skip a rock

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skip a rock
An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
intransitive verb phrase
a. hacer rebotar una roca en el agua (verb phrase)
I can't skip a rock. What's your technique?No puedo hacer rebotar una roca en el agua. ¿Cuál es tu técnica?
b. hacer rebotar una piedra en el agua (verb phrase)
If you skip a rock, you'll scare the fish.Si haces rebotar una piedra en el agua, espantarás a los pececitos.
c. hacer patitos (verb phrase)
Regionalism used in Mexico
(Mexico)
Let's go down to the lake and skip a rock.Vamos al lago a hacer patitos.
d. hacer la rana (verb phrase)
Regionalism used in Spain
(Spain)
Allie taught her brother how to skip a rock at the lake.Allie le enseñó a su hermano a hacer la rana en el lago.
e. hacer sapito (verb phrase) (River Plate)
If you want to skip a rock, first you have to learn how to pick the perfect rock.Si quieres hacer sapito, primero tenés que aprender a elegir la piedra perfecta.
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