precipitar

v.

1 to throw or hurl down.

2 to hasten, to speed up.

3 to precipitate (chemistry).

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precipitar

► verbo transitivo

1 (apresurar) to rush; (adelantar) to bring forward

2 QUÍMICA to precipitate

3 (lanzar) to push, throw

► verbo pronominal precipitarse

1 (apresurarse) to rush, be hasty

2 (caer) to fall; (arrojarse) to throw os

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1. VT

1) (=arrojar) to hurl down, throw (desde from)

2) (=apresurar) to hasten, precipitate frm

aquello precipitó su salida — that affair hastened o frm precipitated his departure

la dimisión precipitó la crisis — her resignation brought on o frm precipitated the crisis

no precipitemos los acontecimientos — let's not rush things

3) (Quím) to precipitate

2.

See:

precipitarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) (acelerar) crisis/incidente to hasten, precipitate (frml)

no precipites los acontecimientos — don't rush things

2) (lanzar, arrojar)

lo precipitó al vacío — she pushed him out of the window (o over the cliff etc)

3) (Quím) to precipitate

2.

precipitarse v pron

1) (en decisión, juicio)

no te precipites — don't rush into anything, don't be hasty

te precipitaste juzgándolo así — you were rash to judge him like that

2) (apresurarse) to rush

precipitarse A + INF — to rush to + inf

precipitarse hacia algo — to rush toward(s) something

el coche se precipitó contra el muro — the car hurtled into the wall

3)

a) (caer) to plunge

el coche se precipitó por el acantilado — the car plunged over the cliff

b) (refl) (arrojarse) to throw oneself

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= precipitate.

Ex. What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.

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* no precipitarse = keep + a cool head, play it + cool.

* precipitarse = plunge into, rush ahead, plunge into, gallop, rush, fall off, career, jump + the gun, careen, stampede.

* precipitarse al vacío = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.

* precipitarse en masa a = swarm (into/in).

* precipitarse por = crash through.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) (acelerar) crisis/incidente to hasten, precipitate (frml)

no precipites los acontecimientos — don't rush things

2) (lanzar, arrojar)

lo precipitó al vacío — she pushed him out of the window (o over the cliff etc)

3) (Quím) to precipitate

2.

precipitarse v pron

1) (en decisión, juicio)

no te precipites — don't rush into anything, don't be hasty

te precipitaste juzgándolo así — you were rash to judge him like that

2) (apresurarse) to rush

precipitarse A + INF — to rush to + inf

precipitarse hacia algo — to rush toward(s) something

el coche se precipitó contra el muro — the car hurtled into the wall

3)

a) (caer) to plunge

el coche se precipitó por el acantilado — the car plunged over the cliff

b) (refl) (arrojarse) to throw oneself

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= precipitate.

Ex: What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.

* no precipitarse = keep + a cool head, play it + cool.

* precipitarse = plunge into, rush ahead, plunge into, gallop, rush, fall off, career, jump + the gun, careen, stampede.

* precipitarse al vacío = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.

* precipitarse en masa a = swarm (into/in).

* precipitarse por = crash through.

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precipitar [A1 ]

vt

A (acelerar, apresurar) to hasten, precipitate (frml)

no precipites los acontecimientos don't rush things

aquellos incidentes precipitaron la caída del régimen those incidents precipitated o hastened the downfall of the regime

B

(lanzar, arrojar): lo precipitó al vacío she pushed him into space, she pushed him out of the window ( o over the cliff etc)

C (Quím) to precipitate

■ precipitarse

v pron

A

(en una decisión, un juicio): no te precipites, piénsalo bien don't rush into anything o don't be hasty, think about it carefully

te precipitaste juzgándolo así you were rash to judge him like that

B (apresurarse) to rush precipitarse A + INF to rush to + INF

el camarero se precipitó a abrirnos la puerta the waiter rushed to open the door for us

la muchedumbre se precipitó hacia la salida de emergencia the crowd rushed toward(s) the emergency exit

el coche se precipitó a toda velocidad contra el muro the car hurtled into the wall at full speed

los acontecimientos se precipitaron y tuve que emprender viaje inmediatamente things happened very quickly o I was overtaken by events and I had to set off immediately

C

1 (caer) to plunge

2 (refl) (arrojarse) to throw oneself

se precipitó al vacío desde un noveno piso he threw himself from the ninth floor

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precipitar verbo transitivo
1 (una acción, un acontecimiento) to hurry, rush
2 (un objeto) to throw, hurl
3 Quím to precipitate
'precipitar' also found in these entries:
English:
precipitate

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precipitar

♦ vt

1. [arrojar] to throw o hurl down

2. [acelerar] to hasten, to speed up;

su dimisión precipitó las elecciones his resignation hastened o precipitated the elections;

no precipitemos los acontecimientos let's not rush things, let's not jump the gun;

la muerte de su mujer precipitó su vuelta his wife's death caused him to return early

3. Quím to precipitate

♦ vi

Quím to precipitate

♦ See also the pronominal verb precipitarse

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precipitar

v/t

1 (lanzar) throw, hurl

2 (acelerar) hasten

3 QUÍM precipitate

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precipitar vt

1) apresurar: to hasten, to speed up

2) arrojar: to hurl, to throw

♦ See also the reflexive verb precipitarse