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tick
[tɪk]
sustantivo
1garrapata (f) (parasite)
sustantivo
1(familiar) (credit)
  • to buy something on tick -> comprar algo fiado (británico)
sustantivo
1tictac (m) (of clock)
2momentín (m) segundo (m) (familiar) (moment) (británico)
  • I'll be with you in a tick! -> ¡estoy contigo en un segundo!
3marca (f) señal (f) de visto bueno (mark)
verbo intransitivo
4hacer tictac (clock)
  • the minutes are ticking by or away -> los minutos pasan
  • I don't know what makes him tick (familiar) -> no sé qué es lo que le mueve
verbo transitivo
5marcar (mark)

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tick [tik]
sustantivo
1El golpe del reloj o cosa semejante; tic tac, ruido ligero producido por un movimiento acompasado.
2Marca indicadora que se usa al confrontar una cosa.
3Garrapata, rezno, un insecto que se agarra fuertemente a los animales. (Zoología)
4Funda de almohada.
5Crédito, préstamo de dinero o géneros sin más seguridad que la confianza que se tiene en el que lo recibe. (Familiar) (m)
  • To buy upon tick -> comprar al fiado
  • Bed-tick -> cotí o terliz con que se hacen almohadas y colchones
1Sonar produciendo tic tac; indicar la hora con ruido ligero; se usa a menudo con off. (f)
2Confrontar, haciendo una marca indicadora. (f)
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
3Hacer sonido de tic, tac, batir. (n)
  • Tick over -> estar en marcha, marchar al ralentí
  • The business is just ticking over -> el negocio va tirando
va.

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tick [tɪk]
noun
1 [of clock] tictac; (m)
2 (Britain) (informal) (moment) momentito; (m) segundito; (m)
half a tick! just a tick! ¡un momentito segundito!;or
I shan't be a tick en seguida voy; no tardo; ahorita voy; (LAm) it won't take two ticks será solo un momentito segundito;or
3 especially (Britain) (mark) señal; (f) visto; (m)
to put a tick against sth poner una señal un visto a algo;or place a tick in the appropriate box marque la casilla correspondiente
verb:transitive
especially (Britain) [+right answer] marcar;(also tick off) [+name, item on list] marcar; poner una señal contra
to tick boxesboxes marcar casillas
this model ticks all the boxes este modelo marca todas las casillas
verb:intransitive
[+clock] hacer tictac
I can't understand what makes him tick no comprendo su forma de ser
tick [tɪk]
noun
(Zool) garrapata; (f)
tick [tɪk]
noun
(cover) funda; (f)
tick [tɪk] (informal)
noun
(credit)
to buy sth on tick comprar algo de fiado

Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Verb Conjugation for "tick"

Imperative
  • tick
  • you tick
  • he/she ticks
  • we tick
  • you tick
  • they tick
Preterite
  • I ticked
  • you ticked
  • he/she ticked
  • we ticked
  • you ticked
  • they ticked
Present Continuous
  • I am ticking
  • you are ticking
  • he/she is ticking
  • we are ticking
  • you are ticking
  • they are ticking
Present Perfect
  • I have ticked
  • you have ticked
  • he/she has ticked
  • we have ticked
  • you have ticked
  • they have ticked
Past Continuous
  • I was ticking
  • you were ticking
  • he/she was ticking
  • we were ticking
  • you were ticking
  • they were ticking
Past Perfect
  • I had ticked
  • you had ticked
  • he/she had ticked
  • we had ticked
  • you had ticked
  • they had ticked
Future
  • I will tick
  • you will tick
  • he/she will tick
  • we will tick
  • you will tick
  • they will tick
Future Perfect
  • I will have ticked
  • you will have ticked
  • he/she will have ticked
  • we will have ticked
  • you will have ticked
  • they will have ticked
Future Continuous
  • I will be ticking
  • you will be ticking
  • he/she will be ticking
  • we will be ticking
  • you will be ticking
  • they will be ticking
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been ticking
  • you have been ticking
  • he/she has been ticking
  • we have been ticking
  • you have been ticking
  • they have been ticking
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been ticking
  • you will have been ticking
  • he/she will have been ticking
  • we will have been ticking
  • you will have been ticking
  • they will have been ticking
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been ticking
  • you had been ticking
  • he/she had been ticking
  • we had been ticking
  • you had been ticking
  • they had been ticking
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