- peep
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1. pi:p verb1) (to look through a narrow opening or from behind something: She peeped through the window.) espiar2) (to look quickly and in secret: He peeped at the answers at the back of the book.) echar una ojeada
2. noun(a quick look (usually in secret): She took a peep at the visitor.) ojeada, vistazo
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1. pi:p verb(to make a high pitched sound: The car horns were peeping.)
2. noun(such a sound: the peep of a car horn.) pío, silbidopeep1 n vistazo / ojeadahave a peep and see if the baby's asleep echa un vistazo a ver si el bebé está durmiendopeep2 vb mirar / echar una miraditaI peeped into the bedroom to see if the baby was asleep eché una miradita en la habitación para ver si el bebé estaba dormidopeep expresa la idea de mirar rápidamente o sin que nadie te veapeeptr[piːp]noun1 (look) ojeada, vistazointransitive verb1 espiar, atisbar, mirar a hurtadillas\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto have a peep at / take a peep at echar una ojeada a, echar un vistazo a————————peeptr[piːp]noun1 (noise) pío■ I don't want to hear another peep out of you! ¡que no te oiga decir ni pío!peep ['pi:p] vi1) peek: espiar, mirar furtivamente2) cheep: piar3)to peep out show: asomarsepeep n1) cheep: pío m (de un pajarito)2) glance: vistazo m, ojeada fpeepn.• mirada furtiva s.f.• pío s.m.v.• asomar v.• piar v.• pipiar v.
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1. piːpintransitive verb1)a) (watch) espiar*, vichar (RPl fam); (look quickly) mirar (a hurtadillas), echar un vistazo, vichar (RPl fam)she peeped out of the window — se acercó a la ventana y se asomó a mirar
to peep AT somebody/something — espiar* or atisbar a alguien/algo
b) (show, stick out) peep (out) asomar2) (make high-pitched sound) \<\<bird\>\> piar*; \<\<horn/whistle\>\> sonar*he peeped at them as he drove by — les tocó la bocina or les pitó al pasar
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vt (colloq)I peeped the horn — toqué la bocina or el claxon
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noun1) (quick or furtive look) vistazo mcan I have a peep? — ¿puedo ver?, ¿a ver?, ¿puedo vichar? (RPl fam)
to have a peep at something — echarle un vistazo a algo
2) (sound)the peep, peep of the canary — el pío, pío del canario
the peep of a car horn — el pitido de un claxon
we didn't hear another peep from her all evening — no volvió a decir ni pío or ni mu en toda la noche (fam)
I [piːp]1.N ojeada f , miradita fto get a peep at sth — lograr ver algo brevemente
to take or have a peep (at sth) — echar una ojeada or miradita (a algo)
2. VI1) (=look) mirar rápidamente; (furtively) mirar furtivamente or a hurtadillasto peep at — echar una ojeada or miradita a
I lifted the lid and peeped inside — levanté la tapa y eché una miradita
he peeped through the curtains — se asomó a ver por detrás de las cortinas
to peep through the window — asomarse a la ventana para mirar
2) (=stick out) asomar(se)a head peeped out — se asomó una cabeza
the sun peeped out from behind the clouds — el sol se asomó tras las nubes
her shoes peeped from beneath her skirt — los zapatos se le asomaban por debajo de la falda
II [piːp]1. N1) [of bird] pío m ; [of whistle] silbido m2) *there hasn't been a peep out of them — no han dicho ni pío *
we can't get a peep out of them — no les podemos sacar nada
I don't want to hear peep out of you! — ¡tú ni chistar!, ¡tú ni pío! *
2.VI piar* * *
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1. [piːp]intransitive verb1)a) (watch) espiar*, vichar (RPl fam); (look quickly) mirar (a hurtadillas), echar un vistazo, vichar (RPl fam)she peeped out of the window — se acercó a la ventana y se asomó a mirar
to peep AT somebody/something — espiar* or atisbar a alguien/algo
b) (show, stick out) peep (out) asomar2) (make high-pitched sound) \<\<bird\>\> piar*; \<\<horn/whistle\>\> sonar*he peeped at them as he drove by — les tocó la bocina or les pitó al pasar
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vt (colloq)I peeped the horn — toqué la bocina or el claxon
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noun1) (quick or furtive look) vistazo mcan I have a peep? — ¿puedo ver?, ¿a ver?, ¿puedo vichar? (RPl fam)
to have a peep at something — echarle un vistazo a algo
2) (sound)the peep, peep of the canary — el pío, pío del canario
the peep of a car horn — el pitido de un claxon
we didn't hear another peep from her all evening — no volvió a decir ni pío or ni mu en toda la noche (fam)
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
