pelt(
pehlt
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. la piel (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).
Settlers on the prairies sometimes used pelts as a form of currency.Los colonos de las praderas a veces usaban pieles como forma de pago.
2. (speed)
a. la velocidad (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).
When the fire alarm sounded, they ran out of the building at full pelt.Cuando la alarma de incendios saltó, salieron corriendo del edificio a toda velocidad.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
3. (to pester)
a. acribillar
They pelted him with questions about his economic policy.Le acribillaron a preguntas sobre su política económica.
4. (to hurl)
a. lanzar
The children screamed with delight as they pelted each other with snowballs.Los niños gritaban de alegría mientras se lanzaban bolas de nieve.
b. arrojar
A group of people in the audience began to pelt the singer with tomatoes.Un grupo de personas del público comenzó a arrojarle tomates al cantante.
c. tirar
Someone pelted the mayor with rotten onions at his press conference.Alguien le tiró al alcalde cebollas podridas durante la conferencia de prensa.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
5. (weather)
a. llover a cántaros
It's pelting and the traffic is terrible.Está lloviendo a cántaros y el tráfico está terrible.
b. diluviar
Alex sat forlorn staring out the window as it pelted down.Álex se sentó desesperado mirando por la ventana mientras diluviaba.
c. llover a mares
It was pelting when the lights went out.Estaba lloviendo a mares cuando se fue la luz.
6. (to go fast)
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
I pelted down the road to get to my bus stop on time.Fui disparado por la calle para llegar a la parada del autobús a tiempo.
I was backing out of the garage when someone came pelting along and nearly crashed into me.Salía marcha atrás de la cochera cuando alguien vino a toda velocidad y casi me chocó.
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