Creep in spanish
pronunciation: ɑrɑstɹ̩ɑɹ̩se part of speech: noun, verb
creep1 = baboso, repelente, asqueroso.
Example: The main character, Tom Johnson, realizes that no girls go out with creeps like him so he quickly changes and buys a guitar and learns how to play one.more:
» give + Nombre + the creeps = horrorizar, dar horror, poner los pelos de punta, dar repelús, poner la carne de gallina, poner la piel de gallina, dar grima.
Example: He had dozens of these in his basement, and his wife asked him to get rid of them because they were giving her the creeps.creep2 = pelota, pelotilla, lameculos, chupaculos, trepa.
Example: Remember before you give your heart away to figure out if he's a creep or not because creeps are just there to use you for whatever needs they have.more:
» creep by = avanzar lentamente, avanzar muy despacio.
Example: As the days pass slowly and the weeks creep by I find myself obsessing about ways that I could die.creep3 = arrastrarse, avanzar lentamente, avanzar muy despacio. [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio crept]
Example: After creeping for a number of days, the larva settles and develops into a juvenile polyp.more:
» creep along = avanzar lentamente, avanzar muy despacio.
Example: We have made wonderful inventions but in the courts we still move as slowly as the travelers that in olden times creeped along in ox carts and canal boats.» creep (in/into) = colarse, infiltrarse, introducirse.
Example: Abstracting may not always be accorded a high priority by volunteer abstractors and undesirable delays may creep into the preparation of abstracts.» creep on = avanzar lentamente, continuar lentamente, progresar lentamente.
Example: She crept on and peering around the end of the fence behind the laundry, he saw that a gate stood open leading into the yard.» creep over = invadir lentamente, apoderarse lentamente de.
Example: Her friends had perceived with regret that her buoyant spirits were giving place to unusual depression and that a languor was creeping over her glad eyes.» creep + past = pasar inadvertidamente, colarse.
Example: Too frequently absurd errors creep past the abstractor who does not know the field.» creep up behind = acercarse sigilosamente por detrás.
Example: In residential areas where people walk all over the road, unless you honk they will not notice that you have crept up behind them.» creep up on = introducirse sigilosamente.
Example: Nationwide networking crept up on libraries, eager to share the resources they could not afford singly or even in small groups.» make + Posesivo + flesh creep = dar repelús, poner los pelos de punta, aterrorizar, horrorizar, dar horror, repugnar, dar asco, poner la piel de gallina, poner la carne de gallina, dar grima, dar yuyu.
Example: The mere thought of feathered things flying anywhere near her, particularly indoors, was enough to make her flesh creep.» time + creep by = el tiempo + avanzar lentamente, el tiempo + avanzar muy despacio, el tiempo + hacerse una eternidad.
Example: Why is it that when were are having fun, time flies by, but when we are at work, time creeps by? = ¿Por qué ocurre que cuando nos estamos divirtiendo, el tiempo vuela, pero cuando estamos en el trabajo se nos hace una eternidad?.