was wading
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wade(
weyd
)An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
Do you see that bear wading towards the raft?¿Ves ese oso caminando por el agua hacia la balsa?
The tide had come in, and we had to wade to the rock.La marea había subido y tuvimos que ir caminando por el agua hasta la roca.
b. caminar
There was no bridge, so we had to wade through the freezing water of the river.No había puente, así que tuvimos que caminar por las aguas heladas del río.
c. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
From here it should be easy to wade ashore.Desde aquí no será difícil llegar a la orilla vadeando.
The children waded into the river to get their ball.Los niños se metieron en el río para recoger su pelota.
a. leerse
I waded through pages and pages of legal jargon, unable to make any sense of it.Me leí páginas y páginas de jerga jurídica sin poder sacar nada en claro.
a. acometer
Today, I finally waded into the laborious task of classifying the batches.Hoy finalmente acometí la laboriosa tarea de clasificar los lotes.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
The men knew they would have to wade the river, so they began looking for the shallowest part.Los hombres sabían que tendrían que vadear el río, y por eso buscaban la parte menos profunda.
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