brincar

v.

1 to skip (about).

brincar de alegría to jump for joy

está que brinca (figurative) he's hopping mad (enfadado) (peninsular Spanish)

2 to jump, to hop, to spring, to leap.

El canguro brinca The kangaroo jumps.

3 to jump over, to jump.

María brinca el agujero Mary jumps over the hole.

4 to jump in front of.

El sapo le brincó a Ricardo The toad jumped in front of Richard.

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brincar

Conjugation model [SACAR], like {{link=sacar}}sacar

► verbo intransitivo

1 (cabra etc) to skip; (pájaro) to hop; (persona) to leap, bound

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FRASEOLOGÍA

brincar de alegría to jump for joy

estar alguien que brinca to be hopping mad

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verb

to jump around

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1.

VT [+ pasaje] [en lectura] to skip, miss out

2. VI

1) esp LAm (=saltar) [niño] to jump (up and down); [con un solo pie] to hop; [cordero] to skip about, gambol

- está que brinca

- brincar de cólera

2) (=rebotar) to bounce

3.

See:

brincarse

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1.

verbo intransitivo niño to jump up and down; cordero to gambol, skip around; liebre to hop

2.

brincar vt (Méx) <valla/obstáculo> to jump

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= skip.

Ex. The article 'Hop, skip, and jump' reviews the range of specialist browsing tools available to beginners for navigating the World Wide Web.

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1.

verbo intransitivo niño to jump up and down; cordero to gambol, skip around; liebre to hop

2.

brincar vt (Méx) <valla/obstáculo> to jump

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= skip.

Ex: The article 'Hop, skip, and jump' reviews the range of specialist browsing tools available to beginners for navigating the World Wide Web.

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brincar [A2 ]

vi

«niño» to jump up and down; «cordero» to gambol, skip around

brincar de alegría to jump for joy, leap with joy

está que brinca (fam); she's hopping mad (colloq)

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brincar (conjugate brincar) verbo intransitivo [niño] to jump up and down;
[cordero] to gambol, skip around;
[liebre] to hop;

◊ brincar de alegría to jump for joy

verbo transitivo (Méx) ‹valla/obstáculo› to jump
brincar verbo intransitivo to skip

'brincar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cojo
- saltar
English:
cavort
- jig
- skip
- caper
- hop
- jump
- leapfrog
- prance

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brincar vi

1. [saltar] to skip (about);

brincar de alegría to jump for joy;

Esp Fam

está que brinca [enfadado] he's hopping mad

2. Ven Fam [pagar] to cough up

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brincar

v/i jump up and down

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brincar {72} vi

1) saltar: to jump around, to leap about

2) : to frolic, to gambol

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brincar vb to jump