plod

plod
plod
past tense, past participle - plodded; verb
1) (to walk heavily and slowly: The elderly man plodded down the street.) andar con paso pesado
2) (to work slowly but thoroughly: They plodded on with the work.) trabajar con esmero
plod vb caminar pesadamente
El pasado y el participio pasado de plod se escribe plodded; el gerundio se escribe plodding
plod
tr[plɒd]
intransitive verb
1 (walk slowly) andar con paso lento, andar con paso pesado
2 (work steadily) hacer laboriosamente
plod ['plɑd] vi, plodded ; plodding
1) trudge: caminar pesadamente y lentamente
2) drudge: trabajar laboriosamente
plod
v.
• trabajar laboriosamente v.
plɑːd, plɒd
intransitive verb -dd-
a) (walk) caminar lenta y pesadamente
b) (work)

she's still plodding away at her thesis — sigue lidiando or batallando con la tesis

how's work going? - oh, plodding along — ¿qué tal el trabajo? - ahí va, tirando or (AmL exc CS) jalando

[plɒd]
1. N
1)

to go at a steady plod — caminar a un ritmo lento pero constante

2)

it's a long plod to the village — hay mucho camino hasta llegar al pueblo

2.
VT

we plodded our way homeward — volvimos penosamente hacia casa

3. VI
1) (lit) andar con paso pesado

to plod along or on — ir andando con paso lento

keep plodding! — ¡ánimo!, ¡no os dejéis desanimar!

2) (fig) (at work etc)

to plod away at a task — seguir dándole a un trabajo

we must plod on — tenemos que seguir trabajando

* * *
[plɑːd, plɒd]
intransitive verb -dd-
a) (walk) caminar lenta y pesadamente
b) (work)

she's still plodding away at her thesis — sigue lidiando or batallando con la tesis

how's work going? - oh, plodding along — ¿qué tal el trabajo? - ahí va, tirando or (AmL exc CS) jalando


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