flail

flail
[fleɪl]
sustantivo
1mayal (m) (agricultural implement)
verbo transitivo
2agitar
  • she flailed her fists at him -> trató inútilmente de golpearle
verbo intransitivo
3agitarse
  • I managed to avoid his flailing fists -> conseguí evitar sus puñetazos

flail [fleil]
va. Golpear, azotar.

flail [fleɪl]
noun
(Agr) mayal; (m)
verb:transitive
1 (Agr) desgranar
2 (beat) golpear; azotar
3 (agitate) [+arms, legs] agitar
she flailed her arms about
verb:intransitive
to flail (about) [+arms, legs] agitarse; [+person] revolverse
he flails and kicks and beats the ground Spencer Tracy imagines himself flailing impotently on the undulating floor of a church nave
I tried to grab his flailing arms intenté agarrarle los brazos que no paraba de agitar

Verb Conjugation for "flail"

Imperative
  • flail
  • you flail
  • he/she flails
  • we flail
  • you flail
  • they flail
Preterite
  • I flailed
  • you flailed
  • he/she flailed
  • we flailed
  • you flailed
  • they flailed
Present Continuous
  • I am flailing
  • you are flailing
  • he/she is flailing
  • we are flailing
  • you are flailing
  • they are flailing
Present Perfect
  • I have flailed
  • you have flailed
  • he/she has flailed
  • we have flailed
  • you have flailed
  • they have flailed
Past Continuous
  • I was flailing
  • you were flailing
  • he/she was flailing
  • we were flailing
  • you were flailing
  • they were flailing
Past Perfect
  • I had flailed
  • you had flailed
  • he/she had flailed
  • we had flailed
  • you had flailed
  • they had flailed
Future
  • I will flail
  • you will flail
  • he/she will flail
  • we will flail
  • you will flail
  • they will flail
Future Perfect
  • I will have flailed
  • you will have flailed
  • he/she will have flailed
  • we will have flailed
  • you will have flailed
  • they will have flailed
Future Continuous
  • I will be flailing
  • you will be flailing
  • he/she will be flailing
  • we will be flailing
  • you will be flailing
  • they will be flailing
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been flailing
  • you have been flailing
  • he/she has been flailing
  • we have been flailing
  • you have been flailing
  • they have been flailing
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been flailing
  • you will have been flailing
  • he/she will have been flailing
  • we will have been flailing
  • you will have been flailing
  • they will have been flailing
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been flailing
  • you had been flailing
  • he/she had been flailing
  • we had been flailing
  • you had been flailing
  • they had been flailing
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