parpadear

v.

1 to blink (ojos).

Ricardo parpadeó en la luz Richard blinked in the light.

2 to flicker, to gutter, to twinkle, to quiver.

Las candelas parpadearon en la noche The candles flickered in the night.

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parpadear

► verbo intransitivo

1 (ojos) to blink, wink

2 (luz) to flicker, twinkle

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verb

to blink

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VI [ojos] to blink; [luz] to flicker; [estrella] to twinkle

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verbo intransitivo

a) persona to blink; ojo to blink, twitch

me miró sin parpadear — she stared at me without blinking

b) luz to blink, flicker; estrellas to twinkle

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= blink.

Ex. A machine will be considerably faster, and Supercalc, for example, simply 'blinks' and the calculation is done.

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verbo intransitivo

a) persona to blink; ojo to blink, twitch

me miró sin parpadear — she stared at me without blinking

b) luz to blink, flicker; estrellas to twinkle

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= blink.

Ex: A machine will be considerably faster, and Supercalc, for example, simply 'blinks' and the calculation is done.

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parpadear [A1 ]

vi

1 «persona» to blink; «ojo» to blink, twitch

me miró sin parpadear she stared at me without blinking

me parpadea el ojo izquierdo my left eye keeps blinking o twitching, I have a twitch in my left eye

2 «luz» to blink, flicker; «estrellas» to twinkle

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parpadear (conjugate parpadear) verbo intransitivo

a) [persona/ojo] to blink

b) [luz] to flicker;

[estrellas] to twinkle
parpadear verbo intransitivo
1 (pestañear) to blink
2 fig (una bombilla, las estrellas) to flicker
'parpadear' also found in these entries:
English:
blink
- flicker
- wink

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parpadear vi

1. [pestañear] to blink

2. [luz] to flicker;

[estrella] to twinkle

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parpadear

v/i

1 de persona blink

2 de luz, llama flicker

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parpadear vi

1) : to blink

2) : to flicker

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parpadear vb (ojos) to blink