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glance off

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
glance n	(glimpse)	ojeada nf
		mirada nf
		vistazo nm
	He had a glance at the newspaper headline.
	Le dio una ojeada a los encabezados del periódico.
glance⇒ vi	(look)	mirar⇒ vtr
	She couldn't help glancing towards the clock every five minutes.
	No podía evitar mirar el reloj cada cinco minutos.
glance at [sth/sb] vi + prep	(look quickly at)	echar el ojo a loc verb
		mirar a vtr + prep
		ojear a vtr + prep
	Mark kept glancing at the door to see if his date had arrived.
	We glanced at each other discreetly.
	Mark seguía echándole un ojo a la puerta para ver si había llegado su cita.
glance up vi + adv	(look briefly upwards)	levantar la vista loc verb
	The soccer player glanced up before crossing the ball into the penalty area.
	El jugador de fútbol levantó la vista antes de pasar la pelota al área de penal.
glance down vi + adv	(look briefly downwards)	echar una ojeada expr
		echar un vistazo expr
	Sarah glanced down at the contents of her plate.
	Sarah echó una ojeada al contenido de su plato.
glance off [sth] vi + prep	(be deflected by)	rebotar en, rebotar contra vi + prep
	The shot glanced off a defender and went into the goal.
	El tiro rebotó en un defensor y fue a parar al arco.
glance back vi + adv	(look briefly behind)	mirar rápidamente para atrás loc verb
		echar un vistazo hacia atrás loc verb
	As she walked away, she glanced back to see if he was still there.
	Mientras se iba, miró rápidamente para atrás para ver si él seguía ahí.

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Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
glance n	(deflection)	desviación nf
		desvío nm
	The glance resulted in a score for the opponents.
	La desviación dio como resultado un tanto para los contrincantes.
glance n	archaic (gleam)	destello nm
	There was a glance of light from her diamond ring.
	Un destello se desprendía de su anillo de diamantes.
glance vi	(flash)	destellar⇒ vtr
	She waved her ring so the light would glance off it.
	Movía su anillo sin parar para que destellara fulgores de luz.
glance [sth]⇒ vtr	(deflect)	desviar⇒ vtr
	He glanced the ball to the boundary.
	Desvió la pelota hacia el límite del campo.

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Compound Forms: glance | glance off
Inglés		Español
at a glance adv	(with one quick look)	de un vistazo loc adv
		a simple vista loc adv
	I could tell at a glance that the children had done something naughty while I'd been out of the room.
	De un vistazo me di cuenta que los niños habían hecho algo travieso cuando no estaba en la habitación.
at a glance adv	figurative (quickly, rapidly)	en un abrir y cerrar de ojos expr
	Se terminó el helado en un abrir y cerrar de ojos.
	(figurado)	en un pestañeo loc adv
at first glance expr	(initially)	a primera vista loc adv
	It was a good plan at first glance, but later we realized it was a dud.
	Parecía un buen plan a primera vista, pero más tarde nos dimos cuenta de que era un fiasco.
cast a glance over [sth] v expr	(survey quickly) (coloquial)	echar una mirada loc verb
	Just before her guests arrived, she cast a glance over the table to be sure everything was in place.
	(coloquial)	echar una mirada loc verb
glance away vi + adv	(look away quickly)	apartar los ojos loc verb
		quitar la vista loc verb
glance over vi + adv	(look quickly)	echar un vistazo loc verb
	I barely dared to look at Megan, but when I did glance over, she was smiling.
	Apenas me atrevía a mirar a Megan, pero cuando eché un vistazo estaba sonriendo.
glance over [sth] vi + prep	(examine quickly)	echarle un vistazo a loc verb
shoot a glance at [sb], dart a glance at [sb], cast a glance at [sb] v expr	(look quickly at)	lanzarle una mirada a loc verb
		echarle un vistazo a loc verb
shoot [sb] a glance, cast [sb] a glance v expr	(look quickly at)	lanzarle una mirada a loc verb
		echarle un vistazo a loc verb
steal a glance at [sth/sb] v expr	(look quickly, furtively at)	lanzar una mirada loc verb
		lanzar una mirada a loc verb
	She stole a glance at him when she thought he wasn't looking.
	Ella le lanzó una mirada cuando creyó que no la veía.
		mirar de reojo loc verb
		mirar de reojo a loc verb
	Ella lo miró de reojo cuando creyó que no la veía.
		echar una mirada furtiva loc verb
		echar una mirada furtiva a loc verb
	Ella le echó una mirada furtiva cuando creyó que no la veía.

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