ruffle(
ruh
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fuhl
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
1. (to disturb)
a. agitar
As I sat reading, the breeze started to ruffle my shirt sleeve.Mientras estaba sentado leyendo, la brisa empezó a agitarme la manga de la camisa.
The wind ruffled the surface of the lake.El viento agitó la superficie del lago.
2. (to crease)
a. arrugar
Sitting for so long had ruffled the back of my shirt.Estar sentado tanto tiempo me había arrugado la parte de atrás de la camisa.
3. (sewing)
a. fruncir
My mother taught me how to ruffle the fabric so that it looks pretty.Mi madre me enseñó a fruncir la tela para que quede linda.
4. (to raise)
a. erizar (bird's feathers)
The male bird ruffles its feathers to attract the female's attention.El pájaro macho eriza las plumas para llamar la atención de la hembra.
5. (to upset)
a. alterar
The hostile questions from the journalists ruffled the police chief.Las preguntas hostiles de los periodistas alteraron al jefe de la policía.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
6. (sewing)
a. el volante fruncido (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).
The blouse had two pretty pink ruffles on the front.La blusa llevaba dos lindos volantes fruncidos de color rosa en la parte de delante.
b. el volado (M) (South America)
(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).
Regionalism used in South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela
She used to wear long skirts with ruffles.Solía vestir faldas largas con volados.
7. (crease)
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