scan(
skahn
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
1. (computing)
Can you scan the pages and email them to me please?¿Me puedes escanear y mandar las hojas por correo electrónico, por favor?
a. escudriñar
The investigators scanned the ocean floor looking for wreckage from the flight.Los investigadores escudriñaron el fondo del océano en busca de los restos del vuelo.
b. otear
The sentry scanned the horizon from the watchtower.El centinela oteó el horizonte desde la torre de vigilancia.
3. (medicine)
a. hacer un escáner
The doctors will scan his brain to look for tumors.Los médicos le harán un escáner del cerebro para buscar tumores.
a. echar un vistazo
He scanned the instruction sheet and started putting the bicycle together.Echó un vistazo al instructivo y empezó a armar la bicicleta.
b. ojear
Griselda scanned the chapter again before giving her oral report.Griselda ojeó el capítulo de nuevo antes de dar su informe oral.
a. medir
I have to scan this poem for my English literature class.Tengo que medir este poema para la clase de literatura inglesa.
b. escandir
After spending the day scanning poems in class, I can't read without stressing every other syllable.Después de pasar el día escandiendo poemas en clase, no puedo leer sin acentuar cada tercera sílaba.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
6. (medicine)
a. el escáner (M)
(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).
My sister is going to the hospital for a kidney scan on Thursday.Mi hermana va al hospital para que le hagan un escáner del riñón el jueves.
b. la ecografía (F) (ultrasound)
(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).
We can tell from the scan that your baby is healthy.La ecografía nos dice que tu bebé está saludable.
7. (computing)
a. el escaneo (M)
(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).
I'll hand you the sheets and you do the scans.Te pasaré las hojas y tu haces los escaneos.
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