alight
/əˈlaɪt/ verbo C2En español: apearse, bajarse, aterrizar, posarse
- Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop. · He alighted from his horse.· Passengers are alighting from the carriage.
- Often followed by at, on, or upon: of something aloft: to descend and settle; to land, to lodge, to rest. · A flying bird alights upon a tree.· Snow alights on a roof.
- Often followed by on or upon: to find by accident; to chance upon, to come upon.
He/she/it alights · Pasado alighted · Participio pasado alighted · Forma en -ing alighting
Formas del verbo
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De la biblioteca
So, alighting with his son, they tied the legs of the Ass together and with the help of a pole endeavored to carry him on their shoulders over a bridge near the entrance to the town.
The two gendarmes who were opposite to him descended first, then he was ordered to alight and the gendarmes on each side of him followed his example.
“No, sire,” he replied, “I alighted at the Hotel de Madrid, in the Rue de Tournon.”
Stop, driver, stop!” We were still a hundred yards or so from it, but he insisted upon our alighting, and we finished our journey upon foot.
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