- aletear
- v.to flap its wings (ave).* * *aletear► verbo intransitivo1 (ave) to flutter, flap its wings2 (pez) to move its fins3 (persona) to wave one's arms about* * *VI [ave] to flutter, flap its wings; [pez] to move its fins; [persona] to wave one's arms* * *verbo intransitivo pájaro/gallina to flap its wings; mariposa to flutter its wings* * *= flutter.Ex. Above the columns, weighing a total of 37000 kgs, is the impressive draping, decorated with festoons that seem to flutter in the breeze.* * *verbo intransitivo pájaro/gallina to flap its wings; mariposa to flutter its wings* * *= flutter.
Ex: Above the columns, weighing a total of 37000 kgs, is the impressive draping, decorated with festoons that seem to flutter in the breeze.
* * *aletear [A1 ]vila gallina aleteaba the hen was flapping its wings* * *
aletear (conjugate aletear) verbo intransitivo [pájaro/gallina] to flap its wings;
[mariposa] to flutter its wings
aletear verbo intransitivo to flutter o flap the wings
'aletear' also found in these entries:
English:
flap
* * *aletear viel pájaro aleteó [con rapidez] the bird fluttered its wings;[con lentitud] the bird flapped its wings* * *aletearv/i flap one’s wings
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.