recoil

recoil
sustantivo [ˈriːkɔɪl]
1retroceso (m) (of gun)
verbo intransitivo [rɪˈkɔɪl]
2retroceder (gun, person)

recoil [ri-koil]
sustantivo
1Reculada; coz, retroceso, rebufo de un arma de fuego.
2Repugnancia, temor.
  • Recoil-spring -> resorte para disminuir el rebufo
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Recular de horror o repugnancia, quedarse helado; retirarse. (n)
2Cejar, retroceder. (n)
3Volver atrás. (n)
4Rebufar (un arma de fuego). (n)
  • The blood recoils with horror at the sight -> la sangre se hiela en las venas ante tal cuadro

recoil [rɪˈkɔɪl]
verb:intransitive
[+person] echarse atrás; retroceder; [+gun] dar un culatazo
to recoil from sth retroceder dar marcha atrás ante algo;or to recoil from doing sth rehuir hacer algo; to recoil in fear retroceder espantado
noun
(at disgusting sight) retroceso; (m) [of gun] culatazo; (m)

Verb Conjugation for "recoil"

Imperative
  • recoil
  • you recoil
  • he/she recoils
  • we recoil
  • you recoil
  • they recoil
Preterite
  • I recoiled
  • you recoiled
  • he/she recoiled
  • we recoiled
  • you recoiled
  • they recoiled
Present Continuous
  • I am recoiling
  • you are recoiling
  • he/she is recoiling
  • we are recoiling
  • you are recoiling
  • they are recoiling
Present Perfect
  • I have recoiled
  • you have recoiled
  • he/she has recoiled
  • we have recoiled
  • you have recoiled
  • they have recoiled
Past Continuous
  • I was recoiling
  • you were recoiling
  • he/she was recoiling
  • we were recoiling
  • you were recoiling
  • they were recoiling
Past Perfect
  • I had recoiled
  • you had recoiled
  • he/she had recoiled
  • we had recoiled
  • you had recoiled
  • they had recoiled
Future
  • I will recoil
  • you will recoil
  • he/she will recoil
  • we will recoil
  • you will recoil
  • they will recoil
Future Perfect
  • I will have recoiled
  • you will have recoiled
  • he/she will have recoiled
  • we will have recoiled
  • you will have recoiled
  • they will have recoiled
Future Continuous
  • I will be recoiling
  • you will be recoiling
  • he/she will be recoiling
  • we will be recoiling
  • you will be recoiling
  • they will be recoiling
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been recoiling
  • you have been recoiling
  • he/she has been recoiling
  • we have been recoiling
  • you have been recoiling
  • they have been recoiling
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been recoiling
  • you will have been recoiling
  • he/she will have been recoiling
  • we will have been recoiling
  • you will have been recoiling
  • they will have been recoiling
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been recoiling
  • you had been recoiling
  • he/she had been recoiling
  • we had been recoiling
  • you had been recoiling
  • they had been recoiling

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hearty laughter, raucous laughter, guffaw