Sweep in spanish
pronunciation: bɑreɹ̩ part of speech: noun, verb
sweep1 = barrido, pasada.
Example: Three times the great blue bird circled, then with his pinions spread he glided downwards in a grand sweep and settled as softly as thistledown on the top of the loft.more:
» chimney sweep = deshollinador.
Example: Topics range from the history of chimney sweeps, to Vietnam War stories, to writers' autobiographies.» clean sweep = limpieza total.
Example: Strategies advocated include the clean sweep of all items in a subject collection.sweep2 = visión de conjunto, alcance, envergadura.
Example: The grand design is visible in the sweep of development from baked clay tablets to computerized typesetting.sweep3 = barrer.
Example: The hall must be swept, vacuumed and mopped after the function.more:
» sweep + Algo + under the carpet = ocultar Algo, correr un velo sobre Algo.
Example: Even after some employees complained, the management treated the matter as a minor issue and swept it under the carpet.» sweep + Algo + under the rug = ocultar Algo, correr un velo sobre Algo.
Example: If only we could sweep it under the rug and pretend like it never happened.» sweep away = encandilar, ensimismarse, deslumbrar, fascinar.
Example: Sure enough he was swept away by the sweet aroma and rich taste of the drink.» sweep + Nombre + off = barrer.
Example: In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.» sweep + the floor = barrer el suelo.
Example: Portrait of a woman sweeping the floor with a broom picture.» sweep + things under the carpet = ocultar las cosas, correr un velo sobre las cosas.
Example: The difference between a democratic state and a non-transparent state is that a democratic state does not sweep things under the carpet.» sweep + things under the rug = ocultar las cosas, correr un velo sobre las cosas.
Example: 'Spick and Span' is a comedy that examines how individuals cope with death in a society that likes to sweep things under the rug = "De punta en blanco" es una comedia que examina cómo los individuos se enfrentan a la muerte en una sociedad que prefiere ocultar las cosas.» sweep up = barrer, recoger.
Example: Who else is going to flip the burgers, clean the resistant bomb-proof windows of the glitzy mile-high skyscrapers -- also take out the garbage, wash the dishes, park the cars, sweep up the papers in the parks?.sweep4 = pasar rápidamente, barrer. [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio swept]
Example: Her eyes swept the room and then enveloped him in an icy glare.more:
» fire + sweep through = fuego + arrasar.
Example: In 1988 an electrically-caused fire swept through the Jewish archives in New York City.» panic + sweep (through/over) = pánico + cundir.
Example: Most of the dead were women, children and the elderly, who were crushed to death or trampled underfoot as panic swept through a massive crowd.» storm + sweep + Nombre + away = tormenta + arrastrar.
Example: The storm swept her nearly two miles off course and tossed the vessel onto the sandbar north of the port.» sweep across = pasar rápidamente por encima de.
Example: For one, the record is made by a moving beam of electrons rather than a moving pointer, for the reason that an electron beam can sweep across the picture very rapidly indeed.» sweep along = arrastrar.
Example: What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.» sweep aside = abandonar.
Example: The development of optical fibres for information transmission has exciting potential here, but there is a very large investment in the present systems which cannot be swept aside overnight.» sweep away = eliminar, desaparecer, destruir, arrasar, arrollar, llevarse por delante.
Example: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.» sweep away + a problem = eliminar un problema.
Example: The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.» sweep away + obstacle = eliminar un obstáculo.
Example: The author surveys the Canadian political scene showing that freedom of information is a force but is not sweeping away all obstacles in its path.» sweep back to = recordar de un modo rápido.
Example: As her mind swept back to her discussion with Marsha James concerning a replacement, she grew more sombre.» sweep by = pasar rápidamente.
Example: As Feng swept by with an almost inaudible 'Good morning, Jeanne' escaping from her lips, Leforte thought she detected the tell-tale indications of crying on her face -- the red, swollen eyes, the puffiness.» sweep in = entrar rápidamente.
Example: Forecasters have warned that 'a conveyor belt of storms' is due to sweep in from the Atlantic.» sweep + Nombre + away = arrastrar.
Example: The stream suddenly swept him away, and it was only by a stroke of luck that they found him.» sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet = perder el control, volverse loco por, enamorarse locamente, encandilar.
Example: A historical work such as this might help us keep from being swept off our feet by every 'new' panacea.» sweep + the board = llevarse la palma, dominar por completo.
Example: It has obtained a quota of twelve awards in an area where purely technologically-based programmes are used to sweeping the board.» sweep + the country = afectar a todo el país.
Example: In the 1930's the authoritarian nature of the public library was made further evident in the librarian's reaction to the frequent depressions that swept the country.» sweep through = extenderse, propagarse.
Example: A killer bacteria resistant to antibiotics is sowing panic across Israel as it sweeps through hospitals leaving scores dead.