snap
/snæp/ verbo B2En español: quebrar, romper de golpe, tronchar, quebrarse
- To fracture or break apart suddenly. · He snapped his stick in anger.· If you bend it too much, it will snap.
- To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack. · Blazing firewood snaps.
- To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc. · A dog snaps at a passenger. A fish snaps at the bait.
- To attempt to seize with eagerness. · She snapped at the chance to appear on television.
- To speak abruptly or sharply. · He snapped at me for the slightest mistake.
- To give way abruptly and loudly.
- To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension. · She should take a break before she snaps.
- To flash or appear to flash as with light.
He/she/it snaps · Pasado snapped · Participio pasado snapped · Forma en -ing snapping
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- snap
- He/she/it
- snaps
- Pasado
- snapped
- Participio pasado
- snapped
- Forma en -ing
- snapping
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
De la biblioteca
Dorothy looked at him in amazement, and so did the Scarecrow, while Toto barked sharply and made a snap at the tin legs, which hurt his teeth.
Now his practical Scotch intelligence brought him back with a snap to the matter in hand.
A DOG lay in a manger, and by his growling and snapping prevented the oxen from eating the hay which had been placed for them.
There was a laurel bush outside the window, and several of the branches bore signs of having been twisted or snapped.
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