chorrear

v.

1 to drip (gotear) (gota a gota).

estar chorreando to be soaking o wringing wet (estar empapado)

Esta vieja cafetera chorrea demasiado This old coffeepot drips too much.

María chorreó la leche Mary poured the milk.

2 to spurt or gush (out).

3 to steal, to rob. (River Plate)

4 to besprinkle, to bedabble, to stain.

Ricardo chorreó su camisa preferida Richard besprinkled his favorite shirt.

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chorrear

► verbo intransitivo

1 (caer a chorro) to spout, gush, spurt

2 (gotear) to drip

■ le chorrea el pelo her hair is dripping wet

3 familiar (ir sin interrupción) to flow

■ los escándalos chorrean scandals are pouring out one after the other

► verbo transitivo

1 (echar) to drip

■ la herida chorreaba sangre blood was pouring from the wound

■ la brocha chorrea pintura the brush is dripping with paint

2 familiar (abroncar) to tick off, give a dressing-down to

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar chorreando familiar to be dripping wet, be soaking 2 (de sudor) to pour with sweat, be dripping with sweat

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verb

1) to drip

2) pour

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1. VI

1) (=salir a chorros) to gush (out), spout

la sangre le chorreaba por la frente — blood was gushing (out) o spouting from his forehead

estar chorreando de sudor — to be dripping with sweat

2) (=gotear) to drip

la ropa chorrea todavía — the clothes are still dripping water o wringing wet

3) [dinero] to trickle in, come in in dribs and drabs

chorrean todavía las solicitudes — applications are still trickling in o coming in in dribs and drabs

2. VT

1) (Mil) * (=regañar) to tick off *, dress down *

2) (=verter) to pour

3) Cono Sur (=robar) to pinch *

4) And (=mojar) to soak

3.

See:

chorrearse

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1.

verbo intransitivo to drip

las sábanas todavía están chorreando — the sheets are still dripping wet

llegó chorreando de sudor — she arrived dripping with sweat

la sangre le chorreaba de la nariz — blood was pouring from his nose

2.

chorrear vt

1) (AmL fam) (manchar)

el mantel está todo chorreado de café — the tablecloth is covered in coffee stains

2) (Col, RPl arg) (robar) to swipe (colloq)

3.

chorrearse v pron

1) (refl) (CS, Per fam) (mancharse)

cuidado con chorrearte — mind you don't get it all over yourself

2) (Col, RPl arg) (robar) to swipe (colloq)

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= trickle, drip.

Ex. Data buffers receive data from the computer and let it 'trickle through' to the printer at the appropriate speed, thus freeing the computer for the next task.

Ex. The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.

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1.

verbo intransitivo to drip

las sábanas todavía están chorreando — the sheets are still dripping wet

llegó chorreando de sudor — she arrived dripping with sweat

la sangre le chorreaba de la nariz — blood was pouring from his nose

2.

chorrear vt

1) (AmL fam) (manchar)

el mantel está todo chorreado de café — the tablecloth is covered in coffee stains

2) (Col, RPl arg) (robar) to swipe (colloq)

3.

chorrearse v pron

1) (refl) (CS, Per fam) (mancharse)

cuidado con chorrearte — mind you don't get it all over yourself

2) (Col, RPl arg) (robar) to swipe (colloq)

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= trickle, drip.

Ex: Data buffers receive data from the computer and let it 'trickle through' to the printer at the appropriate speed, thus freeing the computer for the next task.

Ex: The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.

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chorrear [A1 ]

vi

to drip

ten cuidado, que esa tetera chorrea be careful, that teapot drips

las sábanas todavía están chorreando the sheets are still dripping wet

tengo el pelo chorreando my hair is soaking wet

llegó chorreando de sudor she arrived dripping with sweat

la sangre le chorreaba por la nariz blood was pouring from his nose

■ chorrear

vt

A

1

(gotear): las sábanas chorrean agua the sheets are dripping wet

esta pluma está chorreando tinta this pen's leaking

chorreaba sudor he was dripping with sweat

2

(AmL fam) (manchar): el mantel está todo chorreado de café the tablecloth is covered in coffee stains

tienes el abrigo chorreado de pintura you've got paint all over your coat

B (Col, RPl arg) (robar) to filch (colloq), to swipe (colloq)

■ chorrearse

v pron

A (refl)

(CS, Per fam) (mancharse): cuidado con chorrearte mind you don't spill o get it all over yourself

B (Col, RPl arg) (robar) to swipe (colloq), to filch (colloq)

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chorrear (conjugate chorrear) verbo intransitivo
to drip;

◊ estaba chorreando (muy mojado) it was dripping wet;

chorreando de sudor dripping with sweat;
la sangre le chorreaba de la nariz blood was pouring from his nose
verbo transitivo
1 (AmL fam) (manchar):

◊ chorreado de café covered in coffee stains

2 (Col, RPl arg) (robar) to swipe (colloq)
chorrearse verbo pronominal (refl) (CS, Per fam) (mancharse):

◊ cuidado con chorrearte mind you don't get it all over yourself

chorrear
I verbo intransitivo
1 to drip, trickle
familiar estoy chorreando de sudor, I'm pouring with sweat
2 fam (estar empapado) to be soaked: traigo los zapatos chorreando, my shoes are dripping wet
II verbo transitivo to flow out: el jamón chorreaba grasa, the ham was oozing with grease

'chorrear' also found in these entries:
English:
spurt
- drip

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chorrear

♦ vi

1. [gotear] [gota a gota] to drip;

[en un hilo] to trickle;

estar chorreando [estar empapado] to be soaking o wringing wet;

esa cafetera chorrea that coffee pot leaks;

el helado le chorreaba por la cara he had ice cream running down his face

2. [brotar] to spurt o gush (out)

3. RP Fam [robar] to pinch, Br to nick;

chorrear algo a alguien to pinch o Br nick sth off sb

♦ vt

1. [sujeto: prenda] to drip;

[sujeto: persona] to drip with;

ese tubo chorrea aceite that pipe drips oil;

acabó la carrera chorreando sudor he was dripping with sweat when he finished the race

2. CSur [derramar] to spill

♦ See also the pronominal verb chorrearse

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chorrear

v/i

1 gush out, stream out

2 (gotear) drip

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chorrear vi

1) : to drip

2) : to pour out, to gush out

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chorrear vb

1. to pour

la herida chorreaba sangre blood was pouring from the wound

2. to be dripping

estás chorreando you're dripping wet

estoy chorreando de sudor I'm dripping with sweat