trail

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trail
[treɪl]
sustantivo
1rastro (m) (of smoke, blood)
  • to pick up the trail -> encontrar el rastro
  • to be on the trail of something/somebody -> estar sobre la pista de algo/alguien
2camino (m) senda (f) (path)
  • trail bike -> moto (f) de trial or motocross
verbo transitivo
3arrastrar (drag)
4seguir la pista de (follow)
5ir por detrás de (in competition, game)
verbo intransitivo
6arrastrar (drag)
7avanzar con paso cansino (move slowly)
  • to trail in and out -> entrar y salir con desgana
8ir perdiendo (be losing)

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trail [treil]
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Rastrear, seguir a algún animal por el rastro; cazar siguiendo la pista. (n)
2Arrastrar (drag) o llevar arrastrando una cosa por el sucio. (n)
3Llevar colgando alguna cosa larga. (n)
4Arrastrar o llevar tras sí. (n)
  • Trailing arbutus -> V
ARBUTUS y MAYFLOWER.
sustantivo
1Rastro (trace), pisada, huella, pista.
  • The storms left a trail of destruction -> las tormentas destruyeron todo a su paso
2Cola, la punta prolongada del vestido o de otra cosa que se lleva arrastrando; cola (de meteoro).
3Sendero, vereda.
verbo
4g. (Marina)
5Circunstancia o circunstancias que sugieren y guían las pesquisas en dirección o sentido determinados.
  • Trail of light -> rastro luminoso
  • A false una pista falsa. Trail-board -> (Mar.) Moldura entre las curvas bandas
la senda que cruza un yermo.

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trail [treɪl]
noun
1 (wake) [of dust, smoke] estela; (f) [of blood] reguero; (m) [of comet, meteor] cola; (f)
the hurricane left a trail of destruction el huracán dejó una estela de estragos; the murderer left a trail of clues el asesino dejó un reguero de pistas; he left a trail of wet footprints all through the house dejó pisadas húmedas por toda la casa
everywhere in the house was a sticky trail of orange juice to leave sth [in] one's trail most pop stars leave a wake of bitterness in their trail the men marched down the slope, leaving crushed paths of rye or wheat in their trail
2 (track) (left by animal, person) rastro; (m) pista; (f)
he followed their trails carefully the couple were determined to keep the wedding private and laid false trails for photographers the couple laid false trails for photographers following the trail of a boar saboteurs sprayed dogs with chemicals to put them off the trail of a fox
to be on sb's trail seguir la pista a algn
police were soon on his trail a newspaper was on the trail of the story
the police are hard hot on his trailor la policía le sigue de cerca está sobre su pista;or
to be [hard] [hot] on the trail of sth/sb a burglar had police hot on his trail after a gems raid doctors are hot on the trail of a cure for Louise's foot mystery I'd been digging there for three months and was hot on the trail, beginning to find bits of buried treasure
to pick up sb's trail dar con algn
they soon picked up her trail, and from then on her private life was effectively over to [put] [set] sb on sb's trail after her husband disappeared she put a private detective on his trail a CB radio secret code put police on the trail of a kidnapped taxi driver yesterday a couple of clues that later set him on her trail
we managed to throw put them off our trailor conseguimos despistarlos
to [throw] [put] sb off one's/the trail we went a different route every day to put them off our trail the chatty, insouciant tone of his summertime letters was still precisely that of those he had written as a Harvard undergraduate to throw his mother off the trail of the young women in whom he was then interested SABOTEURS sprayed 28 dogs with chemicals to put them off the trail of a fox it was much wiser to use different vehicles and to change as often as safely possible within the sector so as to throw the Chinese or any informers off our trail
3 (path) camino; (m) sendero; (m)
he was following a broad trail through the trees he went missing on a mountain trail a large area of woodland, with hiking and walking trails he followed the hippy trail overland to Nepal
tourist trail ruta turística; (f)
you should take in Hemingway's famous house before hitting the tourist trail which includes salvaged treasure in Mel Fisher's Museum, the Aquarium, the Glass Bottom Boat and the numerous fascinating small shops down Duval Street the usual tourist trail through Peru and Bolivia includes Cuzco, Macchu Picchu and Lake Titicaca to [blaze] a/the trail she helped blaze a trail for realistic movie depictions of blacks SINGING fireman Simon Foster has blazed a trail to top billing in a West End show Volkswagen's chairman, said the company wanted to blaze a trail in the eastern German economy and help to revive the traditionally strong car industry of Saxony surgeons have blazed the trail in the treatment of bomb victims
blaze nature
verb:transitive
1 (drag) arrastrar
he was trailing his schoolbag behind him iba arrastrando la cartera (de la escuela); the jeep trailed clouds of dust behind it el jeep iba dejando nubes de polvo a su paso
the plane trailed a plume of white smoke
to trail one's fingers in through the wateror hacer surcos en el agua con los dedos
he trailed his fingers in the water she trails the fingers of her right hand through the water
2 (deposit)
the children trailed dirt all over the carpet los niños iban dejando suciedad por toda la moqueta
a truck passes, trailing black smoke don't trail mud into the house
3 (track) [+animal, person] seguir la pista a; seguir el rastro a; [+suspect] seguir de cerca
two detectives were trailing him dos detectives le seguían de cerca
he glanced over his shoulder; the man was still trailing him a police car trailed the truck through Birmingham I trailed her to a shop in Birmingham
4 (lag behind) ir rezagado con respecto a; ir a la zaga de
the President trails his opponent in opinion polls el Presidente va rezagado con respecto a va a la zaga de su adversario en las encuestas de opinión;or they are trailing the leaders by just two points los líderes solo les llevan sacan dos puntos de ventaja;or
behind him is the usual gaggle of drivers who have trailed him all season train ivy by trailing the plant around a wire spiral it is a strong grower trailed along a fence or wire they trailed the boat to the coast for the weekend their previously trailed live TV appearance
verb:intransitive
1 (drag) arrastrarse
your coat is trailing in the mud se te está arrastrando vas arrastrando el abrigo por el barro;or she walked with her skirt trailing on the ground andaba arrastrando la falda por el suelo
he let his fingers trail in the water with part of her sari trailing behind her on the floor her skirt trailed
2 (dangle, spread)
plants trail from balconies las plantas cuelgan de los balcones; wires trailing across the floor are dangerous los cables sueltos por el suelo son peligrosos
banners trailed in the breeze the vines trail along the ground/the windowsill green weeds trailed along the bottom of the river a plume of white smoke trailed from the plane
3 (trudge)
I spent the afternoon trailing around the shops pasé la tarde pateándome las tiendas; we trailed home again in the rain a duras penas y lloviendo nos hicimos el camino de vuelta a casa; her husband trailed along behind su marido iba detrás arrastrando los pies
he trailed through the wet Manhattan streets the small boy trailed behind his father everywhere there are urchin kids hassling or just trailing along she's not `trailing along'- I asked her to come with me
4 (lag behind) ir rezagado; ir a la zaga
to trail (far) behind sb quedar (muy) a la zaga de algn; ir (muy) rezagado con respecto a algn
they are trailing behind the US in computer technology
he's trailing in the polls va por detrás a la zaga en las encuestas;or they were trailing 2-0 at half-time en el descanso iban perdiendo dos a cero
he continues to trail in the polls the defending champions were trailing 10-5 at half-time on Saturday Ross Perot trails with 14 percent to trail [in] (last) I trailed in last behind Rodrigo De Triana the pre-race favourite trailed in last
modifier
trail bike (n) moto de motocross; (f) moto de trial; (f)
trail mix (n) revuelto de frutos secos; (m)

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Verb Conjugation for "trail"

Imperative
  • trail
  • you trail
  • he/she trails
  • we trail
  • you trail
  • they trail
Preterite
  • I trailed
  • you trailed
  • he/she trailed
  • we trailed
  • you trailed
  • they trailed
Present Continuous
  • I am trailing
  • you are trailing
  • he/she is trailing
  • we are trailing
  • you are trailing
  • they are trailing
Present Perfect
  • I have trailed
  • you have trailed
  • he/she has trailed
  • we have trailed
  • you have trailed
  • they have trailed
Past Continuous
  • I was trailing
  • you were trailing
  • he/she was trailing
  • we were trailing
  • you were trailing
  • they were trailing
Past Perfect
  • I had trailed
  • you had trailed
  • he/she had trailed
  • we had trailed
  • you had trailed
  • they had trailed
Future
  • I will trail
  • you will trail
  • he/she will trail
  • we will trail
  • you will trail
  • they will trail
Future Perfect
  • I will have trailed
  • you will have trailed
  • he/she will have trailed
  • we will have trailed
  • you will have trailed
  • they will have trailed
Future Continuous
  • I will be trailing
  • you will be trailing
  • he/she will be trailing
  • we will be trailing
  • you will be trailing
  • they will be trailing
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been trailing
  • you have been trailing
  • he/she has been trailing
  • we have been trailing
  • you have been trailing
  • they have been trailing
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been trailing
  • you will have been trailing
  • he/she will have been trailing
  • we will have been trailing
  • you will have been trailing
  • they will have been trailing
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been trailing
  • you had been trailing
  • he/she had been trailing
  • we had been trailing
  • you had been trailing
  • they had been trailing
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