- preludiar
- v.1 to initiate, to begin.un fuerte viento preludiaba el invierno a strong wind signaled the beginning o onset of winter2 to prelude, to herald, to harbinger.* * *preludiar► verbo transitivo1 MÚSICA to prelude2 (iniciar) to announce* * *1.VT to herald
el calor que preludia la primavera — the warmth that heralds the coming of spring
2.VI (Mús) [cantante] to warm up; [pianista] to play a few scales; [orquesta] to tune up* * *verbo transitivoaquella tensión no podía preludiar nada bueno — that tense atmosphere did not bode at all well
`Las Señoritas de Aviñón' preludia el Cubismo — `Les Demoiselles d'Avignon' was a prelude to Cubism
* * *verbo transitivoaquella tensión no podía preludiar nada bueno — that tense atmosphere did not bode at all well
`Las Señoritas de Aviñón' preludia el Cubismo — `Les Demoiselles d'Avignon' was a prelude to Cubism
* * *preludiar [A1 ]vtaquella tensión no podía preludiar nada bueno that tension did not bode well`Las Señoritas de Aviñón' preludia el Cubismo `Les Demoiselles d'Avignon' was a prelude to Cubismlas primeras lluvias que preludian el otoño (liter); the first rains which herald the coming of fall o signal the beginning of fall (liter)* * *preludiar vtun fuerte viento preludiaba el invierno a strong wind signalled the beginning o onset of winter, a strong wind heralded the coming of winter;aquella discusión no preludiaba nada bueno that argument did not bode well* * *preludiarv/t MÚS, figherald
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.