zarandear

v.

1 to shake (cosa).

2 to sift, to sieve.

El cocinero zarandea la harina The cook sifts the flour.

3 to shake violently.

ÉL zarandea el saco He shakes the bag violently.

María zarandea al chico Mary shakes=buffets the kid.

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zarandear

► verbo transitivo

1 (sacudir) to shake; (empujar) to jostle, knock about

2 (cribar) to sieve

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1. VT

1) (=sacudir) to shake vigorously; (=empujar) to jostle, push around

2) * (=dar prisa a) to keep on the go

3) (=cribar) to sieve, sift

4) LAm (=balancear) to swing, push to and fro

5) (=insultar) to abuse publicly

2.

See:

zarandearse

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1.

verbo transitivo (de un lado a otro) to shake; (para arriba y para abajo) to shake o jog up and down

la vida lo ha zarandeado mucho — he has taken some hard knocks in his life

2.

zarandearse v pron (esp AmL)

nos zarandeamos mucho durante el vuelo — we got shaken around o buffeted a lot during the flight

qué manera de zarandearse este tren! — this train's shaking around like anything (colloq)

el barco se zarandeó mucho — the boat rocked o tossed about a lot

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= shake.

Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado shook, participio shaken.

Ex. This attitude had to go and by the 1830s it was shaking.

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1.

verbo transitivo (de un lado a otro) to shake; (para arriba y para abajo) to shake o jog up and down

la vida lo ha zarandeado mucho — he has taken some hard knocks in his life

2.

zarandearse v pron (esp AmL)

nos zarandeamos mucho durante el vuelo — we got shaken around o buffeted a lot during the flight

qué manera de zarandearse este tren! — this train's shaking around like anything (colloq)

el barco se zarandeó mucho — the boat rocked o tossed about a lot

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= shake.

Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado shook, participio shaken.

Ex: This attitude had to go and by the 1830s it was shaking.

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zarandear [A1 ]

vt

(de un lado a otro) to shake; (para arriba y para abajo) to shake o jog up and down

el viento zarandeaba las rosas the wind buffeted o shook the roses

hay que ver cómo lo zarandearon en el examen they certainly put him through his paces o gave him a hard ride in the exam (colloq)

la vida lo ha zarandeado mucho he has taken some hard knocks in his life

■ zarandearse

v pron

(esp AmL): nos zarandeamos mucho durante el vuelo we got shaken around o buffeted a lot during the flight

¡qué manera de zarandearse este tren! this train's shaking around/bumping up and down like anything (colloq)

el barco se zarandeó mucho durante la travesía the boat rocked o tossed o pitched about a lot during the crossing

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zarandear (conjugate zarandear) verbo transitivo (de un lado a otro) to shake;
(para arriba y para abajo) to shake o jog up and down
zarandearse verbo pronominal (esp AmL) [tren] to shake around;
[barco] to toss about;

◊ nos zarandeamos mucho durante el vuelo we got shaken around o buffeted a lot during the flight

zarandear verbo transitivo to shake

'zarandear' also found in these entries:
English:
toss about
- toss around
- buffet
- toss

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zarandear

♦ vt

to shake

♦ See also the pronominal verb zarandearse

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zarandear

v/t shake violently, buffet;

zarandear a alguien fig give s.o. a hard time

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zarandear vt

1) : to sift, to sieve

2) : to shake, to jostle, to jiggle