resbalar

v.

1 to slip.

2 to slide.

le resbalaban las lágrimas por el rostro tears ran o trickled down her cheeks

3 to be slippery (estar resbaladizo).

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resbalar

► verbo intransitivo

1 (deslizarse) to slide

2 (sin querer - persona) to slip

3 (- vehículo) to skid

4 (gotas, lágrimas) to trickle (down)

5 figurado to slip up, make a slip

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verb

to slip

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1. VI

1) [al andar] to slip (en, sobre on)

(Aut) to skid

había llovido y resbaló — it had been raining and she slipped

el coche resbaló y se dio contra el árbol — the car skidded into the tree

le resbalaban las lágrimas por las mejillas — tears were trickling down her cheeks

2) (=equivocarse) to slip up, make a slip

3) * (=ser indiferente)

me resbala — it leaves me cold

las críticas le resbalan — criticism runs off him like water off a duck's back

2.

See:

resbalarse

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1.

verbo intransitivo

1) (caerse) to slip

se dejó resbalar por la barandilla — he slid down the banister

las lágrimas le resbalaban por las mejillas — the tears ran o trickled down his cheeks

2) (fam) (equivocarse) to slip up

3) (fam) (ser indiferente)

todo lo que le digas le resbala — anything you say to him is just like water off a duck's back (colloq)

mis problemas/las críticas le resbalan — he couldn't care less about my problems/criticism (colloq)

2.

resbalarse v pron to slip

nos resbalamos por la pendiente — we slithered o slid down the slope

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1.

verbo intransitivo

1) (caerse) to slip

se dejó resbalar por la barandilla — he slid down the banister

las lágrimas le resbalaban por las mejillas — the tears ran o trickled down his cheeks

2) (fam) (equivocarse) to slip up

3) (fam) (ser indiferente)

todo lo que le digas le resbala — anything you say to him is just like water off a duck's back (colloq)

mis problemas/las críticas le resbalan — he couldn't care less about my problems/criticism (colloq)

2.

resbalarse v pron to slip

nos resbalamos por la pendiente — we slithered o slid down the slope

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resbalar [A1 ]

vi

A (caerse) to slip

cuidado, no vayas a resbalar be careful you don't slip

se dejó resbalar por la barandilla he slid down the banister

las lágrimas le resbalaban por las mejillas the tears ran o rolled o trickled down his cheeks

B (fam) (equivocarse) to slip up

esa pregunta lo hizo resbalar that question caught him out

C (fam)

(ser indiferente): sus críticas le resbalaban their criticisms just washed over her

todo lo que le digas le resbala everything you say to him is like water off a duck's back o goes in one ear and out the other (colloq)

los problemas de los demás le resbalan he's totally unaffected by o (colloq) he couldn't care less about other people's problems

■ resbalarse

v pron

to slip

se resbaló bajando las escaleras he slipped coming down the stairs

nos resbalamos por la pendiente we slithered o slid down the slope

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resbalar (conjugate resbalar) verbo intransitivo
1 (caerse) to slip;

◊ las lágrimas le resbalaban por las mejillas the tears ran o trickled down his cheeks

2 (fam) (ser indiferente):

◊ todo lo que le digas le resbala anything you say to him is just like water off a duck's back (colloq);

todo le resbala he couldn't care less about anything (colloq)
resbalarse verbo pronominal (caerse) to slip
resbalar verbo intransitivo
1 (patinar y perder el control) to slip
2 (caer lentamente) to roll: la lluvia resbala por el cristal, the rain trickles down the window-pane
3 (ser deslizante) este suelo no resbala, this floor isn't slippery
4 Auto to skid
5 (meter la pata, equivocarse) to slip up
♦ Locuciones: resbalarle algo a uno, not to care about sthg o to be indifferent to sthg: sus comentarios me resbalan, I couldn't care less about his comments
'resbalar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
patinar
- deslizar
English:
skid
- slide
- slide off
- slip
- slip down
- footing

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resbalar

♦ vi

1. [caer] to slip (con o en on)

2. [deslizarse] to slide (por along);

le resbalaban las lágrimas por el rostro tears ran o trickled down her cheeks;

los coches resbalaban sobre el hielo the cars were sliding on the ice

3. [estar resbaladizo] to be slippery;

este suelo resbala this floor is slippery

4. Fam [equivocarse] to slip up

♦ vt

Fam

sus problemas me resbalan his problems leave me cold;

le resbala todo lo que le digo everything I say to him goes in one ear and out the other;

¡me resbala lo que diga de mí! I couldn't care less what she says about me!

♦ See also the pronominal verb resbalarse

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resbalar

v/i slide; fig

slip up

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resbalar vi

1) : to slip, to slide

2) : to slip up, to make a mistake

3) : to skid

♦ See also the reflexive verb resbalarse

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resbalar vb

1. (patinar persona) to slip [pt. & pp. slipped]

resbaló con la piel de un plátano she slipped on a banana skin

me resbalé y me caí I slipped and fell over

2. (derrapar vehículo) to skid [pt. & pp. skidded]

3. (ser resbaladizo) to be slippery

¡cuidado, el suelo resbala mucho! be careful, the floor's very slippery!

resbalarle algo a alguien not to care about something

le resbala que la riñas she doesn't care if you tell her off