Vuelo in english
Flight
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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.vuelo = flight ; flight mission ; airflight.
Example: Cases keep discussion grounded on certain persistent facts that must be faced, and keep a realistic rein on airy flights of academic speculation.Example: The collection is composed of more than 400,000 prints and negatives from photographs taken during 1,258 separate flight missions, most of which were flown over California.Example: I have, on occasion, kept the vomit bag from my seat on an airflight to take home and give to a friend.more:
» al vuelo = on-the-fly .
Example: Command interpreters work in the same way as a simultaneous interpreter in a meeting, translating 'on-the-fly'.» alzar el vuelo = take + wing ; get off + the ground ; get off + the launching pad ; lift off + the launching pad ; be off the launching pad .
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. Example: From the beginning it has been a local service, originally funded from the rates, but it needed Carnegie grants to really get off the ground. Example: If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't -- belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad. Example: We got a short glimpse of a giant rocket lifting off the launching pad. Example: Once your idea is off the launching pad, don't close your eyes and hope for a safe landing.» a mitad del vuelo = mid-flight .
Example: The person sitting next to me was obviously a nervous flier and she had kittens when the locker above her flew open mid-flight!.» apto para el vuelo = 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.» autonomía de vuelo = flight range .
Example: Such aircraft was equipped with an auxiliary gas tank to increase its flight range without refueling.» auxiliar de vuelo = flight attendant ; flight steward ; cabin attendant .
Example: Representative job titles are commercial artist, computer operator, dental hygienist, wildlife manager, flight attendant, law enforcer, meteorologist, optometrist, and tuner. Example: The air hostess and/or flight steward (also referred to as cabin crew), are the first people to welcome passengers aboard an aircraft. Example: The cabin attendant shook her head mournfully and gruffly handed me a chickpea salad, bread roll and fruit salad.» azafata de vuelo = air hostess ; flight stewardess .
Example: Air hostesses can help passengers to remain calm and secure during take off. Example: Flight stewardesses are known for their glamour and elegance, partly because of their uniforms.» cabina de vuelo = cockpit .
Example: All technical processes that take place before, during and directly after the flight are taken down automatically by the flight recorder in the cockpit.» cancelar un vuelo = ground + a flight .
Example: Flights were back to normal yesterday after the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud returned to ground further flights from Exeter Airport.» cazarlas al vuelo = be quick on the uptake .
Example: Lauren is very quick on the uptake and picks up on everything going on around her but knows it doesn't pay to have loose lips.» coger al vuelo = catch + Nombre + in mid-air .
Example: They are expert at chasing small birds through trees and catching them in mid-air.» cogerlas al vuelo = be quick on the uptake .
Example: Lauren is very quick on the uptake and picks up on everything going on around her but knows it doesn't pay to have loose lips.» compañía de vuelos chárter = charter airline .
Example: Europe's charter airline sector appears to have weathered both the global airline slump and financial crisis of the early 1990s.» con vuelo = flowing .
Example: With his flowing white mane, lanky agility and subdued charisma, he was an unflappably aristocratic seducer.» cortarle los vuelos a Alguien = clip + Posesivo + wings .
Example: Since arthritis clipped her wings, she spends much of her time at home with a very patient husband, two cats and about five thousand books.» cubierta de vuelo = flight deck .
Example: Aircraft carriers are ships outfitted with flight decks to launch and land airplanes.» de altos vuelos = high-flying ; high-powered .
Example: I do have to add, however, that this rapid character drawing was a touch spoiled by the bathos of Slake's high-flying style. Example: This is a useful collection of essays, particularly for graduate students and high-powered undergraduates cutting their teeth on Aristotle.» diario de vuelo = logbook [log book] .
Example: The library is now the greatest treasure house of whaling fact and lore in the world with its collection of logbooks, maps, photographs, manuscripts and whaling gear = Ahora la biblioteca ahora es la mayor fuente inagotable del mundo de datos y tradiciones sobre la caza de ballenas con su colección de diarios de navegación, mapas, fotografías, manuscritos y herramientas para la caza de ballenas.» duración del vuelo = flying time .
Example: The quickest way to calculate flying time is by determining the difference between an arrival time and a departure time.» durante el vuelo = in-flight .
Example: Starting on Oct. 2nd, 2006, the in-flight Internet service will be free of charge.» echar las campanas al vuelo = celebrate ; shout + Nombre + from the rooftops ; break out + the champagne ; bring out + the champagne .
Example: Were we to allow ourselves to be enticed by it, we should be celebrating our Bicentennial by a return to the pre-Panizzi days in cataloging. Example: But it was too much for him; for instead of shouting it from the rooftops, he simply went home, thinking and marveling about what had taken place. Example: Africa is finally booming, but don't break out the champagne yet. Example: Before we bring out the champagne, we have to have at least 80 percent of the vote counted.» emprender el vuelo = take to + the sky .
Example: A new flying invention has been unveiled in the US, which could see humans take to the sky.» en el vuelo = in-flight .
Example: Starting on Oct. 2nd, 2006, the in-flight Internet service will be free of charge.» en mitad del vuelo = mid-flight .
Example: The person sitting next to me was obviously a nervous flier and she had kittens when the locker above her flew open mid-flight!.» en pleno vuelo = mid-flight .
Example: The person sitting next to me was obviously a nervous flier and she had kittens when the locker above her flew open mid-flight!.» en vuelo = aloft ; in-flight .
Example: The article 'aloft at last!: 'Operating Agreement' gets off the ground as ALA and its divisions reach compromise' reports on the 108th Annual Conference of the American Library Association (ALA). Example: Starting on Oct. 2nd, 2006, the in-flight Internet service will be free of charge.» espectáculo de vuelo = air show .
Example: A parachutist has had a lucky escape after his chute failed to open during an air show -- leaving a teammate to catch him in midair and bring him to safety.» exhibición de vuelo = air show .
Example: A parachutist has had a lucky escape after his chute failed to open during an air show -- leaving a teammate to catch him in midair and bring him to safety.» hacer que Algo levante el vuelo = get + Nombre + off the ground .
Example: Support is urgently needed to help get this program off the ground.» horario de vuelos = air timetable .
Example: The reference department contain quick reference material including street and trade directories, bus, train and air timetables, year-books, gazetteers, list of addresses, booklets, guide books, etc.» horas de vuelo = flying hours [Expresión usada generalmente en plural] .
Example: But now, it seems the 15 months spent crafting a plan to lessen pilots' flying hours, thus reducing the dangers of pilot fatigue, are about to become a reality.» iniciar el vuelo = take to + the sky .
Example: A new flying invention has been unveiled in the US, which could see humans take to the sky.» lanzar las campanas al vuelo = celebrate ; shout + Nombre + from the rooftops ; break out + the champagne ; bring out + the champagne .
Example: Were we to allow ourselves to be enticed by it, we should be celebrating our Bicentennial by a return to the pre-Panizzi days in cataloging. Example: But it was too much for him; for instead of shouting it from the rooftops, he simply went home, thinking and marveling about what had taken place. Example: Africa is finally booming, but don't break out the champagne yet. Example: Before we bring out the champagne, we have to have at least 80 percent of the vote counted.» levantar el vuelo = get off + the ground ; take + wing ; get off + the launching pad ; lift off + the launching pad ; be off the launching pad .
Example: From the beginning it has been a local service, originally funded from the rates, but it needed Carnegie grants to really get off the ground. 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. Example: If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't -- belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad. Example: We got a short glimpse of a giant rocket lifting off the launching pad. Example: Once your idea is off the launching pad, don't close your eyes and hope for a safe landing.» no presentado al vuelo = no-show .
Example: Such 'no-shows' will result in lost revenue if the flight departs with empty seats that might otherwise have been sold.» oír el vuelo de una mosca = hear a pin drop .
Example: The acoustics were so clear we could actually hear a pin drop.» perder un vuelo = miss + a flight .
Example: She missed her flight and her daughter went into panic mode when she didn't see her mom getting off the plane.» persona de altos vuelos = high flyer [high flier, -USA] .
Example: Having a firm strategy to train high-flyers is the only way to make sure that the public library ethos will survive at the top level.» personal de vuelo = flight crew .
Example: Today's flight and cabin crews are much different than they were during the early years of commercial aviation.» pescarlas al vuelo = be quick on the uptake .
Example: Lauren is very quick on the uptake and picks up on everything going on around her but knows it doesn't pay to have loose lips.» prohibir el despegue de un vuelo = ground + a flight .
Example: Flights were back to normal yesterday after the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud returned to ground further flights from Exeter Airport.» reservar un vuelo = book + a flight .
Example: Can't we do it before or after summer? Probably a lot cheaper and easier to book a flight for us Europeans.» simulador de vuelo = flight simulator .
Example: It covers simple approaches that use basic or no technology through projects on the scale of computer games and flight simulators.» tener altos vuelos = aim + high ; fly + high .
Example: Leaders think big and aim high, they don't set small goals, rather they set big, bold and challenging goals. 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'.» tiempo de vuelo = flying time .
Example: The quickest way to calculate flying time is by determining the difference between an arrival time and a departure time.» tripulación de vuelo = flight crew .
Example: Today's flight and cabin crews are much different than they were during the early years of commercial aviation.» vuelo barato = budget flight .
Example: However, short breaks and budget flights are exceptions to the general travel gloom.» vuelo chárter = charter flight .
Example: The concept is used to identify the differences in costs of operating charter flights to five different European destinations.» vuelo comercial = commercial flight .
Example: Efforts to train thousands of federal agents to protect commercial flights during heightened terror alerts have been abandoned.» vuelo de conexión = connecting flight .
Example: What's saved from lower-cost airline tickets can be more than offset by the income lost when travelers cool their heels for hours waiting for connecting flights.» vuelo de enlace = connecting flight .
Example: What's saved from lower-cost airline tickets can be more than offset by the income lost when travelers cool their heels for hours waiting for connecting flights.» vuelo de ida y vuelta = return flight [Más comúnmente usado en el inglés británico] .
Example: The grant includes the registration fee, accommodation, economy class return flight and travel insurance.» vuelo de larga distancia = long-haul flight ; long-haul flight .
Example: I think it's safe to say that few people enjoy long-haul flights. Example: I think it's safe to say that few people enjoy long-haul flights.» vuelo de prueba = test flight .
Example: A bomber plane was a total wreck when it crash-landed today returning from a test flight = Un bombardero quedó siniestro total al realizar un atterrizaje de emergencia hoy cuando volvía de un vuelo de pruebas.» vuelo en ala delta = hang-gliding .
Example: Hang-gliding and para-gliding are very popular sports around the Peak District, which has a number of favourable locations for these sports.» vuelo espacial = space flight .
Example: Image-enhancement methods, first developed for the improvement of pictures from space flights, can be applied for this purpose.» vuelo interior = domestic flight .
Example: By comparison, airline passengers in the USA numbered 418 million, of whom 393 million were on domestic flights.» vuelo internacional = international flight .
Example: For international flights, you will be met inside or just exiting the luggage claim area.» vuelo motorizado = powered flight .
Example: From the dawn of powered flight, all aircraft were powered by piston engines until August 27, 1939, when the first gas turbine engine took to the air.» vuelo nacional = domestic flight .
Example: By comparison, airline passengers in the USA numbered 418 million, of whom 393 million were on domestic flights.» vuelo nocturno = night flight .
Example: The Government was going to court today in a bid to overturn a legal ruling which could ban all night flights in the UK.» vuelo sin escalas = non-stop flight .
Example: The El Paso International Airport wants to lure more non-stop flights to and from other cities, and they want to use some incentives to do it.» vuelo tripulado = manned flight .
Example: For example, 629.1388 in DC has to house all documents on Astronautics documents on Instrumentation, Earth satellites, Monkeys in space, manned flights, and so on.