tumbo

m.

1 jolt, jerk.

dar tumbos o un tumbo to jolt, to jerk (coche)

ir dando tumbos (figurative) to have a lot of ups and downs (persona)

2 wave.

3 passion fruit.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: tumbar.

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tumbo

► nombre masculino

1 jolt, bump

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar tumbos to jolt, bump along

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noun m.

tumble

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I

SM

1) (=sacudida) shake, jolt

- dando tumbos

2) (=caída) fall, tumble

dar un tumbo — to fall, shake

II

SM ( Hist) monastic cartulary

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masculino

1) (vaivén)

salió del bar dando tumbos — he staggered out of the bar

el coche no paraba de dar tumbo — the car was constantly jolting o bumping around

a (los) tumbos — with great difficulty

2) (Bol) (fruta) passion fruit

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masculino

1) (vaivén)

salió del bar dando tumbos — he staggered out of the bar

el coche no paraba de dar tumbo — the car was constantly jolting o bumping around

a (los) tumbos — with great difficulty

2) (Bol) (fruta) passion fruit

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tumbo

masculine

A

(vaivén): salió de la taberna dando tumbos he staggered o lurched out of the bar

el coche no paraba de dar tumbo the car was constantly jolting o bumping around

a (los) tumbos with great difficulty

B (Bol) (fruta) passion fruit

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Del verbo tumbar: (conjugate tumbar)

tumbo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

tumbó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
tumbar    
tumbo
tumbar (conjugate tumbar) verbo transitivo

a) (hacer caer) to knock down;

◊ lo tumbó en el primer asalto he knocked him down in the first round;

un olor que te tumbaba a smell that knocked you backward(s)

b) (AmL) ‹árbol› to fell, cut down;

‹muro/casa› to demolish, knock down
tumbarse verbo pronominal
to lie down
tumbo sustantivo masculino
1 (vaivén):

◊ salió del bar dando tumbos he staggered out of the bar;

la carreta iba dando tumbos por el camino the cart jolted along the path
2 (Bol) (fruta) passion fruit
tumbar verbo transitivo
1 (hacer caer de un golpe) to knock down
2 (acostar) to lie down
3 fam (suspender) me tumbaron en matemáticas, I failed maths
tumbo sustantivo masculino
1 (vaivén) aquel hombre iba dando tumbos, that man was staggering along
(un vehículo) el coche iba dando tumbos, the car was jolting around
2 (dificultad, tropiezo) setback: va dando tumbos por la vida, he just muddles through life
'tumbo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
de
- tumbar
English:
lurch

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tumbo nm

jolt, jerk;

dar tumbos o [m5]un tumbo [vehículo] to jolt, to jerk;

ir dando tumbos [al caminar] to lurch along;

el autobús va dando tumbos the bus lurches from side to side;

un pobre hombre que va dando tumbos por la vida a poor man who stumbles from one problem to another in life;

la economía europea va dando tumbos the European economy is lurching from crisis to crisis

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tumbo

m tumble;

ir dando tumbos stagger along

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tumbo nm

1) : tumble, fall

2)

dar tumbos : to jolt, to bump around