sway [sweɪ]
noun
1 (also swaying) (movement) balanceo; (m) oscilación; (f) [of train, bus, boat] vaivén; (m) balanceo; (m) (violent swaying) bamboleo; (m) (violent jerk) sacudimiento; (m) (totter) tambaleo; (m)
2 (rule) dominio; (m) (influence) influencia; (f) (power) poder; (m)
his sway over the party su influencia en el partido; su dominio del partido; to bring a people under one's sway sojuzgar un pueblo; to hold sway over a nation gobernar dominar una nación;or to hold sway over sb mantener el dominio sobre algn; this theory held sway during the 1970s esta teoría se impuso durante la década de los setenta
verb:intransitive
(swing) balancearse; oscilar; (gently) mecerse; (violently) bambolearse; (totter) tambalearse the train swayed from side to side el tren se balanceaba bamboleaba de un lado para otro;or she sways as she walks se cimbrea al andar
