- sondear
- v.1 to sound out.Ellos sondearon el fondo del mar They sounded out the bottom of the sea.2 to test (mining) (terreno).3 to feel out.El detective sondea a los chicos The detective feels out the boys.* * *sondear► verbo transitivo1 MEDICINA to sound, probe2 MARÍTIMO to sound3 (subsuelo) to drill, bore4 figurado (encuestar) to sound out, test\FRASEOLOGÍAsondear la opinión pública figurado to sound out public opinion* * *verbo transitivo <opinión> to sound out; <mercado> to test; sondar b), c), d)* * *= survey, poll, plumb + the depths of.Ex. Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.Ex. College freshman enrolled in English composition classes were polled to determine their attitudes towards two different methods of bibliographic instruction: the lecture-discussion practicum and the workbook.Ex. The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.----* sondear la opinión pública = gauge + public opinion.* sondear la opinión sobre = gauge + opinion on.* * *verbo transitivo <opinión> to sound out; <mercado> to test; sondar b), c), d)* * *= survey, poll, plumb + the depths of.
Ex: Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.
Ex: College freshman enrolled in English composition classes were polled to determine their attitudes towards two different methods of bibliographic instruction: the lecture-discussion practicum and the workbook.Ex: The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.* sondear la opinión pública = gauge + public opinion.* sondear la opinión sobre = gauge + opinion on.* * *sondear [A1 ]vt‹opinión› to sound out; ‹mercado› to test sondar vt 2. (↑ sondar) , sondar vt 3. (↑ sondar) , sondar vt 4. (↑ sondar)* * *
sondear verbo transitivo
1 Náut to sound, plumb
2 Geol to drill into
3 (a una persona, una situación) to sound out
'sondear' also found in these entries:
English:
plumb
- poll
- sound out
- sounding
- survey
- sound
* * *sondear vt1. [sonsacar] to sound out;sondéalo, a ver si te cuenta qué planean sound him out, maybe he'll tell you what they're planning;sondeó el parecer de todos los miembros del comité he sounded out the opinions of all the committee members2. [medir profundidad] to sound3. Min [terreno] to test, to bore;[roca] to drill* * *sondearv/t figsurvey, poll* * *sondear vt1) : to sound2) : to probe3) : to sound out, to test (opinions, markets)
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.