| Principal Translations |
| trickle n | (slow stream) | goteo nm |
| | (de agua) | hilo nm |
| | | chorrito nm |
| | James hadn't turned the tap off completely and a trickle of water still ran from it. |
| | James no había cerrado del todo el grifo y todavía caía un goteo. |
| trickle⇒ vi | (flow slowly) | gotear⇒ vi |
| | | fluir en un hilo loc verb |
| | | chorrear⇒ vi |
| | Blood trickled from the cut on Paula's knee. |
| | Sand trickled into the bottom of the hourglass. |
| | La sangre brotaba del corte que se había hecho Paula en la rodilla. |
| | La arena fluía en un hilo hasta el fondo del reloj. |
| trickle n | figurative (slow flow of [sth] or people) (figurado) | puñado nm |
| | | unos pocos, unos cuantos loc adj |
| | Mr Jones closed up early, as there had only been a trickle of customers all day. |
| | El señor Jones cerró temprano porque solo había habido un puñado de clientes en todo el día. |
| trickle in vi + prep | figurative (people: arrive slowly) | llegar poco a poco vi + loc adv |
| | The orchestra was tuning up as the audience started to trickle in. |
| | La orquesta afinaba los instrumentos mientras el público llegaba poco a poco. |
| trickle in vi + prep | figurative (signups, sales, etc.: happen slowly) | aparecer poco a poco vi + loc adv |
| | | llegar poco a poco vi + loc adv |
| | Offers have been trickling in since we put the house on the market last month. |
| | Las ofertas han ido apareciendo poco a poco desde que pusimos la casa en venta el mes pasado. |
| trickle out vi + prep | figurative (people: leave slowly) | irse poco a poco, marcharse poco a poco v prnl + loc adv |
| | When the lights went up in the movie theater, people were already trickling out. |
| | Cuando las luces se encendieron en la sala de cine, la gente ya se estaba marchando poco a poco. |