Volar in english
Fly
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volar1 = fly ; take to + the sky.
Example: For example, pilots flying on international routes sometimes have problems in understanding weather reports spoken in English but with a heavy local accent.Example: A new flying invention has been unveiled in the US, which could see humans take to the sky.more:
» apto para volar = airworthy .
Example: His men were battle-tested and airworthy, but none had experienced a ride like this -- several of them had already tossed their cookies and the cabin reeked of vomit.» condición de estar apto para volar = airworthiness .
Example: This article describes how traditional task analysis was used to understand the work processes associated with the Federal Aviation Administration, USA, airworthiness inspection activities.» echar a volar = take + flight ; take + wing .
Example: The article 'ALA campaign takes flight @ the local level' reports on a five year public education programme sponsored by the American Library Association to promote all types of libraries throughout the USA. Example: Unfortunately, he did not live long enough to see his company start to blossom -- his vision was only just starting to take wing when he died in 1900.» el tiempo vuela = time flies (by) ; Tempus Fugit .
Example: Why is it that when were are having fun, time flies by, but when we are at work, time creeps by? = ¿Por qué ocurre que cuando nos estamos divirtiendo, el tiempo vuela, pero cuando estamos trabajando se nos hace una eternidad?. Example: As you go through the day, try to reflect on the Latin phrase 'tempus fugit' and see how and when your time flies = Conforme pasa el día, intenta reflexionar sobre la frase latina el tiempo vuela y observa cómo y cuándo sucede.» el tiempo vuela cuando te diviertes = time flies when you're having fun .
Example: 'A watched pot never boils' and, conversely, 'time flies when you're having fun' nicely capture the observation that the degree of attention paid to the passing of time contributes to its subjective duration = "El que espera desespera" y, lo opuesto, "el tiempo vuela cuando te diviertes" refleja bien la idea de que el grado de atención que se presta al paso del tiempo contribuye a su duración subjetiva.» el tiempo vuela cuando te lo pasas bien = time flies when you're having fun .
Example: 'A watched pot never boils' and, conversely, 'time flies when you're having fun' nicely capture the observation that the degree of attention paid to the passing of time contributes to its subjective duration = "El que espera desespera" y, lo opuesto, "el tiempo vuela cuando te diviertes" refleja bien la idea de que el grado de atención que se presta al paso del tiempo contribuye a su duración subjetiva.» en condiciones de volar = airworthy .
Example: His men were battle-tested and airworthy, but none had experienced a ride like this -- several of them had already tossed their cookies and the cabin reeked of vomit.» escuchar las moscas volar = hear a pin drop .
Example: The acoustics were so clear we could actually hear a pin drop.» hacer volar una cometa = fly + a kite .
Example: There are hardly any better things to do than flying a kite in a wide, open field with the warm breeze.» ir que volar = go + great guns ; do + great guns ; go + swimmingly ; fly + high .
Example: He said the growth in enrollment in health professions programs continues 'going great guns'. Example: She is doing great guns and has turned in some fantastic work which really shows she's understanding what she's researching and learning. Example: She responded, all a-flutter, that it was going swimmingly as she had just come face-to-face with one of her hero's. Example: The team took a while to get into the flow of things but have been gaining steam and are now flying high, after winning six of their last seven outings.» ir volando = hot-foot it to .
Example: Read on for 10 eco-friendly things that you can do with lemons, then hot-foot it to your local farmers' market to stock up.» las malas noticias vuelan = no news is good news .
Example: No news is good news, in this case meaning there is no new clot in her lungs.» los pájaros del mismo plumaje vuelan juntos = birds of a feather flock together .
Example: I have always believed that, as the old sayings go, 'You are known by the company you keep', 'Birds of a feather flock together', 'Lie down with dogs and you get fleas', etc, etc.» más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando = a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush .
Example: Going by the idiom 'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush' is not likely to be a successful strategy in an increasingly competitive environment.» miedo a volar = fear of flying .
Example: It's not a new phobia, aviophobia, but a fear of flying can take over lives meaning holidays and business trips abroad are out of the question.» pasar volando = zip + past ; whiz(z) ; whiz(z) by ; fly by ; fly + past ; shoot + past .
Example: She abruptly jumped back as a car zipped past. Example: Scientist say that the mystery object from space that whizzed close by Earth yesterday was quite possibly an alien probe sent from another planet to study Earth. Example: It actually brought me to tears to feel as though my life has been whizzing by and I haven't taken the time to stop and ponder what it is all for. Example: The year really flew by, and things have already started picking back up in the last few weeks or so after the winter. Example: I was wrong on all counts -- the fourteen days flew past and attendance at all sessions, day and evening remained strong right to the end. Example: She checked the mirror as she shot past a minivan and two cars, the needle of her speedometer twenty miles over the speed limit.» que vuela bajo = low-flying .
Example: Shipments of these goods arrive on caravans that travel on moonless nights to evade the searchlights of low-flying helicopters.» salir volando = bolt ; make + a bolt for ; dash off ; shoot off ; be off like a shot ; take off like + a shot ; go off like + a shot ; zoom off (to) ; fly off ; dart out (of) .
Example: These are some of the shots I took before the heavens opened and we bolted for the car. Example: Most birds, faced with a predator, will make a bolt for safety, even if it means abandoning any eggs or chicks in its nest. Example: One at a time a bird lands, picks out a fat sunflower seed and then dashes off. Example: The witness said that the cockpit of the ill-fated Boeing 737 shot off 'like a meteorite' when the plane hit the ground on its belly. Example: I'm sure if you were offered a much better salary in the private sector, you'd be off like a shot. Example: Fenced in yards are a must, as he will take off like a shot after cats, squirrels, rabbits, bikes, and even cars. Example: But he went off like a shot and gradually passed everybody and finally, in the rain, passed Prost to win the race. Example: Winnie decides she needs a seaside break, so she and Wilbur zoom off to the coast. Example: In fact, compact vehicles are flying off dealer lots at a clip not seen since the gas price hike during the summer of 2008. Example: It was there that my husband about jumped out of his skin when he saw a shadowy figure suddenly dart out of the kitchen.» salir volando por la ventana = fly out (of) + the window .
Example: Don't you hate it when your beanie flies out the window on the freeway.» volar alto = fly + high .
Example: If Mimi could have a final wish to her family and friends it would be, 'think of me as a girl that wants to fly high, shine bright, and make every second count'.» volar con ala delta = hang-glide .
Example: He has camel trekked the Sahara Desert in Northern Africa, learned to bullfight in Spain and hang-glided from the cliffs of Rio de Janeiro.» volar del nido = fly + the nest ; leave + the nest ; fly + the coop .
Example: The term 'family nest' was used in the 1960s by researchers to describe an empty nest from which all of the children had flown leaving the parents lonely or sad. Example: The senior year in high school is shadowed by anxiety about getting into college and about leaving the 'nest' for the unknown. Example: By January 2010 I had flown the coop and escaped the clutches of winter.» volar en el aire = fly in + the air .
Example: Four performers tied to bungees swing, droop and fly in the air in ways that defy gravity.» volar una cometa = fly + a kite .
Example: There are hardly any better things to do than flying a kite in a wide, open field with the warm breeze.volar2 = blast.
Example: By blasting the face of the falls and excavating an underground cavern, the utility company channeled water through pipes to turbines at the base of the falls.more:
» hacer volar por los aires = blow + Nombre + sky high .
Example: This is all that can be done at this point to prevent the current violence from blowing sky-high, destabilising the region, and sending oil prices into the stratosphere.» hacer volar pos las nubes = blow + Nombre + sky high .
Example: This is all that can be done at this point to prevent the current violence from blowing sky-high, destabilising the region, and sending oil prices into the stratosphere.» volar con dinamita = dynamite .
Example: In some cases they dynamited homes with the families inside.» volarle la tapa de los sesos a Alguien = blow + Posesivo + head off .
Example: My aunt's asshole exhusband blew his head off this weekend.