desplazarse

desplazarse

► verbo pronominal

1 to travel

■ tiene que desplazarse a Barcelona cada día he has to commute to Barcelona every day

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VPR

1) [objeto] to move, shift

2) [persona, vehículo] to go, travel

tiene que desplazarse 25km todos los días — he has to travel 25km every day

el avión se desplaza a más de 1500km/h — the aircraft travels at more than 1500km/h

3) [votos, opinión] to shift, swing

se ha desplazado un 4% de los votos — there has been a swing of 4% in the voting

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(v.) = move about, travel, travel + distance, cruise, get around, trek

Ex. As the scientist of the future moves about the laboratory or the field, every time he looks at something worthy of the record, he trips the shutter and in it goes.

Ex. Each packet includes the address of the final destination, and the packets travel separately, perhaps taking different routes through the network.

Ex. Most people find problems in travelling any distance for information.

Ex. The system also has an add-on, which allows users with low vision to cruise the Internet using a low vision interface.

Ex. The main reasons for non use were reported as being: not enough time to read (46 per cent); lack of confidence in how to use the library (5 per cent); unable to drive (4 percent); unable to get around (2 per cent); sight or hearing too poor (less than 1 per cent).

Ex. It makes sound sense to house all materials on the same subject together so that the information seeker needs to go to one place only rather than trek to half a dozen different areas to discover the books, pamphlets, periodicals, portfolios, cassettes and slides on his chosen subject.

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(v.) = move about, travel, travel + distance, cruise, get around, trek

Ex: As the scientist of the future moves about the laboratory or the field, every time he looks at something worthy of the record, he trips the shutter and in it goes.

Ex: Each packet includes the address of the final destination, and the packets travel separately, perhaps taking different routes through the network.

Ex: Most people find problems in travelling any distance for information.

Ex: The system also has an add-on, which allows users with low vision to cruise the Internet using a low vision interface.

Ex: The main reasons for non use were reported as being: not enough time to read (46 per cent); lack of confidence in how to use the library (5 per cent); unable to drive (4 percent); unable to get around (2 per cent); sight or hearing too poor (less than 1 per cent).

Ex: It makes sound sense to house all materials on the same subject together so that the information seeker needs to go to one place only rather than trek to half a dozen different areas to discover the books, pamphlets, periodicals, portfolios, cassettes and slides on his chosen subject.

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■desplazarse verbo reflexivo
1 (moverse) to move
(viajar) to travel
2 (la intención, el voto) to swing
'desplazarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acercarse
- correrse
- acelerar
- desplazar
- ir
- movilizar
English:
move
- move about
- move around
- scroll
- travel
- about
- get
- rev

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vpr

1. [viajar] to travel;

se desplazó hasta el lugar del accidente en helicóptero he travelled to the site of the accident by helicopter;

para desplazarse por Londres, lo mejor es el metro the best way to get around London is on the underground

2. [moverse] to move

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desplazarse

v/r

1 (moverse) move

2 travel

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desplazarse vb to go / to travel [pt. & pp. travelled]

me desplazo al centro en metro I travel into the centre by underground