(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).
(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).
(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).
She heard a scream in the line for the roller coaster and decided it would be better not to ride it.Escuchó un alarido en la fila para la montaña rusa y decidió que era mejor no montarse.
4.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(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).
to let outorgive a screampegar un grito;soltar un grito
he gave a scream as he fell backwardshe gave a scream of painshe gave a scream of delight when she saw himHe let out a scream of joy on seeing his mother
a scream of joyun grito de alegría
there were screams of laughterhubo sonoras carcajadas
his voice rose to a screamlevantó la voz y empezó a gritar
a scream of terrorun grito or alarido de terror
a scream rose in her throatthere was a muffled scream from the next roomI could hear the screams of the injuredHe gave a terrific, high-pitched scream of pure agony and went rigidHe threw both hands into the air, let out a scream of sheer delight and allowed himself his first smileShe threw the book at the mirror with a scream of ragethe scream of a fox
2[of machinery, brakes]chirrido (m)
there was a scream of brakes outsidethe car crumpled, with a roar and a scream of tortured metalThe Mercedes had disappeared down the highway, trailing the diminishing scream of rapid acceleration
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it was a screamfue la monda (informal);fue para morirse de la risa;he's a screames graciosísimo;es de lo más chistoso;es la monda (informal)
He was jumping around with his trousers round his legs. It was a screamthey were barely able to hear each other over \the scream of the wind\
transitive verb
1[+abuse, orders]gritar
they started screaming abuse at usnos empezaron a insultar a voz en grito;nos empezaron a gritar insultos
he turned to scream orders to his menwomen in the public benches screamed abuse as he was led awaythe need to shout, \to scream accusations\, had passed with time
to scream blue murder(protest)poner el grito en el cielo
soldiers with drawn swords, brandishing pennoned spears and screaming blue murderwhen she saw the syringe she started screaming blue murderif these women had seen last night's film of these revolting little creatures chomping their way through baby birds and rabbits they'd have screamed blue murder at the thought of ever wearing one
2[+headlines]
"650 dead," screamed the headlines650 muertos rezaban los enormes titulares
newspaper headlines screamed: "DIANA THE HUNTRESS"headlines screamed that the overall 7.5 percent rate was the highest in almost eight years
intransitive verb
[+person]chillar;gritar;[+baby]berrear
if I hear one more joke about my hair, I shall screamuna palabra más acerca de mi pelo y me pongo a gritar;they dragged him screaming out of the shoplo tuvieron que sacar de la tienda a rastras;I was kept awake by a screaming babyme tenía despierto un niño que no hacía más que berrear
as he talked, an airforce jet screamed over the townwomen were screaming, some of the houses near the bridge were on fire
to scream at sbgritar a algn
to scream for helppedir ayuda a gritos
to scream inorwith painpegar or soltar un grito de dolor;gritar de dolor
I saw a three-year-old girl screaming with pain as the doctors took shrapnel out of a gaping wound in her backhe liked to hear his victims scream with painHis knee snapped, and Syd fell to the ground screaming with painto scream [out]
I must have screamed out in my sleepdebí de chillar or gritar entre sueños
the headline screamed out from the pageel titular saltaba a la vista
she screamed out in pain
to scream with laughterreírse a carcajada limpia
you'd scream with laughter if you saw my computer - it's ancientto scream like a stuck pig
