Skip in spanish
pronunciation: oʊmitiɹ̩ part of speech: verb, noun
skip1 = salto, brinco, saltito.
Example: The skipping rope seemed so long and heavy, and after a few skips, I was ready to drop dead.more:
» be just a hop and a skip away = estar a la vuelta de la esquina, estar a dos minutos, estar a dos pasos, estar a cuatro pasos.
Example: Formentera is a hop and a skip from hedonistic Ibiza and the destination for my week of bliss.» rubbish skip = contenedor de basura.
Example: Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.» rubble skip = contenedor de escombros.
Example: Children like the two above waiting by a rubble skip, where the narrow streets for so long resounded deafeningly to the sound of war, are only just beginning to experience quiet.» skip rope = comba, cuerda de saltar.
Example: Skip ropes are one of the most popular products used in physical education classes as it motivates mass participation.skip2 = saltar, brincar, dar saltitos.
Example: The article 'Hop, skip, and jump' reviews the range of specialist browsing tools available to beginners for navigating the World Wide Web.more:
» skip + a generation = saltarse una generación.
Example: They say jolliness skips a generation.» skip + rope = saltar la comba.
Example: Many boxers will skip rope for several minutes during each training session.skip3 = saltarse, pasar por alto, no tener en cuenta, ignorar.
Example: The search engines skips sites with no scientific content.more:
» Posesivo + heart + skip + a beat = corazón + dar un vuelco, encogérsele el corazón a Uno, corazón + dar un brinco, corazón + saltar.
Example: There's nothing romantic about your heart skipping a beat, whatever the poet might say -- all hearts flutter from time to time.» skip + a beat = perder el ritmo, perder el compás, perder la compostura, inmutarse, alterarse, vacilar, titubear. [Generalmente usado en la forma negativa]
Example: It looked like he didn't skip a beat, kind of stepped in there and looked like he had been in there for a month.» skip + class = saltarse una clase, faltar a clase, hacer novillos, hacer rabona, hacer (la) mona.
Example: Some students, whose motivation is not too strong, resist the temptation to skip classes if they know that they will be examined at the end of the course.» skip + Gerundio = dejar de + Infinitivo.
Example: Press A for Abort to bypass the message and skip searching the specified drive.» skip + grades = no cursar una asignatura. [Pasar a cursar una asignatura sin hacer otra asignatura que es más básica y que se considera como requisito previo de ella]
Example: But not everybody agrees with you, Glenn, about enrichment being better than having kids skip grades.» skip over = saltarse, pasar por alto, no tener en cuenta.
Example: If this is the first time you are using DOBIS/LIBIS the field for your password is empty and you should skip over it by pressing the tabulator key once again.