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"Flop" is an intransitive verb which is often translated as "desplomarse", and "flip" is a transitive verb which is often translated as "voltear". Learn more about the difference between "flop" and "flip" below.
flop(
flap
)An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. desplomarse
On hearing the news, Chloe flopped into the couch in tears.Al enterarse de la noticia, Chloe se desplomó en el sofá llorando.
b. dejarse caer
Matt was so tired when he came home that he flopped down onto the bed and didn't get up for eight hours.Matt estaba tan cansado cuando llegó a casa que se dejó caer en la cama y no se levantó durante ocho horas.
2. (to flail)
a. dar coletazos (fish)
A stranded whale flopped around on the beach until it was finally freed.Una ballena encallada en la playa estuvo dando coletazos hasta que finalmente la liberaron.
3. (colloquial) (to fail)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. fracasar
Diana was devastated when the album she spent all year working on flopped.Diana quedó desconsolada cuando el álbum en el que había trabajado todo el año fracasó.
b. ser un fracaso
The film flopped badly at the box office, but it is a good movie anyway.El film fue un verdadero fracaso de taquilla, pero es una buena película de todos modos.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
4. (colloquial) (failure)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. el fracaso (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Sadly, his last book has been a flop.Por desgracia, su último libro fue un fracaso.
flip(
flihp
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
4. (colloquial) (to lose control)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. perder la chaveta (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
He flipped and started to yell when they told him what had happened.Perdió la chaveta y se puso a gritar cuando le dijeron lo que había pasado.
b. volverse majara (colloquial) (Spain)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Spain
The students started to flip when the teacher announced that the exam was that day.Los estudiantes comenzaron a volverse majara cuando la maestra dijo que el examen era ese día.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
6. (gymnastics)
a. la voltereta (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The gymnast did two flips at the end of her routine.La gimnasta dio dos volteretas al final de su presentación.
7. (blow)
a. el capirotazo (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
My brother gave me a flip on the forehead for having teased him.Mi hermano me dio un capirotazo en la frente por habérmelo bromeado.
