probe

probe
prəub
1. noun
1) (a long thin instrument used by doctors to examine a wound etc.) sonda
2) (an investigation: a police probe into illegal activities.) investigación

2. verb
1) (to investigate: He probed into her private life.) investigar
2) (to examine (as if) with a probe: The doctor probed the wound; He probed about in the hole with a stick.) sondar
probe
tr[prəʊb]
noun
1 SMALLMEDICINE/SMALL sonda
2 (investigation) investigación nombre femenino
transitive verb
1 SMALLMEDICINE/SMALL sondar
2 (investigate - gen) investigar; (public opinion) sondear; (mind) explorar
intransitive verb
1 investigar (into, -)
probe ['pro:b] vt, probed ; probing
1) : sondar (en medicina y tecnología)
2) investigate: investigar, sondear
probe n
1) : sonda f (en medicina, etc.)
space probe: sonda espacial
2) investigation: investigación f, sondeo m
probe
n.
• cala s.f.
• calador s.m.
• cohete s.m.
• encuesta s.f.
• investigación s.f.
• proyectil s.m.
• sonda s.f.
• tienta s.f.
v.
• ahondar v.
• explorar v.
• indagar v.
• investigar v.
• sondar v.
• sondear v.
• tentar v.

I
1. prəʊb
transitive verb
a) (physically) sondar
b) (investigate) investigar*; \<\<public opinion\>\> sondear; \<\<mind/subconscious\>\> explorar

2.
vi investigar*

to probe INTO something — investigar* algo


II
noun
a) (Med, Elec) sonda f
b) (space probe) sonda f espacial
c) (investigation) investigación f
[prǝʊb]
1. N
1) (Med) sonda f
2) (=rocket) cohete m , proyectil m ; (also: space probe) sonda f espacial
3) (=inquiry) investigación f

a probe into drug trafficking — una investigación del tráfico de drogas

2. VT
1) [+ hole, crack] (with instrument, probe) sondear; (with hands) palpar, tantear
2) (Med) sondar
3) (=explore) explorar
4) (=investigate) investigar

the policeman kept probing me — el policía siguió sondeándome

to probe a mystery — investigar un misterio

3.
VI investigar

to probe into sb's past — investigar el pasado de algn

you should have probed more deeply — deberías haber llevado a cabo una investigación más a fondo

* * *

I
1. [prəʊb]
transitive verb
a) (physically) sondar
b) (investigate) investigar*; \<\<public opinion\>\> sondear; \<\<mind/subconscious\>\> explorar

2.
vi investigar*

to probe INTO something — investigar* algo


II
noun
a) (Med, Elec) sonda f
b) (space probe) sonda f espacial
c) (investigation) investigación f

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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