drone

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdrəʊn/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/droʊn/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(drōn)

Inflections of 'drone' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
drones
v 3rd person singular
droning
v pres p
droned
v past
droned
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
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drone n (engine: hum)zumbido nm
  sonsonete nm
 Workers blocked out the drone of the engines with ear plugs.
 Los trabajadores tapan el zumbido de los motores con tapones para los oídos.
drone n (male bee)zángano nm
 Drones have no sting, and do not make honey.
 Los zánganos no tienen aguijón y no fabrican miel.
drone n (pilotless aircraft) (voz inglesa)drone nm
  dron nm
  vehículo aéreo no tripulado loc nom m
 The aerial photograph was taken by a camera attached to a drone.
 La fotografía aérea se tomó con una cámara puesta en un «drone».
drone n (military: missile)misil nm
 The Air Force fired a drone which hit the enemy's headquarters.
 La Fuerza Aérea lanzó un misil que cayó sobre el cuartel general enemigo.
drone n (music: low sound) (música)bordón nm
 From the monastery came the drone of a Gregorian chant.
 Desde el monasterio llegaba el bordón de un canto gregoriano.
drone n figurative (person: does tedious work) (figurado)esclavo, esclava nm, nf
  (coloquial)burro de carga loc nom m
  (MX, peyorativo)gato nm
 The department has three managers and about forty drones.
 El departamento tiene tres directores y alrededor de cuarenta esclavos.
drone vi (engine: hum)rugir vi
 A car engine droned outside.
 El motor de un carro rugía afuera.
drone vi (music: sound low note)tocar un bordón loc verb
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Additional Translations
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drone vi (talk monotonously, boringly)hablar pesadamente vi + adv
  hablar machaconamente vi + adv
  hablar monótonamente vi + adv
 Ted is droning about early European history again.
 Otra vez Ted está hablando pesadamente sobre la historia antigua de Europa.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Locuciones verbales
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drone on vi phrasal (talk boringly)hablar sin cesar vi + loc adv
  hablar con monotonía vi + loc adv
  soltar una perorata loc verb
  (coloquial)hablar y hablar loc verb
 I slipped out the back of the hall while she was droning on.
 Me escapé por la puerta de atrás mientras ella hablaba sin cesar.
drone on about [sth] vi phrasal + prep (talk boringly about [sth])hablar sin cesar sobre loc verb + prep
  hablar con monotonía sobre loc verb + prep
  (coloquial)hablar y hablar sobre loc verb + prep
 Clive was droning on about his problems at work.
 Clive habló sin cesar sobre sus problemas en el trabajo.
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Compound Forms:
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drone war n (missile attacks)guerra de drones nf
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'drone' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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Collocations: just another [corporate, office] drone, the [professor, boss] droned on and on, don't want to [be, become] [a corporate] drone, more...

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