skipping

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈskɪpɪŋ/

From the verb skip: (⇒ conjugate)
skipping is: Click the infinitive to see all available inflections
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
skipping n UK (activity: jumping rope)saltar la cuerda loc nom m
  (ES)saltar la comba loc nom m
  (PR)saltar la cuica loc nom m
 Skipping is an excellent form of exercise.
 Saltar la cuerda es un excelente ejercicio.
skipping n (springing walk)saltitos nmpl
 Ben is known for his skipping.
 A Ben se lo conoce por sus saltitos.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
skip vi (jump lightly)saltar vtr
 The little girl skipped happily down the street.
 La niña pequeña saltaba felizmente calle abajo.
skip vi UK (game, sport: jump rope)saltar la soga, saltar a la soga loc verb
  saltar a la comba loc verb
 The children skipped and played hopscotch on the playground.
 Los niños saltaban la soga y jugaban a la rayuela en el patio.
skip [sth] vtr informal (not attend, miss)faltar a vi + prep
  no ir a, no asistir a loc verb + prep
 I skipped the meeting because I was too busy.
 Falté a la reunión porque estaba muy ocupado.
skip [sth] vtr informal (omit)saltarse, saltearse v prnl
  omitir vtr
 My advice is to skip the second course, and leave room for the fish.
 Mi consejo es que te saltes el segundo plato y dejes sitio para el pescado.
skip [sth] vtr informal (pass by)saltarse, saltearse v pnl
 He skipped three chapters of the book.
 Se saltó tres capítulos del libro.
skip [sth] vtr US, figurative (education: omit a grade)saltarse, saltearse v prnl
 My parents would not let their child skip third grade.
 Mis padres no deberían dejar a su niño saltarse el tercer curso.
skip n (bouncing walk)paso nm
  andar nm
 She walked with a light skip, like a young girl.
 Andaba con un paso ligero, como una niña pequeña.
 Caminaba con un andar ligero, como una niña pequeña.
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Additional Translations
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skip n (ricochet)rebote nm
 The child watched the skips of the rock across the surface of the water.
 El niño miraba los rebotes de la piedra en la superficie del agua.
skip n UK (large refuse container)contenedor nm
  contenedor de basura nm + loc adj
  (AR)volquete nm
  (UY)volqueta nf
Note: The closest US equivalent is an open-top Dumpster®.
 The man tossed some rubbish into the skip.
 El hombre arrojó basura al contenedor.
skip vi (misfire)fallar vi
 The engine skips sometimes when it's cold.
 El motor falla a veces cuando está frío.
skip vi (ricochet)rebotar vi
 The rock skipped on the ground three times.
 La roca rebotó tres veces en el suelo.
skip [sth] vtr figurative (avoid)evitar, esquivar vtr
 When driving around here, it's hard to skip all the holes in the road.
 Cuando se conduce por aquí es difícil esquivar los hoyos en la carretera.
skip [sth],
also UK: skim [sth]
vtr
(make ricochet)hacer saltar loc verb
  (coloquial)hacer la rana loc verb
  hacer rebotar loc verb
  (AR, coloquial)hacer sapito loc verb
 She skipped a flat stone over the surface of the pond.
 Hizo saltar piedras planas en la superficie del estanque.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Locuciones verbales
skip | skipping
InglésEspañol
skip by [sth] vtr phrasal insep figurative (pass quickly)pasar deprisa loc verb
 We just skipped by the pizza shop, so we would not be tempted to eat pizza.
 Pasamos deprisa la pizzería para no sentirnos tentados de comer una porción.
skip by vi phrasal figurative (go past quickly) (figurado)pasar a los saltos loc verb
 El profesor dijo que pasaríamos a los saltos algunas lecciones por falta de tiempo.
skip out vi phrasal US, informal, figurative (leave, flee) (AR, coloquial)tomárselas v prnl
 Esta oración no es una traducción de la original. ¡Tómenselas ya! Viene con el rifle dispuesto a bajarlos a balazos.
skip out on [sb] vi phrasal + prep US, informal, figurative (leave, abandon)abandonar a alguien loc verb
 Her father skipped out on the family when she was young.
 Su padre abandonó a la familia cuando ella era joven.
skip out on [sth] vi phrasal + prep US, informal, figurative (avoid)escaquearse de algo loc verb
 He told me he was going to skip out on the exam today.
 Me comentó que iba a escaquearse del examen.
skip out with [sb/sth] vi phrasal + prep US, informal, figurative (leave: taking [sb], [sth])largarse con alguien v prnl + prep
 Esta oración no es una traducción de la original. Se largó con su amigo y los regalos que habían traído.
skip over [sth] vtr phrasal insep informal, figurative (dismiss, disregard)saltarse v prnl
 Read chapter 2 and chapter 4, but skip over chapter 3.
 Lee los capítulos 2 y 4 pero sáltate el capítulo 3.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
skipping | skip
InglésEspañol
jump rope (US),
skipping rope (UK)
n
(skipping rope)cuerda de saltar nf + loc adj
  comba nf
  (PR)cuica nf
  (AR)soga nf
 The little girls were playing with a jump rope.
 Las niñas estaban jugando con una cuerda de saltar.
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