patinar

to skate

patinar(pah-tee-nahr)

intransitive verb

1. (sport)

a. to skate

Las familias patinaban sobre el lago congelado.

The families were skating on the frozen lake.

b. to roller-skate (with wheels)

Fuimos a patinar a la pista junto al lago.

We went roller-skating at the rink next to the lake.

c. to ice-skate (on ice)

En invierno salen a patinar al lago.

They go ice-skating on the lake in winter.

d. to rollerblade (with inline skates)

Tienes que patinar muy bien si quieres jugar hockey sobre patines.

You've got to be very good at rollerblading if you want to play inline hockey.

2. (surface)

a. to be slippery

Cuando está mojado, el piso patina.

When it is wet, the floor is slippery.

3.

(colloquial)

(to make a blunder)

a. to slip up

Es un buen cineasta, pero con esa película patinó.

He's a good filmmaker, but he slipped up on that film.

transitive verb

4. (to coat with patina)

a. to patinate

Estoy aprendiendo a patinar muebles.

I'm learning to patinate furniture.

patinarse

pronominal verb

5. (to slide out of control)

a. to slip (person)

Se patinó con la leche derramada en el piso de la cocina.

She slipped on the spilled milk on the kitchen floor.

b. to skid (vehicle)

El coche se patinó por la lluvia.

The car skidded because of the rain.

patinar

intransitive verb

1. (sobre hielo)

a. to skate

2. (sobre ruedas)

a. to roller-skate

3. (con patines en línea)

a. to roller-blade

4. (resbalar; coche)

a. to skid

5. (persona)

a. to slip

6. (colloquial)

(Spain)

a.

le patinan las neuronashe's going a bit funny in the head

7. (colloquial)

a. to put one's foot in it

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patinar

intransitive verb

1 (con patines) (sobre ruedas) to roller-skate; (sobre hielo) to skate; ice-skate

2 (resbalar) [+coche] to skid; [+persona] to slide

el suelo estaba húmedo y patiné the ground was wet and I slid

3 (equivocarse) to make a blunder; boob (familiar)

4 (Arg) to fail