float

float
fləut
1. verb
(to (make something) stay on the surface of a liquid: A piece of wood was floating in the stream.) flotar

2. noun
1) (something that floats on a fishing-line: If the float moves, there is probably a fish on the hook.) boya
2) (a vehicle for transporting certain things: a milk-float; a cattle-float.) furgoneta
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- floating restaurant
float1 n corcho / flotador
I like fishing with a float me gusta pescar con flotador
float2 vb flotar
cork floats el corcho flota
float
tr[fləʊt]
noun
1 (for fishing) boya, flotador nombre masculino
2 (for swimming) flotador nombre masculino
3 (of aircraft) pontón nombre masculino, flotador nombre masculino
4 (vehicle - in procession) carroza; (- for delivery) furgoneta
5 (money) cambio
6 (plasterer's tool) llana
intransitive verb
1 (gen) flotar
■ wood floats la madera flota
■ a bottle floated to the surface una botella salió a la superficie
■ the parasol floated out to sea la sombrilla se hizo a la mar
transitive verb
1 poner a flote, hacer flotar
■ they floated some paper boats down the river hicieron flotar algunos barquitos de papel en el río
2 SMALLFINANCE/SMALL (company) lanzar a bolsa; (shares) emitir; (currency) dejar flotar
3 (suggest, present) sugerir
■ several ideas have been floated se han sugerido varias ideas
float ['flo:t] vi
1) : flotar
2) wander: vagar, errar
float vt
1) : poner a flote, hacer flotar (un barco)
2) launch: hacer flotar (una empresa)
3) issue: emitir (acciones en la bolsa)
float n
1) : flotador m, corcho m (para pescar)
2) buoy: boya f
3) : carroza f (en un desfile)
float
n.
• armadía s.f.
• balsa s.f.
• bebida con helado s.f.
• boya s.f.
• carroza s.f.
• corcho s.m.
• flotador s.m.
v.
• boyar v.
• flotar v.
• poner a flote v.
• sobrenadar v.

I
1. fləʊt
intransitive verb
1)
a) (on water) flotar

to float up (to the surface) — salir* a flote

to float (on one's back) — hacer la plancha

the canoe floated away on the tide — la marea se llevó la canoa

b) \<\<cloud/smoke\>\> flotar en el aire
c) (move lightly) \<\<idea/image\>\> vagar*
2) (Fin) \<\<currency\>\> flotar

2.
vt
1) \<\<ship/boat\>\> poner* or sacar* a flote; \<\<raft/logs\>\> llevar, arrastrar
2) (Fin)
a) (establish)

to float a company — introducir* una compañía en Bolsa

b) (offer for sale) \<\<shares/stock\>\> emitir
c) (allow to fluctuate) \<\<currency\>\> dejar flotar
3) (circulate) \<\<idea\>\> presentar

II
noun
1)
a) (for fishing, for buoyancy) flotador m
b) (in cistern, carburetor) flotador m, boya f
c) (raft, platform) plataforma f (flotante)
2)
a) (in parade) carroza f, carro m alegórico (CS, Méx)
b) (milk float) (BrE) furgoneta f (del reparto de leche)
3) (ready cash) caja f chica; (Busn, Fin) fondo m fijo; (to provide change)

a float of £20 — 20 libras en cambio or en monedas

4) (AmE) refresco o batido con helado
[flǝʊt]
1.
N [of raft, seaplane] flotador m ; (for fishing line) corcho m ; (=swimming aid) flotador m ; (in procession) carroza f ; (=sum of money) reserva f ; (in shop) fondo m de caja, dinero en caja antes de empezar las ventas del día (para cambios etc)
2. VT
1) [+ boat, logs] hacer flotar
2) (=render seaworthy) poner a flote
3) (=launch) [+ company] fundar, constituir
4) (Econ) [+ currency] hacer fluctuar, hacer flotar; [+ shares] emitir, lanzar al mercado; [+ loan] emitir
5)

to float an idea — sugerir una idea

3.
VI (gen) flotar; [bather] hacer la plancha; (=move in wind) flotar, ondear

it floated to the surface — salió a la superficie

to float downriver — ir río abajo

we shall let the pound float — dejaremos que la libra esterlina flote or fluctúe

4.
CPD

float plane N — (US) (=seaplane) hidroavión m

* * *

I
1. [fləʊt]
intransitive verb
1)
a) (on water) flotar

to float up (to the surface) — salir* a flote

to float (on one's back) — hacer la plancha

the canoe floated away on the tide — la marea se llevó la canoa

b) \<\<cloud/smoke\>\> flotar en el aire
c) (move lightly) \<\<idea/image\>\> vagar*
2) (Fin) \<\<currency\>\> flotar

2.
vt
1) \<\<ship/boat\>\> poner* or sacar* a flote; \<\<raft/logs\>\> llevar, arrastrar
2) (Fin)
a) (establish)

to float a company — introducir* una compañía en Bolsa

b) (offer for sale) \<\<shares/stock\>\> emitir
c) (allow to fluctuate) \<\<currency\>\> dejar flotar
3) (circulate) \<\<idea\>\> presentar

II
noun
1)
a) (for fishing, for buoyancy) flotador m
b) (in cistern, carburetor) flotador m, boya f
c) (raft, platform) plataforma f (flotante)
2)
a) (in parade) carroza f, carro m alegórico (CS, Méx)
b) (milk float) (BrE) furgoneta f (del reparto de leche)
3) (ready cash) caja f chica; (Busn, Fin) fondo m fijo; (to provide change)

a float of £20 — 20 libras en cambio or en monedas

4) (AmE) refresco o batido con helado

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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