Snap in spanish
pronunciation: tʃɑskidoʊ part of speech: noun, verb
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» be a snap = ser facilísimo, estar tirado, estar chupado, ser pan comido, ser coser y cantar.
Example: The article is entitled 'Enhancing digital images is a snap'.» cold snap = ola de frío, oleada de frío.
Example: 1816 was one of several years during the 1810s in which numerous crops failed during freakish summer cold snaps after volcanic eruptions that reduced incoming sunlight.» in a snap = en un instante, en un periquete, en un abrir y cerrar de ojos, en un segundo, en un p(l)is p(l)as, en un santiamén, en un tris, en menos que canta un gallo.
Example: Firefox installs in a snap, and it's free.» snap judgement = juicio temerario.
Example: Regrettably, some people have considerable difficulty in facing up to responsibility and they procrastinate; others become notorious for making snap judgments.snap2 = crujir, chascar.
Example: But when runner beans are fresh, they do snap when you break them in half!.more:
» snap at = intentar morder.
Example: After the alligator snapped at one of them, the teenagers beat it to death with their snow shovels.» snap at = contestar bruscamente, responder bruscamente, contestar insolentemente, responder insolentemente.
Example: She starts to pout when she doesn't get her way, stomping off, giving everyone the silent treatment, snapping at people.» snap back = contraerse.
Example: If a rubber band stays stretched too long, when it does snap back, it begins to lose its elasticity.» snap back = contestar bruscamente, responder bruscamente.
Example: French President Nicolas Sarkozy has snapped back at rumours over his private life by describing them as 'lunatic ravings'.» snap back = recuperarse.
Example: When gold prices plummet, it will be a sign that the global economy has snapped back from economic chaos to prosperity.» snap back to + life = volver a la realidad, reavivarse.
Example: Consumers are snapping back to life, kindling springtime hopes that the recession is losing steam.» snap back to + reality = volver a la realidad.
Example: Daydreaming of faraway places makes it harder to snap back to reality.» snap into = meter presionando, entrar presionando.
Example: A cartridge snapped into the ImageWriter printer replaces the ribbon cartridge.» snap off = romperse, quebrarse, desprenderse, troncharse.
Example: The jet ultimately shot up fully vertically -- at which point the wings snapped off and the whole works careened down into the ocean.» snap + Posesivo + head off = echar una bronca, echar un rapapolvo, ponerse (hecho/como) un energúmeno, ponerse (hecho/como) una fiera, arremeter contra, ponerse (como/hecho) un diablo, llevar a Uno el diablo, llevar a Uno (todos) los diablos, ponerse (hecho/como) un demonio, llevar a Uno el demonio, llevar a Uno (todos) los demonios.
Example: The manager just about snapped her head off and and berated her in front of us -- it was so uncomfortable.» snap to = pasar rápidamente a.
Example: When an item is in its grasp, it snaps instantly to the next that is suggested by the association of thoughts, in accordance with some intricate web of trails carried by the cells of the brain.» snap up = arrebatar, quitar de las manos, comprar.
Example: Music has notorious magpie tendencies, snapping up stylistic valuables wherever they may be found.snap3 = fotografiar.
Example: The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.more:
» snap + the camera = tomar una foto.
Example: Often it would be advantageous to be able to snap the camera and to look at the picture immediately.