balancearse

balancearse

► verbo pronominal

1 (mecerse) to rock; (columpio, brazo) to swing

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to swing, rock, sway

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VPR

1) (=oscilar) [persona] [al andar] to move to and fro; [en mecedora, columpio] to rock; [péndulo] to swing; [barco, avión] to roll

2) (=vacilar) to hesitate, waver, vacillate frm

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(v.) = sway

Ex. The floor lamp swayed and the window curtains waved back and forth.

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(v.) = sway

Ex: The floor lamp swayed and the window curtains waved back and forth.

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■balancearse vr (en una mecedora) to rock
(en un columpio) to swing
(uno mismo) to move to and fro
'balancearse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
balancear
English:
bob
- rock
- roll
- roll about
- roll around
- sway
- swing

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vpr

1. [en columpio, hamaca] to swing;

[de pie] to sway; [en cuna, mecedora] to rock;

el borracho bajaba por la calle balanceándose the drunk was swaying from side to side as he walked down the street

2. [barco] to roll

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balancearse

v/r

1 swing, sway

2 MAR rock

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vr

1) oscilar: to swing, to sway, to rock

2) vacilar: to hesitate, to vacillate

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balancearse vb to swing [pt. & pp. swung] / to rock

el acróbata se balancea colgado del trapecio the acrobat swings on the trapeze

se balanceaba en la silla she rocked in the chair