tread

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tread
[tred]
sustantivo
1pisadas (fpl) pasos mpl (sound of footstep)
2banda (f) de rodadura, dibujo (m) (of tire)
3huella (f) (del peldaño) (of stair)
verbo transitivo (pt trod [trɒd], pp trodden [ˈtrɒdən])
4pisar (ground, grapes); recorrer (path)
  • to tread something underfoot -> pisotear algo
  • to tread something into the carpet -> ensuciar la moqueta or (español de España) alfombra con algo pegado al zapato (Am)
  • to tread the boards -> pisar las tablas (appear on stage)
  • to tread water -> flotar moviendo las piernas; estar en un punto muerto (sentido figurado)
verbo intransitivo
5andar
  • to tread on something -> pisar algo
  • to tread on somebody's toes -> pisar (el pie) a alguien; meterse en los asuntos de alguien (sentido figurado)
  • to tread carefully or warily (sentido figurado) -> andar con pies de plomo

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tread [tred] [tred]
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1TROD, (n)
participio pasivo
2TRODDEN).
3Pisar, hollar, poner el pie sobre alguna cosa.
4Andar por encima de alguna cosa; sentir algo bajo los pies; apretar con el pie.
5Pisotear.
6Patalear (stamp), dar patadas en el suelo violentamente.
7Hollar, ajar, abatir, pisar o despreciar.
8Caminar con majestad o dándose importancia.
9Pisar, (en las aves); gallear, cubrir el gallo a las gallina
sustantivo
  • To tread inwar -> o outward, andar metiendo los pies hacia dentro o volviéndolos hacia fuera
  • To tread back -> desandar, volver atrás
  • To tread in the foot-steps of one -> seguir las pisadas de alguno o imitarle
  • Someone trod on my foot -> alguien me pisó
  • Trodden path -> camino trillado
sustantivo
1Paso (step), la acción de pisar.
  • She was walking with a heavy andar con paso cansino -> 2. Pisada, la huella o señal que deja estampada el pie en la tierra
2Pisada o pisadura, la parte sobre la cual se apoya algo al moverse o que sirve para pisar; escalón de escalera; cara de rueda, de corredera o de riel; centro del torno.
3Galladura.
4Escalón, peldaño.

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tread [tred] trod (past)trodden (participle:past)
noun
1 (footsteps) paso; (m) (gait) andar; (m) modo de andar; (m)
with (a) heavy tread con paso pesado; with measured tread con pasos rítmicos
2 [of stair] huella; (f) [of shoe] suela; (f) [of tyre] rodadura; (f) banda rodante; (f) (LAm)
verb:transitive
[+ground, grapes] pisar; [+path] (make) marcar; (follow) seguir
to tread water flotar en el agua en posición vertical; a place never trodden by human feet un sitio no hollado por pie humano; he trod his cigarette end into the mud apagó la colilla pisándola en el barro
verb:intransitive
(walk) andar; caminar; (LAm) (put foot down)
to tread (on) pisar; to tread on sb's heels pisar los talones a algn; careful you don't tread on it! ¡ojo, que lo vas a pisar!; cuidado, no vas a pisarlo; to tread softly pisar dulcemente; no hacer ruido al andar
to tread carefully warilyor andar con pies de plomo
we must tread very carefully in this matter debemos andarnos con pies de plomo en este asunto
to tread on sb's toes meterse con algn

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Verb Conjugation for "tread"

Imperative
  • tread
  • you tread
  • he/she treads
  • we tread
  • you tread
  • they tread
Preterite
  • I trod
  • you trod
  • he/she trod
  • we trod
  • you trod
  • they trod
Present Continuous
  • I am treading
  • you are treading
  • he/she is treading
  • we are treading
  • you are treading
  • they are treading
Present Perfect
  • I have trod
  • you have trod
  • he/she has trod
  • we have trod
  • you have trod
  • they have trod
Past Continuous
  • I was treading
  • you were treading
  • he/she was treading
  • we were treading
  • you were treading
  • they were treading
Past Perfect
  • I had trod
  • you had trod
  • he/she had trod
  • we had trod
  • you had trod
  • they had trod
Future
  • I will tread
  • you will tread
  • he/she will tread
  • we will tread
  • you will tread
  • they will tread
Future Perfect
  • I will have trod
  • you will have trod
  • he/she will have trod
  • we will have trod
  • you will have trod
  • they will have trod
Future Continuous
  • I will be treading
  • you will be treading
  • he/she will be treading
  • we will be treading
  • you will be treading
  • they will be treading
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been treading
  • you have been treading
  • he/she has been treading
  • we have been treading
  • you have been treading
  • they have been treading
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been treading
  • you will have been treading
  • he/she will have been treading
  • we will have been treading
  • you will have been treading
  • they will have been treading
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been treading
  • you had been treading
  • he/she had been treading
  • we had been treading
  • you had been treading
  • they had been treading
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