flotar

v.

1 to float.

2 to hang, to hover.

3 to float (economics).

hacer flotar una divisa to float a currency

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flotar

► verbo intransitivo

1 to float

2 (ondear) to wave, flutter

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verb

to float

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VI

1) [en líquido] to float

2) [bandera] to flutter

flotar al viento — [cabello] to stream in the wind

3) (Econ) to float

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verbo intransitivo

a) (en un líquido) to float

b) (en el aire) partículas/polen to float; perfume to waft

c) (Econ, Fin) moneda to float

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= float.

Ex. And there is more to be gained from an imaginary nineteenth-century boy floating down the Mississippi on a raft with a fleeing black slave than a good deal of everyday, 'direct' experience can give.

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* sentirse como flotando en las nubes = float on + air.

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verbo intransitivo

a) (en un líquido) to float

b) (en el aire) partículas/polen to float; perfume to waft

c) (Econ, Fin) moneda to float

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= float.

Ex: And there is more to be gained from an imaginary nineteenth-century boy floating down the Mississippi on a raft with a fleeing black slave than a good deal of everyday, 'direct' experience can give.

* sentirse como flotando en las nubes = float on + air.

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flotar [A1 ]

vi

1 (en un líquido) to float

2 (en el aire) «partículas/polen» to float; «perfume» to waft

con sus cabellos flotando al viento with her hair floating in the wind

el interrogante flotaba en el aire the question hung in the air

3 (Econ, Fin) «moneda» to float

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flotar (conjugate flotar) verbo intransitivo
to float
flotar verbo intransitivo to float
'flotar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
nadar
English:
float
- sail
- hang
- swim
- tread

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flotar

♦ vt

Econ to float

♦ vi

1. [en líquido] to float;

el aceite flota en el agua oil floats on water

2. [en el aire] to float

3. [desconfianza, tensión] to hang, to hover

4. Econ to float;

hacer flotar una divisa to float a currency

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flotar

v/i float

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flotar vi

: to float

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flotar vb to float