Leaning in spanish
pronunciation: pɹ̩oʊpensioʊn part of speech: noun, adjective
lean3 = inclinarse, ladear. [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio leant/leaned]
Example: I tried to turn with my body but was terrified of leaning too far and falling off the snowboard.more:
» lean against = apoyar en, descansar en.
Example: The compositor therefore pushed the forme to one side (or stood it on its edge on the floor, leaning against its frame) and proceeded to impose the second forme of the sheet in the same way..» lean back(wards) = retreparse, echarse para atrás.
Example: She leaned back and stared straight into the core of the light above, her eyes squinting.» lean forward = inclinarse.
Example: Panopoulos put her arms on the desk, interlocked her fingers, and forward, her eyes glinting with rage behind her thick spectacles.» lean + Infinitivo = tender a + Infinitivo.
Example: The effective reference librarian should lean to disagree agreeably.» lean on/upon = descansar sobre, apoyarse en.
Example: Stanton changed her position, and leaned her chin upon her hand.» lean out of = asomarse por.
Example: Natasha continued to lean out of the window for a long time, beaming at him with her kindly, slightly quizzical, happy smile.» lean over = inclinarse.
Example: Lateral filing is preferable to vertical filing as one does not have to lean over to reach items at the back of a drawer.» lean over + backwards = esforzarse al máximo, hacer lo imposible, desvivirse.
Example: In his commentary, Briggs leans over backwards to avoid all but the barest possible mention of the darker side of the complex relationship between occupiers and occupied.» lean over + too far backwards = ser demasiado complaciente.
Example: Like the bear who could take it or could leave it alone, we may find that if we lean over too far backwards we might as well fall flat on our face.» lean + too heavily on = depender demasiado de.
Example: Some libraries lean too heavily on the interloan network and shirk their own responsibility in book purchasing = Algunas bibliotecas dependen demasiado de la red de préstamo interbibliotecario y eluden la responsabilidad que tienen de comprar libros.» lean to(wards) = inclinarse hacia, ladearse hacia, escorar hacia.
Example: He leaned toward the document and began to go through it page by page.» lean to(wards) = inclinarse por, tener inclinación por, tener predilección por.
Example: He feared that 'the people will think we are leaning too much towards Monarchy'.leaning1 = tendencia, inclinación.
Example: Finally, this new philosophy did not conflict with the librarian's elitist leanings.leaning2 = inclinado, ladeado, recostado, reclinado.
Example: So I went and got some pine poles and propped it up on its leaning side so it wouldn't fall.more:
» Leaning Tower of Pisa, the = torre inclinada de Pisa, la.
Example: The Leaning Tower of Pisa isn't in the list of 'The Seven Wonders'; but that doesn't make this structure any less miraculous.