La Palabra Del Día: "aletear"
aletear ( ah-leh-teh-ahr' )
verb ( to flutter; to flap one's wings/fins )
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1: El colibrí aletea tan rápido que parece que ni se mueve.
The hummingbird flutters so quickly that it looks like it's not even moving.
2: El pez aleteaba casi como si me estuviera saludando.
The fish flapped its fins almost as if it were waving at me.
16 Answers
En el jardin, hay mariposas que aletean por las flores.
In the garden there are butterflies that flutter about the flowers.
A los bebés siempre les gusta aletear las manos en el agua de la tina.
Babies always like flapping their hands in the bath water.
Cuando he soñido soñado con volar en el pasado, siempre fue un sueño en el que había estado corriendo con zancadas cada vez mas largas hasta que ya no aterrizó aterrizaba, como si la gravidad había hubiese desaparecido- y nunca involucró aletear con los brazos ni nada así.
When I have dreamed of flying in the past, it always was a dream in which I had been running with strides ever lengthening until I no longer landed, as if gravity had disappeared- and never involved flapping the arms or anything like that.
La vision de ella hizo que su corazón aletear aletee.
The sight of her made his heart flutter.
Creo que para estas pequeñas abejas todavía necesitan un tiempo para aletear y volar.
I think these little bees still need a time to flap and fly.
Si pudiera tener alas, yo las aletearía y luego volaría alto en el cielo mirando hacia la tierra.
If I could have wings, I would flap them and then I would fly high in the sky looking back at earth.
En nuestra reginón hay muchos postes de luz que parecen colarse en el paisaje pero para las cigüeñas son propriedades de encanto , en primera línea de acceso a las marismas donde las cigüeñas van de compras para su famila y en poco tiempo, quizás a fin de mayo vamos a ver a los jovencitos aletando antes de intentar volar por la primera vez.
In our area there are a lot of electricity pylons, which seem very intrusive in the landscape, but for the storks they are the most desirable properties, right next to the wetlands, where the storks go shopping for their families, and soon, maybe at the end of May, we'll see the little ones flapping their wings before trying to fly for the first time.
When Jerry hit Thomas in the head with a bowling ball, little yellow birds fluttered around his head.
Cuando Jerry golpeó a Thomas en la cabeza con una bolade boliche, pajaritos amarillos aletearon alrededor de su cabeza.
Based off of the Tom and Jerry cartoon. by MGM cartoon productions.
Alatea tus brazos tanto como quieras, no vas a volar.
Flap your arms as much as you want, you are not going to fly.
En la noche podemos ver murciélagos aleteando alrededor del jardin, capturando mosquitos y otros insectos voladores.
In the evening we can see bats fluttering around the garden, catching mosquitos and other flying insects.
Esta es una foto sorprendente de un halcón aleteando sus alas.
This is an amazing photo of a hawk flapping its wings.
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The hummingbird flutters its wings with joy as it gazes upon the marvelous pink trees.
El colibrí aletear sus alas con alegría como mira sobre los maravillosos árboles de rosa.
El águila aleteó sus alas cuando vio a un hombre acercándose y voló para otro lado
Algunas mujeres aletean sus pestañas tan rápido como alas de pájaros.
Some women flutter their eyelashes as fast as bird's wings.
When snorkeling one needs to use a fluttering motion with the flippers.
Cuando esnórquelear es necesario aletear las aletas.
