The baby started crying, then his food sailed over my head.El beb茅 empez贸 a llorar y luego su comida vol贸 por encima de mi cabeza.
5.(to happen effortlessly; used with "through", "past")
a.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
After all the hours of studying, Cesar sailed through his final exam.Despu茅s de tantas horas de estudio, C茅sar pas贸 el examen final con mucha facilidad.
The days sailed past when we were on vacation.Los d铆as pasaron sin darnos cuenta cuando estabamos de vacaciones.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
(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).
(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).
(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).
(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).
(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).
the clouds sailed bylas nubes avanzaban suavemente
7.(fig)
a.
to sail close to the windadentrarse en terreno peligroso
his book sailed out of the windowsu libro sali贸 volando por la ventana
8.(colloquial)
a.
to sail through an examinationpasar un examen con mucha facilidad or
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sail[seɪl]
noun
1(Náut)(cloth)vela (f)
the age of sailla época de la navegación a vela
many of the ships in the fleet date from the turn of the century, the golden age of sail
in or under full saila toda vela;a vela llena
I watched hundreds of galleons in full sail drift towards the coast.We preferred to come into harbour under full sail
to lower the sailsarriar las velas
to set sail[+ship, person]hacerse a la vela;zarpar
we set sail on 4th JulyThe Beagle set sail on 27 December 1831
we set sail from Portsmouthnos hicimos a la vela en Portsmouth
the ship set sail from Southampton
to set sail for Liverpoolzarpar hacia Liverpool;hacerse a la vela con rumbo a Liverpool
the Lady of Mann set sail for Douglas
to take in the sailsamainar las velas
under saila vela
They used the engine to clear the shore, then made way under sail
to take the wind out of sb's sailsbajarle los humos a algn
2(Náut)(trip)paseo (m) en barco
it's three days' sail from heredesde aquí se tarda tres días en barco
to go for a saildar una vuelta en barco
let's go for a sail around the harbour
3(Náut)sail(plural)barco (m) de vela;velero (m)
20 sail20 veleros
4[of windmill]aspa (f)
transitive verb
[+boat, ship]gobernar
to sail the Atlanticcruzar el Atlántico
he sails his own boattiene barco propio
they sailed the ship to Cadizfueron con el barco a Cádiz
to sail the (seven) seasnavegar (en alta mar)
She seized the tiller saying "I never get the chance to sail the boat myself".The crew's job is to sail the boat.I shall get myself a little boat and sail her round the world.
intransitive verb
1(Náut)[+boat, ship, person]navegar
If you sail northward you may find a natural harbour.
to sail at 12 knotsnavegar a 12 nudos;ir a 12 nudos
we sailed into harbourentramos a puerto
we sailed into Lisbonllegamos a Lisboa
to sail round the worlddar la vuelta al mundo en barco
to sail round a headlanddoblar un cabo
to sail up the Tagusnavegar por el Tajo;subir el Tajo
to sail close to the windpisar terreno peligroso
2(Náut)(leave)zarpar;salir
The ship, which would sail tomorrow, was still in port.
the boat sails at eight o'clockel barco zarpa or sale a las ocho
we sail for Australia soonpronto zarpamos or salimos hacia Australia
she sails on Mondayzarpa or sale el lunes
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she sailed into the roomentró majestuosamente en la sala
the plate sailed over my headel plato voló por encima de mi cabeza
