- desbandada
- f.1 breaking up, scattering.en desbandada in great disorder2 stampede, disbandment, rout.past part.past participle of spanish verb: desbandar.* * *desbandada► nombre femenino1 scattering■ hubo una desbandada general everybody scattered\FRASEOLOGÍAa la desbandada helter-skelter, in all directions* * *SF rush ( to get away )
hubo una desbandada general de turistas — there was a mass exodus of tourists
cuando empezó a llover hubo una desbandada general — when it started to rain everyone rushed for shelter
a la desbandada — in disorder
retirarse a la desbandada — to retreat in disorder
salir en desbandada — to run off o scatter in all directions
* * *femeninose produjo una desbandada de gente/pájaros — people ran off/birds flew off in all directions
salir en desbandada — to scatter, run off in all directions
* * *= stampede.Ex. Although most stampedes were associated with longhorn cattle, there were also Buffalo stampedes which were even more dangerous than cattle stampedes.----* huir en desbandada = stampede.* salir en desbandada = stampede.* * *femeninose produjo una desbandada de gente/pájaros — people ran off/birds flew off in all directions
salir en desbandada — to scatter, run off in all directions
* * *= stampede.Ex: Although most stampedes were associated with longhorn cattle, there were also Buffalo stampedes which were even more dangerous than cattle stampedes.
* huir en desbandada = stampede.* salir en desbandada = stampede.* * *desbandadafemininellegó la policía y se produjo una desbandada the police arrived and everyone scattered o people ran off in all directionsse produjo una desbandada de pájaros the birds flew off in all directionssalir en desbandada «personas» to scatter, run off in all directions/in confusion;«animales» to scatter, run off in all directionsel ejército enemigo salió en desbandada the enemy army scattered o was routed* * *
desbandada sustantivo femenino scattering: en cuanto pedí voluntarios para el trabajo, se produjo una desbandada general, as soon as I asked for volunteers for the job people disappeared in all directions
♦ Locuciones: en desbandada, in all directions o in disorder
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English:
stampede
* * *desbandada nf, RP desbande nm[huida desordenada] breaking up, scattering;el disparo provocó la desbandada de los pájaros the shot sent the birds flying in all directions;los atracadores huyeron en desbandada the assailants fled in disarray;se oyó una sirena de policía y hubo desbandada general a police siren was heard and everyone scattered* * *desbandadaf:a la desbandada in all directions;salir en desbandada scatter* * *desbandada nf: scattering, dispersal
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.