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leak

/liːk/ verbo B2

En español: filtrar, propalar, pregonar, parlar

  1. To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed. (transitive)
  2. (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed. (intransitive) · The faucet has been leaking since last month.· No one realized that propane gas was leaking from a rusty tank in the concession area, slowly filling the unventilated room.
  3. To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously. · Someone must have leaked it to our competitors that the new product will be out soon.
  4. To pass through when it would normally or preferably be blocked. (figuratively, intransitive)
  5. To allow anything through that would normally or preferably be blocked. (figuratively, transitive)
  6. To urinate. (slang) · I had to leak in the woods since there were no toilets around.
  7. To bleed. (US, slang) · He shanked him, now he's leaking.
  8. To ejaculate. (slang)

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De la biblioteca

The flat began to leak.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 223 · C1
The flat began to leak and I climbed out on the pile.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 226 · C1
It is of enormous importance that nothing further should leak out.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 61 · B2
“Eh, it was that that did the business; after pitching heavily for twelve hours we sprung a leak.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 336 · C1

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