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lap
[læp]
sustantivo
1regazo (m)
  • to sit on somebody's lap -> sentarse en el regazo de alguien
  • it's in the lap of the gods (sentido figurado) -> está en el aire
  • he expects everything to fall into his lap (sentido figurado) -> espera que todo le llueva or caiga del cielo (Am)
  • to live in the lap of luxury (sentido figurado) -> vivir a cuerpo de rey
  • lap dancing -> striptease (m) (para unúnico cliente)
sustantivo
1vuelta (f) (in race)
  • lap of honor -> vuelta de honor
verbo transitivo
2doblar (overtake)
verbo intransitivo
1beber a lengüetadas (animal)
  • to lap against something -> lamer algo (waves)

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Lap [læp][lap]
sustantivo
1Lapón, natural de Laponia.
2Idioma de los lapones.

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lap [læp]
noun
regazo; (m)
to sit on sb's lap sentarse en el regazo las rodillas de algn;or with her hands in her lap con las manos en el regazo
The man was sitting in a chair with his hat on his lap I sat on my mother's lap sitting on his mother's lap
he expects the money to fall into his lap espera que el dinero le caiga como llovido del cielo
Opportunities can fall into the laps of less well-known managers, too Money /could fall into your lap/ around the 1st He couldn't believe that such good fortune could fall into his lap /A host of/ problems economic, social and environmental /have been dumped in the UN's lap/ These problems have landed in the lap of Ian Knox, an unassuming manager with little international experience The issue is now unavoidably in the lap of the United Nations That wretched Glanville business /was dumped in my lap/
they dump everything in my lap and expect me to deal with it lo echan todo a mis espaldas y pretenden que me encargue de ello
the outcome is in the lap of the gods now del resultado Dios dirá; la suerte está echada y ya veremos qué pasa
to live in the lap of luxury vivir nadar en la abundancia;or
lap [læp]
noun
1 (Dep) vuelta; (f)
by the end of the lap, Smith had rejoined the leaders it was the fastest /lap/ ever run by a British 19-year-old the Ferrari driver was leading /with nine laps to go/ when he lost control on the 10th lap he overtook his team mate on the last lap With the two Ferraris cruising to victory, Didier ignored team orders and passed his unsuspecting team mate on the last lap
lap of honour especially (Britain) vuelta de honor; (f) a ten-lap race una carrera de diez vueltas
2 (stage) etapa; (f) fase; (f)
we're on the last lap now ya estamos en la recta final
At Oxenholme Junction, the boys changed trains for the last lap of their journey back to school
verb:transitive
to lap sb doblar a algn
The car was so good, I was able to lap the entire field that day When you come up to lap me, don't get too close We used to go at a cracking pace, lapping all the others several times.
verb:intransitive
completar dar una vuelta;or
to lap at 190k.p.h. completar dar una vuelta a 190km/h;or
I discovered that on most circuits I could lap competitively with the HWM I rejoined the race and lapped 0.8 sec faster than in practice I lapped at 1:47 in pouring rain
modifier
lap record (n) récord del circuito; (m)
In the second heat I set a new lap record
lap [læp]
noun
(lick) lengüetada; (f) lametazo; (m) [of waves] chapaleteo; (m)
verb:transitive
1 (drink) [+water, milk etc] beber a lengüetazos
2 (touch) [+waves, water, tide] [+shore, cliff] lamer; besar
the steady rhythm of waves lapping the shore The tide was fully in, and the water that lapped the seawall was silver The white, two storeyed building was right on the river and the water lapped the walls the cliffs, lapped by a crystal-clear sea, remind me of Capri
verb:intransitive
1 [+waves, water] chapalear
we could hear the water lapping far below
to lap at against sthor lamer besar algo;or
Waves lapped against the side of the boat... let your baby get used to the water lapping around him She grimaced as the murky water lapped around her ankles She felt the cold water lapping [at] her feet Nothing felt really urgent with the ocean lapping at the beach of Paradise Isle just a few feet outside the conference room With a rising tide the water was lapping at his chin before rescuers arrived
2 [+animal]
at twelve days the pup should start to lap. I've got sheltie pups lapping at that age
to lap at sth beber algo a lengüetazos
Some of these sheep stop to lap at the water in a long narrow puddle
lap up
verb:transitive:plus_adverb
beber a lengüetazos; [+compliments, attention] disfrutar con
some people would crack under the pressure but he laps it up the audience lapped up every word

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Verb Conjugation for "lap"

Imperative
  • lap
  • you lap
  • he/she laps
  • we lap
  • you lap
  • they lap
Preterite
  • I lapped
  • you lapped
  • he/she lapped
  • we lapped
  • you lapped
  • they lapped
Present Continuous
  • I am lapping
  • you are lapping
  • he/she is lapping
  • we are lapping
  • you are lapping
  • they are lapping
Present Perfect
  • I have lapped
  • you have lapped
  • he/she has lapped
  • we have lapped
  • you have lapped
  • they have lapped
Past Continuous
  • I was lapping
  • you were lapping
  • he/she was lapping
  • we were lapping
  • you were lapping
  • they were lapping
Past Perfect
  • I had lapped
  • you had lapped
  • he/she had lapped
  • we had lapped
  • you had lapped
  • they had lapped
Future
  • I will lap
  • you will lap
  • he/she will lap
  • we will lap
  • you will lap
  • they will lap
Future Perfect
  • I will have lapped
  • you will have lapped
  • he/she will have lapped
  • we will have lapped
  • you will have lapped
  • they will have lapped
Future Continuous
  • I will be lapping
  • you will be lapping
  • he/she will be lapping
  • we will be lapping
  • you will be lapping
  • they will be lapping
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been lapping
  • you have been lapping
  • he/she has been lapping
  • we have been lapping
  • you have been lapping
  • they have been lapping
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been lapping
  • you will have been lapping
  • he/she will have been lapping
  • we will have been lapping
  • you will have been lapping
  • they will have been lapping
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been lapping
  • you had been lapping
  • he/she had been lapping
  • we had been lapping
  • you had been lapping
  • they had been lapping
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