columpiarse

columpiarse

► verbo pronominal

1 to swing (de, on)

2 (al caminar) to swing one's hips

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VPR

1) [en columpio] to swing; [en mecedora] to rock

2) * (=meter la pata) to drop a clanger *

3) † (fig) to swing to and fro, seesaw

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= swing, slip up.

Ex. Sam loved to swing, but right now he was too busy jumping in puddles with his rainy day boots.

Ex. He knew that if he slipped up again, he could be shipped to a higher-security prison and lose many of his privileges.

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= swing, slip up.

Ex: Sam loved to swing, but right now he was too busy jumping in puddles with his rainy day boots.

Ex: He knew that if he slipped up again, he could be shipped to a higher-security prison and lose many of his privileges.

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■columpiarse verbo reflexivo
1 (en un columpio) to swing
2 (cometer un error) to slip up: me parece que te has columpiado a base de bien, I think you have put your foot in it
'columpiarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
columpiar
- hamacar
English:
seesaw
- swing

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vpr

1. [mecerse] to swing

2. Fam [equivocarse] to make a blunder, to put one's foot in it

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columpiarse

v/r swing

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vr

: to swing

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columpiarse vb to swing [pt. & pp. swung]