| Principal Translations |
| strike n | (work stoppage) | huelga nf |
| | | paro nm |
| | The union called a strike for Friday. |
| | El sindicato convocó a huelga para el viernes. |
| | El sindicato convocó a un paro para el viernes. |
| strike [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (hit) | golpear⇒ vtr |
| | (persona) | golpear a vtr + prep |
| | The boxer struck his opponent. |
| | El boxeador golpeó a su adversario. |
| | El boxeador golpeó a su adversario. |
| strike [sth]⇒ vtr | (hit: a target) (acertar) | dar en el blanco loc verb |
| | The arrow struck its target. |
| | La flecha dio en el blanco. |
| strike [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (attack, hit) | golpear⇒ vtr |
| | The hurricane struck us without warning. |
| | El huracán nos golpeó sin previo aviso. |
| strike [sth/sb] vtr | (crash into) | estrellar contra vtr + prep |
| | The car struck the guardrail. |
| | El automóvil se estrelló contra el muro de contención. |
| strike [sth]⇒ vtr | (clock: sound) | dar⇒ vtr |
| | The clock struck ten. |
| | El reloj dio las 10. |
| strike [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (lightning: hit) | caer en vi + prep |
| | | dar contra vtr + prep |
| | Lightning struck the old tree during the storm. |
| | Un rayo cayó sobre el viejo árbol durante la tormenta. |
| strike [sth]⇒ vtr | (abolish, cancel) | abolir⇒ vtr |
| | | cancelar⇒ vtr |
| | Officials voted to strike the amendment. |
| | Los oficiales votaron abolir la enmienda. |
| strike [sth] from [sth] vtr + prep | (text: delete from [sth]) | quitar de vtr + prep |
| | Strike that sentence from your article. |
| | Quita esa frase de tu artículo. |
| Additional Translations |
| strike n | (sound from hitting) (golpeteo) | repiqueteo nm |
| | Can you hear the strike of the clock? |
| | ¿Escuchas el repiqueteo del reloj? |
| strike n | (attack) | ataque nm |
| | The military strike killed three people. |
| | El ataque militar mató a tres personas. |
| strike n | (baseball: miss) (béisbol, voz inglesa) | strike nm |
| | Three strikes and you're out. |
| | Tres strikes y estás fuera. |
| strike n | (bowling: knocking over all pins) (voz inglesa) | strike nm |
| | (ES) | pleno nm |
| | (CR, MX) | chuza nf |
| | (CO) | moñona nf |
| | I had three strikes in the game. |
| | Conseguí tres strikes en el juego. |
| strike n | (instance of [sth] striking) | golpe nm |
| | The strike of the racket against the ball sent it flying. |
| | El golpe de la raqueta mandó volando la pelota. |
| strike n | (unfavorable mark) | error nm |
| | The judge reminded the defendant that this was his second strike. |
| | El juez le recordó al acusado que este era su segundo error. |
| strike n | (discovery of gold, oil, etc.) | descubrimiento nm |
| | News of a strike brought many prospectors to the area. |
| | La noticia del descubrimiento trajo muchos buscadores de oro a la zona. |
| strike [sb] as [sth] v expr | (give the impression) | parecer que algo es loc verb |
| | | dar la impresión de que algo es loc verb |
| | Greg's story strikes me as an exaggeration. |
| | Me parece que la historia de Greg es exagerada. |
| | Me da la impresión de que la historia de Greg es exagerada. |
| strike⇒ vi | (attack) | atacar⇒ vi |
| | The army struck in the middle of the night. |
| | The bank robbers have struck again. |
| | El ejército atacó en mitad de la noche. |
| strike vi | (stop work in protest) | hacer huelga loc verb |
| | The workers all decided to strike after their boss refused to negotiate salaries. |
| | Todos los trabajadores decidieron hacer huelga después de que su jefe se negara a negociar los salarios. |
| strike [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (bite) (dientes) | morder⇒ vtr |
| | (aguijón, pico) | picar⇒ vtr |
| | (persona) | morder a vtr + prep |
| | (persona) | picar a vtr + prep |
| | The snake struck his leg without warning. |
| | La serpiente le mordió la pierna de repente. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Me picó una abeja en el brazo y no soporto el dolor. |
| strike [sth]⇒ vtr | (match: light) (MX, coloquial) | prender⇒ vtr |
| | | encender⇒ vtr |
| | To light the candles, first you need to strike a match. |
| | Para encender las velas primero necesitas prender un cerillo. |
| | Para encender las velas primero necesitas encender una cerilla. |
| strike [sth] vtr | (accord: reach) | llegar a vi + prep |
| | The two parties finally struck an agreement. |
| | Las dos partes llegaron a un acuerdo. |
| strike [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (fall on) | golpear⇒ vtr |
| | (persona) | golpear a vtr + prep |
| | When light strikes an object, the wavelengths it reflects determine what colour that object will appear. |
| | Cuando la luz golpea un objeto, las longitudes de onda que refleja determinan de qué color se verá el objeto. |
| strike [sth]⇒ vtr | (fall upon) | estrellarse contra v prnl + prep |
| | The egg broke when it struck the floor. |
| | El huevo se rompió cuando se estrelló contra el piso. |
| strike [sth] vtr | (locate by mining) | encontrar⇒ vtr |
| | | descubrir⇒ vtr |
| | The town grew after somebody struck gold there. |
| | El pueblo creció después de que alguien encontrara oro en ese lugar. |
| | El pueblo creció después de que alguien descubriera oro en ese lugar. |
| strike [sb]⇒ vtr | (surprise) | golpear⇒ vtr |
| | He was struck by the news of his cousin's death. |
| | La noticia de la muerte de su primo lo golpeó con dureza. |
| strike [sth]⇒ vtr | (text: put a line through) | tachar⇒ vtr |
| | Strike all of the lines in the second paragraph. |
| | Tacha todas las líneas del segundo párrafo. |
| strike [sth] vtr | (theater, film: dismantle set) | desmantelar⇒ vtr |
| | Once the film set was no longer needed, the technical director supervised the strike. |
| strike [sb] as [sth] vtr + conj | (give the impression) | parecer⇒ vi |
| | His attitude really struck me as strange. |
| | Su actitud me pareció muy extraña. |
| strike [sth] into [sth] vtr + prep | (thrust) | clavar en vtr + prep |
| | The camper struck his pole into the ground. |
| | El campista clavó su poste en el suelo. |
| strike [sth] into [sth] vtr + prep | (instil) | infundir en vtr + prep |
| | It struck terror into their hearts. |
| | Infundió terror en sus corazones. |
Locuciones verbales
strike | striking |
| strike back vi phrasal | (retaliate) | contraatacar⇒ vtr |
| | If you wrong her, she may strike back. |
| | Si eres injusto con ella, ella podría contraatacar. |
| strike [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | (law, ruling: invalidate) (legal) | derogar⇒ vtr |
| | | anular⇒ vtr |
| | | abolir⇒ vtr |
| | The Supreme Court struck down state segregation laws. |
| | La Corte Suprema derogó las leyes segregacionistas. |
| strike [sth/sb] off vtr phrasal sep | (delete, remove: from a list) | tachar⇒ vtr |
| | | borrar⇒ vtr |
| | | sacar⇒ vtr |
| | | eliminar⇒ vtr |
| Note: Ante complemento directo de persona debe usarse la preposición «a». |
| | I don't like them any more, strike them off the party list. |
| | Ellos ya no me caen bien, táchalos de la lista de la fiesta. |
strike on [sth],
strike upon [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (suddenly have an idea) | tener una idea loc verb |
strike [sth] out,
strike out [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (put a line through) | tachar⇒ vtr |
| | (BO, CL, PE) | tarjar⇒ vtr |
| | The teacher struck out the misspelled word. |
| | La profesora tachó la palabra mal escrita. |
| strike out at [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | (hit, attack) | atacar⇒ vtr |
| Note: Ante complemento directo de persona debe usarse la preposición «a». |
| | A coiled snake will strike out at anything that threatens it. |
| | Una serpiente siempre atacará a quienquiera que la amenace. |
| strike out at [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (criticize) (figurado) | atacar⇒ vtr |
| | | criticar⇒ vtr |
| | When he was a candidate for mayor, Bob would strike out at all his opponents. |
| | Cuando fuera candidato para alcalde, Bob atacaría a todos sus oponentes. |
strike [sb] out,
strike out [sb] vtr phrasal sep | (baseball: put out with three strikes) (MX) | ponchar⇒ vtr |
| | | eliminar⇒ vtr |
| | The pitcher struck out the first two batters, but the third hit a home run. |
| | El picher ponchó a los primeros dos bateadores, pero el tercero bateó un jonrón. |
| strike [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | (law: delete a claim) | tachar⇒ vtr |
| strike out vi phrasal | (baseball batter: be struck out) (MX) | salir ponchado, ser ponchado loc verb |
| | | ser eliminado loc verb |
| | The first batter struck out, but the second hit a home run. |
| strike out vi phrasal | (baseball: be struck out) | ser eliminado loc verb |
| | (MX) | ser ponchado loc verb |
| strike out vi phrasal | (start a journey) | salir⇒ vi |
| | | empezar⇒ vi |
| | I struck out early in the morning with my camera to capture the sunrise. |
| strike out vi phrasal | informal (fail) | fallar⇒ vi |
| | | fracasar⇒ vi |
| | Ben really wanted that job, but it looks like he's struck out; he sent the applications ages ago and hasn't heard back yet. |
| | Ben realmente quería ese trabajo, pero parece que ha fallado, mandó la solicitud hace un montón y todavía no le han contestado. |
| strike through [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (cross out) | tachar⇒ vtr |
| | He struck through the irrelevant sentences. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Por favor, ¿podrías tachar las frases que no sean correctas? |
| strike up [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (initiate) | comenzar⇒ vtr |
| | During our visit to Africa I struck up a friendship with our guide. |
| | Durante mi viaje a África comencé una amistad con nuestro guía. |
| strike up [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (begin to play: music) (figurado, pieza) | atacar⇒ vtr |
| | (banda) | empezar a tocar loc verb |
| | The orchestra struck up a cheerful waltz. |
| | La orquesta atacó los primeros compases de un festivo vals. |