drip

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdrɪp/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/drɪp/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(drip)

Inflections of 'drip' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
drips
v 3rd person singular
dripping
v pres p
dripped
v past
dripped
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
drip n (drop of liquid)gota nf
 A drip hung from the tap for a moment before splashing into the sink.
 Una gota quedó colgando del grifo por un momento antes de caer en el lavabo.
drip n (sound of dripping)goteo nm
 The drip of the tap was really irritating.
 El goteo del grifo era realmente irritante.
drip n (intravenous drug)suero nm
  gotero nm
 Catherine's infection got worse and she ended up in hospital on a drip.
 La infección de Catherine empeoró y terminó en el hospital con suero.
drip⇒ vi (water)gotear⇒ vi
 Water dripped from the tap.
 Agua goteaba del grifo.
drip vi (leak in drops)gotear⇒ vi
 The tap is dripping; I think the washer needs replacing.
 El grifo está goteando: creo que debemos reemplazar la arandela.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
drip n figurative, informal (boring person)aburrido, aburrida nm, nf
 I'm not going out with that guy again; what a drip!
 No vuelvo a salir con ese chico; ¡vaya aburrido!
drip n informal (look, style)estilo nm
 That guy's drip is lit!
drip with [sth] vi + prep figurative, often passive (display considerable amounts of [sth])estar forrado de, estar cubierto en v cop + loc adj
  (cualidad)rezumar⇒ vtr
 The wealthy woman was dripping with diamonds.
 The man's voice dripped with sarcasm.
 La señora rica estaba forrada de diamantes.
 La voz del hombre rezumaba sarcasmo.
drip [sth]⇒ vtr (let fall in drips)tirar gotas de loc verb + prep
 Karen had fainted, so Simon dripped water on her face.
 Karen se había desmayado, así que Simon le tiró gotas de agua en la cara.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
drip coffee (US),
filter coffee (UK) n		 (coffee: percolated)café de filtro nm + loc adj
  (ES)café de puchero nm + loc adj
 I like drip coffee, not instant.
 Me gusta el café de filtro, no el instantáneo.
drip coffee maker n (appliance: percolator)cafetera de filtro nf + loc adj
 I must buy some more filters for my drip coffee maker.
  (CR)percolador nm
Note: Para aparatos eléctricos de chorrear café, metálicos, con filtro interno. En el caso de los que tienen filtro externo y envase de vidrio se mantiene el mismo término "coffee maker".
drip feed n (medical device) (equipamiento médico)alimentación por goteo, administración por goteo, dosificación por goteo nf
 The nurse admitted the patient and hooked him up to a drip-feed.
drip feed n (device supplying liquid)alimentación por goteo, administración por goteo, dosificación por goteo loc nom f
  (cultivos)riego por goteo loc nom m
 A drip-feed lubricates the mechanism's moving parts with oil.
drip feed [sb/sth],
drip-feed [sb/sth] vtr		 (gradually supply with liquid)alimentar por goteo, dosificar por goteo loc verb
 This part drip-feeds lubricant into the mechanism.
 Esta parte alimenta lubricante por goteo al mecanismo.
drip feed [sb/sth],
drip-feed [sb/sth] vtr		 UK, figurative (gradually supply [sth])dosificar⇒ vtr
 The police are drip-feeding information about the case to the press in order to not create a panic.
 La policía le está dosificando la información sobre el caso a la prensa para no crear pánico.
drip irrigation (agriculture)riego por goteo nm + loc adv
drip pan,
dripping pan n		 (for collecting liquid waste)cubeta colectora nf + loc adj
  bandeja de goteo nf + loc adj
drip tray n (flat vessel to catch drips)bandeja de goteo nf + loc adj
drip-dry⇒ vi (dry by letting water run off)escurrirse⇒ v prnl
drip-dry [sth]⇒ vtr (dry by letting water run off)dejar escurrir loc verb
drip-dry adj (able to drip-dry)escurrible adj mf
  que se puede escurrir loc adj
intravenous drip (medicine)goteo intravenoso loc nom m
postnasal drip n (trickling of mucus into throat)rinitis nf
 Her allergies gave her a postnasal drip that severely irritated her throat.
 Sus alergias le provocaron una rinitis que le irritó seriamente la garganta.
  (medicina)goteo postnasal loc nom m
 Sus alergias le provocaron goteo postnasal que le irritó seriamente la garganta.
  mucosidad en la garganta grupo nom
 Sus alergias le provocaron una mucosidad en la garganta que se la irritó seriamente.
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'drip' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
drip-dry - IV - runproof - seep in
Spanish:
chorretón - destilar - escurrir - gotear - gotero - muermo - pingar - arandela - chorrear - encerar - gota a gota - ñoño - soseras - vierteaguas

In Lists: Water, more...
Collocations: [serve, make, prefer] drip coffee, a drip of [water, liquid, rain], the drip of the [water], more...

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