Golpe in english
Knock
pronunciation: nɑk part of speech: verb, noun
pronunciation: nɑk part of speech: verb, noun
In gestures
golpe1 = punch ; coup ; blow ; rap ; knocking ; beat ; knock ; swipe ; hit ; bang ; thump ; stroke ; bonk ; strike ; conk.
Example: When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.Example: Nearly 1500 delegates from 67 countries attended the conference which was dominated by the 3 day coup designed to restore Communist party influence.Example: The Great War of 1914-18 was a heavy blow for the Bulletin, from which it never really recovered, and in the 1920s it gradually sank under its own weight, helped by a forced move from its previous quarters to make room for a trade fair.Example: There was also a spot from which, if you struck the floor with a hard rap of your heel, you could almost count the reverberations as the sound bounced from floor to ceiling to walls to floor.Example: It seems to me that the Dewey engine is still ticking over, though there's an occasional knocking and it could no doubt do with a good tuning.Example: Immediately after the recognition of a cardiac cycle the program calculates mean values over a given time or a given number of beats.Example: After a few knocks, it was clear that no one was going to answer.Example: In fact it is an exaltation of the Kyoto protocol and a thinly disguised swipe at those countries who have not signed up.Example: Nothing is more unrealistic that seeing the hero take in an unlikely number of hits without turning a hair.Example: This is how the world ends, not with a bang, but with a whimper.Example: If your starter motor doesn't turn give it a few thumps of a hammer and try again.Example: Instead, by moving naturally, your forehand will feel and play better no matter what your stroke looks like.Example: I heard a bonk on the patio door and found this little bird stunned on the ground.Example: After a few strikes with a flint rock, a spark ignited the gunpowder just enough to get some fine twigs burning.Example: Think of those cartoons when a character sees stars after a conk on the head.more:
» absorber un golpe = absorb + a shock ; cushion + a blow ; soften + a blow .
Example: The problem comes, when you lose a lot of the fluid in your knees that absorb the shock and keep your bones from rubbing. Example: Support from family and friends has helped immeasurably to cushion the blow of a sudden and devastating loss. Example: To soften the blow, a kind-hearted librarian might produce an illustrated book on ostriches, or the text of the Hippocratic oath, or a copy of the original melodrama by George Hazelton, 'Sweeney Todd: the barber of Fleet Street'.» agarrarse a golpes = come to + blows .
Example: Democrats and Republicans nearly came to blows during an extraordinary protest for a vote on gun control legislation.» aguantar un golpe = take + a hit .
Example: We designed a secure -- and we will build it eventually -- computer room that was fireproof, tornado proof, and would take a hit from a single engine craft.» amortiguar un golpe = soften + a blow ; absorb + a shock ; cushion + a blow .
Example: To soften the blow, a kind-hearted librarian might produce an illustrated book on ostriches, or the text of the Hippocratic oath, or a copy of the original melodrama by George Hazelton, 'Sweeney Todd: the barber of Fleet Street'. Example: The problem comes, when you lose a lot of the fluid in your knees that absorb the shock and keep your bones from rubbing. Example: Support from family and friends has helped immeasurably to cushion the blow of a sudden and devastating loss.» aparecer de golpe y porrazo = come out of + the (clear) blue (sky) ; appear out of + the (clear) blue (sky) .
Example: This proposal appeared to come out of the clear blue sky, and has raised eyebrows in Taiwan and overseas. Example: It could be legit, but money does not typically appear out of the clear blue sky.» aprender Algo a fuerza de golpes = learn + Nombre + the hard way .
Example: The article is entitled 'Learning the hard way: a public library's experience with CD-ROM'.» asestar el golpe de gracia = administer + the coup de grace ; deliver + the coup de grace .
Example: He was also the only of the partners in crime who administered the coup de grace to each of the murdered women. Example: By then the church was in ruins and Apaches delivered the coup de grâce by torching its remaining timbers and other wooden elements.» asestar un golpe = give + Nombre + a blow ; bash ; deal + a blow ; strike + a blow ; land + Nombre + a blow .
Example: It was as if she had been given a dizzying blow = Fue como si le hubieran dado un golpe y se hubiera mareado. Example: Newspapers took advantage of the accident to attack or 'bash' the nuclear industry or nuclear power in general. Example: The Internet has dealt a blow to the librarian's comfortable role as an information gatekeeper at the centre of the information providing business. Example: This ultimately resulted in a Supreme Court decision that supported the defendants, striking what the music industry claimed would be a 'mortal blow' to its livelihood. Example: Although he'd just landed her a body blow, she again recovered her poise almost miraculously.» asestar un golpe mortal = deal + a death blow ; strike + a death blow ; deal + a killer blow ; deliver + a killer blow ; deliver + a death blow ; strike + a killer blow .
Example: It has been said that Cutter in developing his method of alphabetic subject indexing 'dealt the death blow' to ninenteenth-century title-term indexing. Example: Moreover, military operations, whatever they may be, will not be able to strike a death blow to international terrorism, indicating that its high time that we probe the topic from a fresh standpoint. Example: Pakistan has vowed to target Taliban leaders and deal a killer blow to the Islamists. Example: Some of these remedies would undoubtedly have delivered a killer blow to the parasites in a horse's gut, but unfortunately harmed the horse in the process. Example: Lebanon is in such turmoil that war at the present time would deliver a death blow to the economy. Example: Merick quickly sprang to his feet and rushed forward to strike a killer blow, but the troll was already dead.» atizar un golpe = deal + a blow .
Example: The Internet has dealt a blow to the librarian's comfortable role as an information gatekeeper at the centre of the information providing business.» bajar de las nubes de golpe = come down to + earth with a bump .
Example: The adrenaline rush that had propelled him through his frantic excavation took a while to wear off, but when it did he came down to earth with a bump.» beberse + Bebida + de un golpe = gulp + Bebida + down in one swig ; drink + Bebida + in one swig ; down + Bebida + in one swig .
Example: There I was sitting at the bar staring at my drink when a large, trouble-making biker steps up next to me, grabs my drink and gulps it down in one swig. Example: Traditionally, you are expected to drink the entire contents of the glass in one swig. Example: The woman downed it in one swig, wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, and sat down to play some cards.» cerrar de golpe = slam .
Example: He is sick of it, baffled by it and would rather repeatedly slam his pinkie finger in the door of his car than write another word of it.» cerrar la puerta de golpe = slam + a door ; slam + Nombre + shut [Usado generalmente para puertas y ventanas] .
Example: On several occasions he was witness to the sights and sounds of Balzac's emotionalism, including tantrum-pitched screaming, banging fists on desks, and slamming doors. Example: In one scene, while Nancy is being chased by him, she runs into her house, spun around and slammed the door shut and bolted it closed.» dar el golpe de gracia = administer + the coup de grace ; deliver + the coup de grace ; strike + a death blow ; deal + a death blow ; deal + a killer blow ; deliver + a killer blow ; deliver + a death blow ; strike + a killer blow .
Example: He was also the only of the partners in crime who administered the coup de grace to each of the murdered women. Example: By then the church was in ruins and Apaches delivered the coup de grâce by torching its remaining timbers and other wooden elements. Example: Moreover, military operations, whatever they may be, will not be able to strike a death blow to international terrorism, indicating that its high time that we probe the topic from a fresh standpoint. Example: It has been said that Cutter in developing his method of alphabetic subject indexing 'dealt the death blow' to ninenteenth-century title-term indexing. Example: Pakistan has vowed to target Taliban leaders and deal a killer blow to the Islamists. Example: Some of these remedies would undoubtedly have delivered a killer blow to the parasites in a horse's gut, but unfortunately harmed the horse in the process. Example: Lebanon is in such turmoil that war at the present time would deliver a death blow to the economy. Example: Merick quickly sprang to his feet and rushed forward to strike a killer blow, but the troll was already dead.» dar el golpe de muerte = strike + a death blow ; deal + a death blow ; deal + a killer blow ; deliver + a killer blow ; deliver + a death blow ; strike + a killer blow .
Example: Moreover, military operations, whatever they may be, will not be able to strike a death blow to international terrorism, indicating that its high time that we probe the topic from a fresh standpoint. Example: It has been said that Cutter in developing his method of alphabetic subject indexing 'dealt the death blow' to ninenteenth-century title-term indexing. Example: Pakistan has vowed to target Taliban leaders and deal a killer blow to the Islamists. Example: Some of these remedies would undoubtedly have delivered a killer blow to the parasites in a horse's gut, but unfortunately harmed the horse in the process. Example: Lebanon is in such turmoil that war at the present time would deliver a death blow to the economy. Example: Merick quickly sprang to his feet and rushed forward to strike a killer blow, but the troll was already dead.» dar golpes = pound .
Example: A rotary machine invented in Holland in the late seventeenth century did not pound but minced the rags into pulp with revolving knives.» darse golpes de pecho = beat + Posesivo + breast .
Example: Then the Jews priests realized how much evil they had done to themselves and began beating their breasts, saying 'Woe to us because of our sins!'.» darse golpes en el pecho = beat + Posesivo + breast .
Example: Then the Jews priests realized how much evil they had done to themselves and began beating their breasts, saying 'Woe to us because of our sins!'.» darse un golpe = bonk .
Example: He skidded to a halt before bonking against the living room window.» darse un golpe en la cabeza = bonk + Posesivo + head ; bump + Posesivo + head ; bang + Posesivo + head .
Example: He bonked his head on the tub right at bedtime and immediately got a goose egg. Example: If a child bumps her head again before a first injury has healed, the second injury can have a more lasting effect. Example: Forgetting the wall mounted television directly above her, Gemma stood up quickly and banged her head hard, knocking herself out.» dar un golpe = knock ; thump .
Example: He said this was when the crocodile snuck up from behind and knocked her with its front paws. Example: He was so lost in thought that he didn't realize that someone was talking to him until he got thumped on the head.» dar un golpe en la cabeza = knock + Nombre + on the head .
Example: I'm surprised no one knocked you on the head and buried you long ago -- just for your own good.» dar un golpe en la cara = punch + Nombre + in the face .
Example: They stepped out of the room and he punched her in the face, sending her sprawling and giving her a black eye that lasted for the rest of the tour.» dar un golpe por detrás = rear-end .
Example: For purposes of insurance and policing, the driver of the car that rear-ends the other car is almost always considered to be at fault.» de golpe = all at once .
Example: And, all at once, the moon arouse through the thin ghastly mist, crimson in color.» de golpe y porrazo = all at once ; suddenly ; unexpectedly ; all of a sudden ; out of the (clear) blue (sky) ; just like that .
Example: And, all at once, the moon arouse through the thin ghastly mist, crimson in color. Example: Then suddenly he extinguished his smile and arranged his countenance so that his listener should suppose him to be profoundly disturbed. Example: DC has now announced that work has already begun on the expansion of the new schedule 302-307, an announcement which has not unexpectedly aroused some criticism. Example: The process of secularization in Britain occurred all of a sudden sending Christianity on a downward spiral to the edges of social significance. Example: The article is entitled 'Software out of the blue'. Example: All I have to say is nothing happens just like that overnight, it takes time and exhausting waiting.» dejar caer con un golpe seco = plonk .
Example: She plonked her head on the desk in apparent boredom = Con un golpe seco, dejó caer la cabeza sobre el escritorio por aburrimiento, aparentemente.» dejarse caer con un golpe seco = plunk (+ Reflexivo +) down .
Example: I plunked down in the chair he'd pulled up to his desk and waited for him to give me a rundown of what he'd been up to since we'd parted ways.» depositar con un golpe seco = plunk + Nombre + down ; plonk .
Example: On impulse, she poured a second glass and plunked it down on the countertop next to the man. Example: She plonked her head on the desk in apparent boredom = Con un golpe seco, dejó caer la cabeza sobre el escritorio por aburrimiento, aparentemente.» derribar a Alguien de un golpe = knock + Nombre + to the ground ; knock + Nombre + to the floor .
Example: Irish former minister Proinsias de Rossa was knocked to the ground after a public meeting in Dublin on Monday night, according to the Labour Party. Example: Several times the two clinched and vigorously pounded each other s heads and bodies, and finally Blade was again knocked to the floor.» derribar de un golpe = deck .
Example: I would seriously deck her but I'm too good for that and will only hit someone if they hit me first.» de (un) golpe = at one blow ; in one lump ; at one whack ; at one pull ; in one shot ; in one action ; in one go ; in one fell swoop ; at one fell swoop ; all at once ; at a clip ; all at once ; at a stroke .
Example: This approach eliminates, at one blow, both the problems which exercise the designer of a pre-co-ordinate index, that is citation order and reference structure. Example: LCSH revision is continuous, and may be quite large scale, though this is less obvious because it does not take place in one lump every few years. Example: I am involved with systematic reviews which routinely result in 4,000+ citations at one whack. Example: In this way the whole forme was printed at one pull. Example: Then in one second ten programs could work consecutively, and it will look like the computer is doing all ten in one shot. Example: To remove the borrower from all routing lists in one action, enter the code for delete. Example: He jumped in with both feet, opening five stores in one go and declaring his intention to open 30 more within five years. Example: He fired them all, in one fell swoop when he took office as do most all Presidents. Example: Life on board ship is not easy for anyone, least of all for a small child, who is deprived of nursery and toys at one fell swoop. Example: Best of all, you get all the cash all at once, no annuities, just one big fat lump sum!. Example: She could sit down and read for five or ten minutes at a clip. Example: And, all at once, the moon arouse through the thin ghastly mist, crimson in color. Example: This is a time of great tension because we know that at any moment, when we least expect it, our lives can be cut short at a stroke.» duro golpe = cruel blow .
Example: Prisoners and detainees have been dealt a cruel blow by the delay of the opening of the new jail, prisoners' rights advocates say.» eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke .
Example: The last 250 entries in the list have therefore been eliminated from the search at a stroke.» emprenderla(s) a golpes con = lam into ; lay into ; pitch into ; tear into .
Example: The girl stared at him for a moment thunderstruck; then she lammed into the old horse with a stick she carried in place of a whip. Example: How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing. Example: The newspaper Times pitched into him for his 'utterly thoughtless, heartless, ungracious and silly' behavior. Example: Terrified, the boy watched the two starving animals tear into each other.» encajar el golpe = take it on + the chin .
Example: We totally dominated and we didn't get what we deserved from the game but we need to take it on the chin and move on.» encajar un golpe = take + a blow ; take + a hit .
Example: He took a blow to the head during a preseason game. Example: We designed a secure -- and we will build it eventually -- computer room that was fireproof, tornado proof, and would take a hit from a single engine craft.» frenar de golpe = slam + the brakes (on) ; brake + hard ; hit + the brakes ; brake + suddenly .
Example: I did not see the long line of cars waiting at the light and had to slam the brakes to avoid rear ending the car in front of me. Example: Braking hard in a car without ABS on low traction surfaces can easily result in locking up the tires if you're not an experienced driver. Example: When I hit the brakes my car pulls to the right. Example: An elderly woman has died in hospital from head injuries she suffered when the public bus she was travelling on was forced to brake suddenly.» golpe al cuerpo = body blow .
Example: Although he'd just landed her a body blow, she again recovered her poise almost miraculously.» golpe bajo = sucker punch .
Example: The result is like a sucker punch to the gut, and I do mean that as a compliment.» golpe corto = jab [Término del boxeo] .
Example: Learn about the 5 basics types of jabs in boxing.» golpe de estado = coup d'etat ; putsch ; coup [De estado] .
Example: With changing political circumstances there is an increased likelihood of low-intensity conflicts which may take the form of guerrilla warfare, coups d'etat, ethnic violence, terrorism, resistance movements or insurgency. Example: This campaign was pursued for more than 30 years since the 1965 putsch in Indonesia that eventually brought Suharto to power. Example: Nearly 1500 delegates from 67 countries attended the conference which was dominated by the 3 day coup designed to restore Communist party influence.» golpe de estado militar = military coup .
Example: Ethiopians came in droves after a bloody military coup in 1974, and they worked in low-paying jobs as cabbies and cooks and parking attendants.» golpe de fuerza = coup de force .
Example: Literary texts then may bear a certain coup de force in relation to institutionality.» golpe de gracia = coup de grace ; kiss of death ; killer blow ; death blow .
Example: The article 'Baker and Taylor's coup de grace' reports on how the book and video distributor Baker and Taylor has revamped its corporate outline and rethought its mission. Example: The article 'The kiss of death...or life' looks at how changes in Uruguyan copyright laws will affect US publishers. Example: Three times she tracked him down and fought him, only to be thwarted as he somehow evaded her killer blow and disappeared into the night. Example: Another employee said the plant's closure would be the death blow for the entire region.» golpe de mala suerte = stroke of misfortune .
Example: The most strenuous efforts will not always ensure success, nor the boldest arm of human power ward off the stroke of misfortune.» golpe de mala suerte doble = double whammy .
Example: Researchers have found that two proteins which work in tandem in the brain's blood vessels present a double whammy in Alzheimer's disease.» golpe de revés = backhand drive [Usado generalmente en los juegos de raqueta] ; backhand [Usado generalmente en los juegos de raqueta] ; backhand stroke [Usado generalmente en los juegos de raqueta] ; backhand shot [Usado generalmente en los juegos de raqueta] ; backhander .
Example: The forehand drive is stronger than the backhand drive due to the fact that the body is not in the way of the shot. Example: It is perfectly acceptable to hit the backhand with two hands. Example: The coach can also teach the student both the two-handed backhand and the one-handed backhand strokes. Example: Anyone who plays badminton should be comfortable hitting both forehand shots and backhand shots. Example: Then he scored again with a backhander for his third goal this season.» golpe de suerte = stroke of luck ; fluk(e)y break ; lucky break .
Example: And in his still beating heart, he knew that his recovery was a miracle: a gift from God, a stroke of luck. Example: I'm leaving the door open for those occasional flukey breaks that do come along every once in a while. Example: In short, this was a lucky break that greatly advanced my career.» golpe franco = free kick .
Example: There is nothing more satisfying than bending the ball from free kicks over the wall into the back of the net.» golpe franco directo = direct free kick .
Example: A direct free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a player commits one of a number of offenses by playing in a careless, reckless, or overly forceful manner.» golpe franco indirecto = indirect free kick .
Example: An offence punishable by an indirect free kick that takes place in the area does not result in a penalty kick, rather it continues to be taken as an indirect free kick.» golpe fuerte = whack .
Example: Suddenly there was a loud 'whack-whack-whack' and I looked back to see the guide slapping the water with his fishing pole.» golpe fulminante = crushing blow .
Example: This was a crushing blow to European economies, which were already sinking into depression.» golpe mortal = mortal blow ; killer blow ; death blow .
Example: This ultimately resulted in a Supreme Court decision that supported the defendants, striking what the music industry claimed would be a 'mortal blow' to its livelihood. Example: Three times she tracked him down and fought him, only to be thwarted as he somehow evaded her killer blow and disappeared into the night. Example: Another employee said the plant's closure would be the death blow for the entire region.» golpe por detrás = rear end .
Example: A typical medical consequence of rear-ends, even in case of collisions at moderate speed, is whiplash.» golpe seco = flop ; plunk ; plonk .
Example: Brown cattle grazed under the trees and large green lizards basked by the roadside or fell with a resounding flop from a ledge into the ditch. Example: Then she picked up a stone off the sand and tossed it in the lake with a plunk. Example: Suddenly, sitting down with a plonk in her dining room, I felt certain at last that I knew what I had been looking for.» golpe sordo = plonk ; plunk .
Example: Suddenly, sitting down with a plonk in her dining room, I felt certain at last that I knew what I had been looking for. Example: Then she picked up a stone off the sand and tossed it in the lake with a plunk.» intento de golpe de estado = attempted coup ; coup attempt .
Example: Simon Mann, a former British army officer, has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for his role in an attempted coup in 2004. Example: The question of why some coup attempts fail while others succeed has never been asked, let alone answered.» introducir a golpes = hammer into .
Example: The punches were then hammered into small blocks of copper (matrices).» llevarse un golpe = cop + a whack .
Example: There was a time when copping a whack on the bottom was part and parcel of growing up as a child.» matar a golpes = batter + Nombre + to death ; knock + Nombre + dead .
Example: A paranoid husband battered his wife of 24 years to death with a lump hammer and then killed himself after becoming convinced she was having an affair. Example: The man whose name was given as Kwaku is believed to have been crossing the rail when a train knocked him dead.» matar de un golpe = knock + Nombre + dead .
Example: The man whose name was given as Kwaku is believed to have been crossing the rail when a train knocked him dead.» no dar golpe = not lift a finger .
Example: He doesn't lift a finger and pays off a bunch of technicians to make the equipment for him.» plantar con un golpe seco = plunk + Nombre + down .
Example: On impulse, she poured a second glass and plunked it down on the countertop next to the man.» poner con un golpe seco = plunk + Nombre + down ; plonk .
Example: On impulse, she poured a second glass and plunked it down on the countertop next to the man. Example: She plonked her head on the desk in apparent boredom = Con un golpe seco, dejó caer la cabeza sobre el escritorio por aburrimiento, aparentemente.» quitar con un golpe = knock off .
Example: If they stared up at the arbour of sheets of paper hanging from the cords attached to the ceiling, they knocked their hats off on the iron bars which braced the presses.» recibir un golpe = take + a hit ; take + a blow .
Example: We designed a secure -- and we will build it eventually -- computer room that was fireproof, tornado proof, and would take a hit from a single engine craft. Example: He took a blow to the head during a preseason game.» recobrarse de un golpe = lick + Posesivo + wounds ; nurse + a wound .
Example: The article 'Apple licks its online wounds comments on the demise of the Apple's online service, Eworld, and the transfer of its remnants on to the World Wide Web. Example: She's nursing a wound and she doesn't need somebody like you to add fuel to the fire.» sacar a golpes = punch out .
Example: Plates could be corrected: faulty letters were cut or punched out and pieces of type cut off below the face were soldered in their place.» tener un golpe de suerte = have + a stroke of luck .
Example: You can simply walk into a casino, have a stroke of luck and walk out a millionaire.» tentativa de golpe de estado = attempted coup ; coup attempt .
Example: Simon Mann, a former British army officer, has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for his role in an attempted coup in 2004. Example: The question of why some coup attempts fail while others succeed has never been asked, let alone answered.» tirar a Alguien al suelo de un golpe = knock + Nombre + to the floor ; knock + Nombre + to the ground .
Example: Several times the two clinched and vigorously pounded each other s heads and bodies, and finally Blade was again knocked to the floor. Example: Irish former minister Proinsias de Rossa was knocked to the ground after a public meeting in Dublin on Monday night, according to the Labour Party.» todo de (un) golpe = all at once .
Example: Best of all, you get all the cash all at once, no annuities, just one big fat lump sum!.» tomarse + Bebida + de un golpe = gulp + Bebida + down in one swig ; drink + Bebida + in one swig ; down + Bebida + in one swig .
Example: There I was sitting at the bar staring at my drink when a large, trouble-making biker steps up next to me, grabs my drink and gulps it down in one swig. Example: Traditionally, you are expected to drink the entire contents of the glass in one swig. Example: The woman downed it in one swig, wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, and sat down to play some cards.» tragarse de un golpe = gulp + Bebida + down in one swig .
Example: There I was sitting at the bar staring at my drink when a large, trouble-making biker steps up next to me, grabs my drink and gulps it down in one swig.» tumbar a Alguien al suelo de un golpe = knock + Nombre + to the floor ; knock + Nombre + to the ground .
Example: Several times the two clinched and vigorously pounded each other s heads and bodies, and finally Blade was again knocked to the floor. Example: Irish former minister Proinsias de Rossa was knocked to the ground after a public meeting in Dublin on Monday night, according to the Labour Party.» tumbar de un golpe = deck .
Example: I would seriously deck her but I'm too good for that and will only hit someone if they hit me first.» vivir sin dar golpe = live off + the fat of the land .
Example: Unless more of us refuse to be content to coast along, living off the fat of the land and leaving others to pay the tab, there is no guarantee that America will be a better place for our children than it was for us.» volver a la realidad de golpe = come down to + earth with a bump .
Example: The adrenaline rush that had propelled him through his frantic excavation took a while to wear off, but when it did he came down to earth with a bump.golpe2 = witticism ; witty remark ; quip.
Example: It uses humor rather than witticisms, and self-deprecation rather than deprecation of the professional field.Example: Youll never be short on a witty remark with a database of almost 180000 jokes.Example: His genius is sometimes most evident in his quips.