oleada

f.

1 swell.

2 wave.

3 surge, billow, wave, beating of waves.

4 great number, great surge, surge.

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oleada

► nombre femenino

1 big wave

2 figurado wave

■ una oleada de atentados a wave of terrorist attacks

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SF

1) (Náut) big wave

2) (=gran cantidad) [de jóvenes, artistas] wave; [de atentados, huelgas] spate; [de inflación] surge

una gran oleada de gente — a great surge of people

la primera oleada del ataque — the first wave of the attack

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femenino wave

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= wave, groundswell.

Ex. Encouraged by these developments, successive waves of cheap labor immigrated from Europe.

Ex. The groundswell of movement towards integrating previously unrelated technologies and markets is now gathering a reasonable head of steam.

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* oleada de calor = heat wave.

* oleada de frío = cold wave, cold snap.

* una oleada de = an army of, a flurry of, a swell of.

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femenino wave

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= wave, groundswell.

Ex: Encouraged by these developments, successive waves of cheap labor immigrated from Europe.

Ex: The groundswell of movement towards integrating previously unrelated technologies and markets is now gathering a reasonable head of steam.

* oleada de calor = heat wave.

* oleada de frío = cold wave, cold snap.

* una oleada de = an army of, a flurry of, a swell of.

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oleada

feminine

wave

una oleada de turistas a flood o wave of tourists

una oleada de huelgas a wave o spate of strikes

una oleada de sangre se le subió al rostro he blushed furiously o the blood rushed to his face

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oleada sustantivo femenino
wave
oleada sustantivo femenino
1 (de mar) wave
2 (avalancha, gran cantidad) wave
'oleada' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
raudal
English:
flurry
- groundswell
- nationalist
- sea
- surge
- tide
- wave
- glow
- swell

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oleada nf

1. [del mar] wave

2. [de protestas, atentados] wave;

sentí una oleada de indignación I felt a surge of indignation

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oleada

f fig

wave, flood

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oleada nf

: swell, wave

una oleada de protestas: a wave of protests

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oleada n wave