verb |
| | Bear down on the pen to make clear carbon copies. |
| | Acciona con fuerza la birome para hacer copias con carbónico. |
| bear down on [sb] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (weigh heavily upon) (figurado) | aplastar a vtr + prep |
| | Emma felt the full weight of her financial worries bearing down on her. |
| | Las preocupaciones financieras aplastaban a Ema. |
| bear down on [sb/sth] vi phrasal + prep | UK (rush towards) | venirse encima loc verb |
| | | echarse encima loc verb |
| | The truck came bearing down on the brothers as they were crossing the street. |
| | El camión se les vino encima a los hermanos cuando estaban cruzando la calle. |
| bear down on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | (approach threateningly) | cernerse sobre loc verb |
| | The man was bearing down on Jim along the path. |
| chomp down on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (bite [sth] forcefully) | morder algo con fuerza vtr + loc adv |
| clamp down on [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (be strict, enforce rules) (derechos o actividades) | restringir⇒, recortar⇒ vtr |
| | | reprimir a vtr + prep |
| | The city is clamping down on gang violence. |
| | La ciudad está restringiendo drásticamente la violencia de los gangs. |
| come down on [sb] vi phrasal + prep | figurative, informal (punish) | caerle encima a loc verb |
| | (coloquial) | agarrársela con v prnl + prep |
| | (ES, coloquial) | caerle la del pulpo a loc verb |
| | The teacher came down on him for his repeated absence. |
| | La maestra le cayó encima al alumno por sus repetidas ausencias. |
| come down on [sb/sth] vi phrasal + prep | (collapse) (literal) | caer encima loc verb |
| | The bedroom ceiling came down on us during the hurricane. |
| | El techo del dormitorio se nos vino encima durante el huracán. |
| crack down on [sth] vtr phrasal insep | informal (not tolerate) | tomar medidas contra loc verb |
| | | ponerse duro con loc verb |
| | | ponerse serio con loc verb |
| | The principal is starting to crack down on unexcused absences. |
| | El director está empezando a tomar medidas contra las ausencias injustificadas. |
| crack down on [sb] vi phrasal + prep | informal (punish) | acabar con vtr + prep |
| | | castigar a vtr + prep |
| | Every holiday, police set up checkpoints to crack down on drunk drivers. |
| | En las fiestas, la policía pone puestos de control para acabar con los conductores ebrios. |
| cut down on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (reduce, consume less of) (informal) | cortar con vtr + prep |
| | | reducir el consumo de loc verb |
| | It's hard to cut down on alcohol when my friends keep inviting me out for drinks. |
| | Es difícil cortar con el alcohol cuando mis amigos me invitan a tomar algo. |
| double down on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | mainly US, figurative (become more stubborn about [sth]) (esfuerzo, atención) | redoblar⇒ vi |
| | When the interviewer questioned her, she doubled down on her support for the President. |
| | Cuando el entrevistador la cuestionó, ella redobló su apoyo al presidente. |
| go down on [sb] vi phrasal + prep | slang (give oral sex) (ES: vulgar; a una mujer) | comerle el coño a alguien loc verb + prep |
| | (AmL: vulgar; a una mujer) | comerle la concha a alguien loc verb + prep |
| | (vulgar; a un hombre) | chupáserla a alguien, mamársela a alguien loc verb + prep |
| | | hacerle sexo oral a alguien loc verb + prep |
| | Sandy enjoys it when her boyfriend goes down on her. |
look down on [sb],
look down upon [sb] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (feel superior to) | menospreciar a alguien vtr + prep |
| | | mirar con desprecio a alguien loc verb + prep |
| | | mirar a alguien por encima del hombro loc verb + prep |
| | | desdeñar a alguien vtr + prep |
| | It is wrong to look down on people less fortunate than yourself. |
| | No está bien menospreciar a quienes tienen menos suerte que uno. |
look down on [sth],
look down upon [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (consider inferior) | despreciar⇒, menospreciar⇒ vtr |
| | | considerar inferior loc verb |
| | | desdeñar⇒ vtr |
| | These were rich girls who looked down on cheap clothes. |
| | Eran niñas ricas que despreciaban la ropa barata. |
| pin [sb] down on [sth] vtr phrasal 3-part | figurative, informal (force to a decision, statement) | acorralar a alguien para que haga algo loc verb |
| | | arrinconar a alguien para que haga algo loc verb |
| | The interviewer struggled to pin the Prime Minister down on whether she planned to raise taxes. |
| | El entrevistador trató de acorralar a la Primera Ministra para que aclarase si iba a subir los impuestos o no. |
Compound Forms:
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| chow down on [sth] vi + prep | US, informal (eat [sth]) | zamparse algo v prnl + adv |
| come down hard on [sb] v expr | informal, figurative (punish) (reprimenda, castigo) | caer una buena bronca, caer la del pulpo, meter una buena loc verb, frase hecha |
| | Le va a caer una buena bronca cuando su jefe se entere del fallo. |
come down on the side of [sb],
come down on [sb]'s side v expr | (choose to support) | ponerse del lado de expr |
| come down on the side of [sth] v expr | (decide in favor of) (persona) | ponerse del lado de loc verb |
| | (idea, opinión) | inclinarse por v prnl + prep |
| down on your luck expr | (have bad luck) | desafortunado/a adj |
| get down on your knees v expr | (kneel) | arrodillarse⇒ v prnl |
| | | ponerse de rodillas loc verb |
| | | postrarse⇒, hincarse⇒ v prnl |
| | Before we went to bed we got down on our knees and prayed. |
| | Antes de ir a dormir nos arrodillamos y rezamos. |
| get down on your knees v expr | figurative (beg for [sth]) | suplicar⇒ vtr |
| | If you want to borrow his precious car, you'll have to get down on your knees! |
| | Si quieres que te preste su hermoso auto tendrás que suplicar. |
| | (figurado) | ponerse de rodillas loc verb |
| | Si quieres que te preste su hermoso auto tendrás que ponerte de rodillas. |
| jot [sth] down on [sth] v expr | informal (write, make a note of) | apuntar en, anotar en vtr + prep |
| | | escribir en vtr + prep |
| | I jotted down his phone number on a scrap of paper. |
| | Apunté su teléfono en un pedazo de papel. |
look down on [sb/sth],
look down upon [sb/sth] v expr | (observe from high up) | ver desde lo alto vtr + loc adv |
| | | ver desde arriba vtr + adv |
| | From the top of the tower you can look down upon the whole city. |
| | En la cúspide de la torre, puedes ver toda la ciudad desde lo alto. |
the lowdown on [sth],
also UK: the low-down on [sth] n | informal (current information) | todo sobre nm + prep |
| | Here's the low-down on our upcoming merger. |
| | Aquí está todo sobre nuestra próxima fusión. |
swoop,
swoop on,
swoop down,
swoop down on vi | (bird: fly down on prey) | bajar en picado loc verb |
| | (AmL) | bajar en picada loc verb |
| | | abatirse⇒ v prnl |
| | The eagle swooped down on the rabbit. |
| | El águila bajó en picada hacia el conejo. |
swoop,
swoop in,
swoop in on,
swoop down,
swoop down on vi | (attacker, etc: move in) | abalanzarse⇒ v prnl |
| | | precipitarse⇒ v prnl |
| | The Apaches swooped in on the camp while we were sleeping. |
| | Los apaches se abalanzaron sobre el campamento mientras dormíamos. |