stroke [strəʊk]
noun
1 (blow) golpe; (m)
ten strokes of the lash diez azotes; with one stroke of his knife de un solo navajazo
at a one strokeator de un solo golpe
stroke of lightninglightning rayo; (m)
2
his greatest stroke was to ... su golpe maestro fue ...
a stroke of diplomacydiplomacy un éxito diplomático
he hasn't done a stroke (of work)done no ha dado golpe
a stroke of geniusgenius una ocurrencia genial
the idea was a stroke of genius la idea ha sido genial
a stroke of luckluck un golpe de suerte
by a stroke of luck por suerte; then we had a stroke of luck luego nos favoreció la suerte
3 (caress) caricia; (f)
she gave the cat a stroke acarició el gato; with a light stroke of the hand con un suave movimiento de la mano
4 [of pen] trazo; (m) plumada; (f) [of brush] pincelada; (f) (Tip) barra oblicua; (f)
with a thick stroke of the pen con un trazo grueso de la pluma
at a stroke of the pen with one stroke of the pen de un plumazo
5 (Cricket) (Golf) golpe; (m) jugada; (f) (Billiards) tacada; (f)
good stroke! ¡buen golpe!; ¡muy bien!; to put sb off his/her stroke (distract) hacer perder la concentración a algn; distraer a algn; he tried to put me off my stroke (Dep) trató de hacerme errar el golpe
different strokes for different folks especially (US) cada cual tiene sus gustos; hay gustos como colores
6 (Swimming) (single movement) brazada; (f) (type of stroke) estilo; (m)
he went ahead at every stroke se adelantaba con cada brazada
