rattle

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈrætəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈrætəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ratl)

Inflections of 'rattle' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
rattles
v 3rd person singular
rattling
v pres p
rattled
v past
rattled
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
rattle vi (make rattling noise)hacer ruido loc verb
  traquetear vi
 The box rattled when Tina shook it.
 La caja hizo ruido cuando Tina la agitó.
rattle [sth] vtr (shake and make noise) (haciendo ruido)agitar vtr
  hacer tintinear loc verb
  hacer repiquetear loc verb
 Edgar rattled his keys.
 Edgar agitó las llaves.
rattle n (rattling noise)traqueteo nm
  ruido nm
 The car had developed a worrying rattle, so Andy took it to the garage.
 El coche hacía un preocupante traqueteo así que Andy lo llevó a un mecánico.
rattle n (baby's toy)sonajero nm
  (CL)cascabel nm
  (CR)chilindrín nm
  (MX)sonaja nf
 Maggie shook the baby's rattle.
 Maggie agitó el sonajero del bebé.
rattle n (on snake) (en la serpiente)cascabel nm
 Rattlesnakes are snakes that have a rattle at the end of their tails.
 Las serpientes cascabel son serpientes que tienen un cascabel en la punta de la cola.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
rattle vi (move with rattling noise)traquetear vi
 The old car rattled along the road.
 El viejo coche traqueteaba por la calle.
rattle [sb] vtr (upset)inquietar a vtr + prep
  poner nervioso a loc verb
 Ben's outburst really rattled Steve.
 El ataque de Ben realmente inquieto a Steve.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Locuciones verbales
InglésEspañol
rattle [sth] down,
rattle down [sth]
vtr phrasal sep
UK, informal (recite)recitar vtr
rattle [sth] off,
rattle off [sth]
vtr phrasal sep
informal (recite quickly) (informal)recitar de un tirón loc verb
  recitar rápidamente vi + adv
 Lisa can rattle off the names of all 50 states in alphabetical order.
rattle on,
rattle away
vi phrasal
informal (talk at length)hablar sin parar loc verb
 Rachel rattled on about her holiday, but Lisa wasn't really listening.
rattle [sth] out vtr phrasal sep UK, informal (produce [sth] hastily: words, sound)hacer apresuradamente loc verb
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
death rattle n (sound)estertor de la muerte nm + loc adj
rattle [sb]'s cage v expr figurative, informal (make [sb] angry)hacer enojar a loc verb
saber-rattle (US),
sabre-rattle (UK)
vi
figurative (try to intimidate)andarse con bravuconadas loc verb
 You can sabre-rattle all you want; you won't change my mind.
  (ES)ponerse chulo loc verb
  (CO)ponerse de gallito loc verb
  (AR)hacerse el gallito loc verb
 Se puso chulo, pero no me dejé intimidar.
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'rattle' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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In Lists: Snakes, more...
Collocations: the rattle of [wheels, machines, air conditioning, gunfire, chains], the rattle of the [windows, doors, shutters], heard the rattle of, more...

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