precipitación

f.

1 precipitation, hurry, rush, suddenness.

2 atmospheric precipitation, rainfall, falling of rain, precipitation.

3 hastiness, overeagerness, overeagerness to act, precipitation.

4 precipitation, unwise hurry.

5 sediment, precipitation.

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precipitación

► nombre femenino

1 (prisa) rush, haste, hurry

2 METEREOLOGÍA precipitation, rainfall

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FRASEOLOGÍA

con precipitación hastily

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SF

1) [al hacer algo] (=prisa) haste; (=imprudencia) rashness

con precipitación — hastily, precipitately frm

2) (Meteo) rainfall, precipitation frm

precipitaciones abundantes — heavy rainfall

precipitaciones débiles — light rain

abundantes precipitaciones de nieve — heavy snow

3) (Quím) precipitation

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femenino

1) (prisa) rush, hurry

lo hizo con mucha precipitación — she did it in a rush o hurry

no hace falta tanta precipitación — there's no need to rush o hurry

2) (Meteo) precipitation (frml)

habrá precipitaciones débiles — there will be some light rain (o snow etc)

cielo nuboso, con alguna precipitación — overcast with occasional showers

3) (Quím) precipitation

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= abruptness, haste, rush, precipitation, prematurity.

Ex. Then, with a kind of energetic abruptness, Bough said that they could try to build a case for keeping the budget intact.

Ex. Capital funding usually took the form of end-of-year 'windfalls' needing to be spent in hectic haste necessitating hurried decision making.

Ex. It is also a good time to stand back and take a look at 'what technology hath wrought' and some of the issues involved in our rush towards standardization on the national and international levels.

Ex. Find information on acid rain or precipitation and its effects on national parks.

Ex. The most likely causes of brain damage among low birthweight infants are prematurity and infections, not oxygen starvation.

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* con precipitación = rashly.

* índice de precipitación = rainfall figure.

* precipitación de última hora = last-minute rush.

* precipitaciones = rainfall.

* vaso de precipitaciones = beaker.

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femenino

1) (prisa) rush, hurry

lo hizo con mucha precipitación — she did it in a rush o hurry

no hace falta tanta precipitación — there's no need to rush o hurry

2) (Meteo) precipitation (frml)

habrá precipitaciones débiles — there will be some light rain (o snow etc)

cielo nuboso, con alguna precipitación — overcast with occasional showers

3) (Quím) precipitation

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= abruptness, haste, rush, precipitation, prematurity.

Ex: Then, with a kind of energetic abruptness, Bough said that they could try to build a case for keeping the budget intact.

Ex: Capital funding usually took the form of end-of-year 'windfalls' needing to be spent in hectic haste necessitating hurried decision making.

Ex: It is also a good time to stand back and take a look at 'what technology hath wrought' and some of the issues involved in our rush towards standardization on the national and international levels.

Ex: Find information on acid rain or precipitation and its effects on national parks.

Ex: The most likely causes of brain damage among low birthweight infants are prematurity and infections, not oxygen starvation.

* con precipitación = rashly.

* índice de precipitación = rainfall figure.

* precipitación de última hora = last-minute rush.

* precipitaciones = rainfall.

* vaso de precipitaciones = beaker.

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precipitación

feminine

A (prisa) rush, hurry

lo hizo con tanta precipitación que era normal que se equivocara she did it in such a rush o hurry that she was bound to make a mistake

no hace falta tanta precipitación, tenemos tiempo de sobra there's no need to rush o hurry, we've got plenty of time

B (Meteo) precipitation (frml)

habrá precipitaciones débiles en el norte there will be some light rain ( o snow etc) in the north

cielo nuboso, con alguna precipitación overcast with occasional showers

Compuesto:

precipitación pluvial

rain

C (Quím) precipitation

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precipitación sustantivo femenino
1 (prisa) rush, hurry;

◊ lo hizo con mucha precipitación she did it in a rush o hurry

2 (Meteo) rainfall;

◊ la precipitación mensual the monthly rainfall;

habrá precipitaciones débiles there will be some light rain
precipitación sustantivo femenino
1 (prisa) hurry, haste
2 Meteor (de lluvia) rainfall, (de nieve) snowfall
3 Quím precipitation
'precipitación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
impetuosidad
English:
haste
- mean
- precipitation
- rainfall
- rashness
- hastily

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precipitación

♦ nf

1. [apresuramiento] haste;

actuaron con precipitación they acted hastily

2. Quím precipitation

♦ precipitaciones nfpl

[lluvia] rain, Espec precipitation;

precipitaciones en forma de nieve snow;

intervalos nubosos con precipitaciones ocasionales scattered cloud with occasional showers

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precipitación

f

1 (prisa) hurry, haste

2

:

precipitaciones pl rain sg

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precipitación nf, pl -ciones

1) prisa: haste, hurry, rush

2) : precipitation, rain, snow