swing
/ˈswɪŋ/ verbo B2En español: balancear, mecerse, bambolear, bambalear
- To rotate about an off-centre fixed point. · The plant swung in the breeze.
- To dance.
- To ride on a swing. · The children laughed as they swung.
- To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wifeswapping.
- To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.
- (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
- To move sideways in its trajectory.
- To fluctuate or change. · It wasn't long before the crowd's mood swung towards restless irritability.
He/she/it swings · Pasado swung · Participio pasado swung · Forma en -ing swinging
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- swing
- He/she/it
- swings
- Pasado
- swung
- Participio pasado
- swung
- Forma en -ing
- swinging
Un verbo irregular: apréndete de memoria su pasado y su participio pasado.
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
- swing away To swing at a pitch, as opposed to bunting; to take a ful...
- swing back To return to a previous position.
- swing by pasarse
- swing off To steer one's bicycle to the side in order to allow othe...
- swing out Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see swing,...
- swing over Synonym of swing by (“pay a brief informal visit”).
- swing through To swing and miss at a pitch.
De la biblioteca
For a long time the Farmer, brandishing an empty sling, chased them away by the terror he inspired; but when the birds found that the sling was only swung in the air, they ceased to take any notice of it and would not move.
Then the big gate swung slowly open, and they all passed through and found themselves in a high arched room, the walls of which glistened with countless emeralds.
He seized his axe, which he had made very sharp, and as the leader of the wolves came on the Tin Woodman swung his arm and chopped the wolf’s head from its body, so that it immediately died.
He was still chuckling over his success when Billy swung open the door and Inspector MacDonald of Scotland Yard was ushered into the room.
Otras coincidencias
- swing columpio, hamaca, fuin fuan B2
- swing away To swing at a pitch, as opposed to bunting
- swing back To return to a previous position.
- swing by pasarse
- swing off To steer one's bicycle to the side in order to ...
- swing out Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: ...
- swing over Synonym of swing by
- swing through To swing and miss at a pitch.
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