drone

drone
drəun
1. noun
1) (the male of the bee.) zángano
2) (a person who is lazy and idle.) zángano
3) (a deep, humming sound: the distant drone of traffic.) ruido, zumbido

2. verb
1) (to make a low, humming sound: An aeroplane droned overhead.) zumbar
2) (to speak in a dull, boring voice: The lecturer droned on and on.) hablar en tono monótono
drone
tr[drəʊn]
noun
1 (bee) zángano
2 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL pejorative (parasite) zángano,-a, parásito,-a
————————
drone
tr[drəʊn]
noun
1 (noise - of bee, engine) zumbido; (- of traffic, plane) ruido, zumbido
2 (monotonous talk) cantinela, sonsonete nombre masculino
intransitive verb
1 (bee, plane, engine) zumbar
drone ['dro:n] vi, droned ; droning
1) buzz: zumbar
2) murmur: hablar con monotonía, murmurar
drone n
1) : zángano m (abeja)
2) freeloader: gorrón m, -rrona f fam; parásito m, -ta f
3) buzz, hum: zumbido m, murmullo m
drone
n.
• abejón s.m.
• zumbido (de moscardón) s.m.
• zángano s.m.
v.
• salmodiar v.
• zumbar v.

I drəʊn
noun
1) c (bee) zángano m
2) u (sound - of bees, traffic, aircraft) zumbido m; (of voice) cantinela f (fam), sonsonete m

II
intransitive verb \<\<bee/engine/plane\>\> zumbar
Phrasal Verbs:
[drǝʊn]
1. N
1) (=male bee) zángano m
2) (=noise) [of bees, engine] zumbido m ; [of voice] tono m monótono
3) (=sponger) parásito(-a) m / f
2.
VI [bee, engine, aircraft] zumbar; [voice, person] (also: drone on) hablar monótonamente

he droned on and on — hablaba y hablaba en tono monótono

* * *

I [drəʊn]
noun
1) c (bee) zángano m
2) u (sound - of bees, traffic, aircraft) zumbido m; (of voice) cantinela f (fam), sonsonete m

II
intransitive verb \<\<bee/engine/plane\>\> zumbar
Phrasal Verbs:

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Mira otros diccionarios:

  • Drône — Drone Pour les articles homonymes, voir Drone (homonymie). Lanceur de drone …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Drone — may refer to: Contents 1 Nature 2 Chemicals 3 Vehicles 4 …   Wikipedia

  • Drone — Drone, n. [OE. drane a dronebee, AS. dr[=a]n; akin to OS. dr[=a]n, OHG. treno, G. drohne, Dan. drone, cf. Gr. ? a kind of wasp, dial. Gr. ? drone. Prob. named fr. the droning sound. See {Drone}, v. i.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The male of bees, esp. of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Drone — (dr[=o]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Droned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Droning}.] [Cf. (for sense 1) D. dreunen, G. dr[ o]hnen, Icel. drynja to roar, drynr a roaring, Sw. dr[ o]na to bellow, drone, Dan. dr[ o]ne, Goth. drunjus sound, Gr. ? dirge, ? to cry… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • drone — [ dron ] n. m. • 1954; mot angl., proprt « faux bourdon » ♦ Milit. Petit avion de reconnaissance, sans pilote, télécommandé ou programmé. ● drone nom masculin (anglais drone) Petit avion télécommandé utilisé pour des tâches diverses (missions de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • drone — drone; la·drone; quin·hy·drone; nor·eth·in·drone; …   English syllables

  • Drone — bezeichnet eine Klangart, siehe Bordun ein davon abgeleiteter Musikstil, siehe Drone Doom eine Metal Band, siehe Drone (Band) Siehe auch: Drohne 28px Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • drone — [n1] person who is lazy idler, leech, loafer, lounger, parasite, slug, sluggard, sponger*; concept 412 Ant. overachiever, workaholic drone [n2] continuous noise buzz, hum, murmur, purr, sound, vibration, whirr; concept 595 Ant. quiet, silence… …   New thesaurus

  • drone — (n.) O.E. dran, dræn male honeybee, from P.Gmc. *dran (Cf. M.Du. drane; O.H.G. treno; Ger. Drohne, which is from M.L.G. drone), probably imitative; given a figurative sense of idler, lazy worker (male bees make no honey) 1520s. Meaning pilotless… …   Etymology dictionary

  • drone — s. m. 1.  [Militar] Pequeno avião não tripulado, telecomandado ou programado, geralmente usado em missões de reconhecimento. 2.  [Por extensão] Qualquer veículo controlado remota ou automaticamente.   ‣ Etimologia: inglês drone, zângão …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • drone — drone1 [drōn] n. [ME < OE dran, akin to OS dran, MLowG drone < IE * dhren < base * dher , to buzz, hum > DOR(BEETLE)] 1. a male bee or ant which serves only in a reproductive capacity and does no work 2. an idle person who lives by… …   English World dictionary

Compartir el artículo y extractos

Link directo
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”