reverberar

v.

1 to reverberate (sonido).

El oboe reverbera The oboe reverberates.

2 to boom to.

Me reverbera el altoparlante The loudspeaker booms to me.

3 to reflect light.

El cromo reverbera Chrome reflects light.

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reverberar

► verbo intransitivo

1 to reverberate, reflect

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VI

1) [luz] to play, be reflected; [superficie] to shimmer, shine; [nieve] to glare

la luz reverberaba en el agua — the light played o danced on the water

la luz del farol reverberaba en la calle — the lamplight was reflected on the street

2) [sonido] to reverberate

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verbo intransitivo

a) (destellar)

las estrellas reverberaban — the stars twinkled

el sol reverberaba en los vidrios — the sun glittered o sparkled on the windowpanes

b) sonido to reverberate, echo

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= reverberate, resonate, resound.

Ex. The film was narrowly endorsed by the ALA only after a heated and violent debate which is still reverberating = La película fue apoyada por la ALA con un estrecho margen después de un debate violento y acalorado que todavía resuena.

Ex. By the way, here I have stolen a phrase from the Library of Congress, not to pick on this wonderful institution, but because its mission statement resonates with a number of individuals like me, who work in research libraries.

Ex. It has resounded through successive grandiose pronouncements in the major library inquiries of the century, the library as `the centre of the intellectual life of the area which it serves'.

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verbo intransitivo

a) (destellar)

las estrellas reverberaban — the stars twinkled

el sol reverberaba en los vidrios — the sun glittered o sparkled on the windowpanes

b) sonido to reverberate, echo

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= reverberate, resonate, resound.

Ex: The film was narrowly endorsed by the ALA only after a heated and violent debate which is still reverberating = La película fue apoyada por la ALA con un estrecho margen después de un debate violento y acalorado que todavía resuena.

Ex: By the way, here I have stolen a phrase from the Library of Congress, not to pick on this wonderful institution, but because its mission statement resonates with a number of individuals like me, who work in research libraries.

Ex: It has resounded through successive grandiose pronouncements in the major library inquiries of the century, the library as `the centre of the intellectual life of the area which it serves'.

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reverberar [A1 ]

vi

1

(destellar): las estrellas reverberaban en la oscuridad de la noche the stars twinkled in the darkness of the night

el sol reverberaba en los cristales the sun glittered o sparkled on the windowpanes

reverberaba en la nieve it sparkled o glistened on the snow

2 «sonido» to reverberate, echo

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reverberar vi

1. [sonido] to reverberate

2. [luz, calor] to reflect;

el sol reverberaba sobre las aguas the sunlight glinted on the water

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reverberar

v/i

1 de luz shimmer, reflect

2 de sonido reverberate

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reverberar vi

: to reverberate

♦ reverberación nf