Dipping in spanish
pronunciation: inmeɹ̩sioʊn part of speech: verb, noun
dip4 = descender, disminuir.
Example: The proportions of books bought for children have been extraordinarily steady for four of the five years, only dipping at all appreciably in the last year of 1979-80.dip5 = sumergir, meter, mojar.
Example: Two sheets were made each time the two-sheet mould was dipped by the maker into the vat, and they were turned out together on to a single felt by the coucher.more:
» dip into = ojear, leer de aquí y allí.
Example: Most borrowers, seventeen in all, had read the blurb on the jacket and twelve had dipped into the text before deciding to borrow.» dip into + Posesivo + pocket = rebuscarse en el bolsillo.
Example: She dipped into her pocket and came up with a medallion of some sort on a long chain.» dip into + Posesivo + savings = echar mano de + Posesivo + ahorros, recurrir a + Posesivo + ahorros.
Example: So she dipped into her meagre savings and bought herself a suit, a blazer, and a couple of conservative shirtdresses.» dip + Posesivo + soldiers in a runny/soft-boiled egg = mojar pan en un huevo pasado por agua. [Expresión que se utiliza generalmente con los niños y en la que soldiersson las tostadas de pan de molde cortadas en rebanadas verticales dando la impresión de que son 'soldados' en posición firme]
Example: Now that we have a little granddaughter she too will know the joys of having her own little egg cup and dipping her soldiers in a soft-boiled egg.» dip + Posesivo + toes into these waters = probar Algo.
Example: At the University of Minnesota, we are dipping our toes into these waters.» dip + Posesivo + wick = meterla, meterla en caliente. [Referido a la penetración del órgano sexual del hombre ]
Example: He's just another married man that likes to dip his wick elsewhere.» skinny dip = bañarse desnudo, bañarse en bolas, bañarse en pelota(s), bañarse en cueros.
Example: The ordinance goes further than necessary 'to prevent or deter public urination, mooning or skinny dipping'.dipping
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» dipping sauce = salsa para mojar.
Example: Croquettes are often served as fingerfood with a dipping sauce.» double-dipping = cobrar pensión y recibir salario por otro trabajo que se desempeña, cobrar dos veces por el mismo concepto
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