speed
/spiːd/ verbo B1En español: andar velozmente, exceder el límite de velocidad
- To go fast. · The Ferrari was speeding along the road.
- To exceed the speed limit. · Why do you speed when the road is so icy?
- To increase the rate at which something occurs.
- To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.
- To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
- To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
He/she/it speeds · Pasado sped · Participio pasado sped · Forma en -ing speeding
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
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- He/she/it
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- Pasado
- sped
- Participio pasado
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- Forma en -ing
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Un verbo irregular: apréndete de memoria su pasado y su participio pasado.
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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“Sire, I believe it to be most urgent, but I hope, by the speed I have used, that it is not irreparable.”
Yes, I heard this news, and knew it even before you could; for three days ago I posted from Marseilles to Paris with all possible speed, half-desperate at the enforced delay.”
Danglars and Caderousse set off upon their errand at full speed; but ere they had gone many steps they perceived a group advancing towards them, composed of the betrothed pair, a party of young girls in attendance on the bride, by whose side walked Dantès’ father; the whole brought up by Fernand, whose lips wore their usual sinister smile.
The duke left the royal presence with the speed of a young man; his really sincere royalism made him youthful again.
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