ripple

ripple
'ripl
1. noun
(a little wave or movement on the surface of water etc: He threw the stone into the pond, and watched the ripples spread across the water.) ondulación

2. verb
(to (cause to) have ripples: The grass rippled in the wind; The wind rippled the grass.) ondular
ripple n onda / rizo
ripple
tr['rɪpəl]
noun
1 (on water) onda
2 (sound) murmullo
transitive verb
1 rizar
intransitive verb
1 rizarse
ripple ['rɪpəl] v, -pled ; -pling vi
: rizarse, ondear, ondular
ripple vt
: rizar
ripple n
: onda f, ondulación f
ripple
n.
• murmullo s.m.
• onda s.f.
• ondulación s.f.
• rizo s.m.
v.
• correr con olas pequeñas v.
• enrizar v.
• murmurar v.
• ondear v.
• ondular v.
• rizar v.
'rɪpəl
I
noun
a) c (on water) onda f

a ripple of excitement — una oleada de entusiasmo

a ripple of applause — un breve aplauso

a ripple of laughter — una cascada de risas

b) u c (ice cream)

raspberry/chocolate ripple — helado m de vainilla con vetas de frambuesa/chocolate


II
1.
intransitive verb
a) (move) \<\<water\>\> rizarse*; \<\<wheat/grass\>\> mecerse*; \<\<muscles\>\> tensarse

the lake/wheatfield rippled in the breeze — la brisa rizaba or ondulaba la superficie del lagoigal (liter)

b) rippling pres p <muscles> tensado

2.
vt \<\<water\>\> rizar*; \<\<corn\>\> mecer*; \<\<muscles\>\> tensar
['rɪpl]
1.
N (=small wave) onda f , rizo m ; (=sound) murmullo m

a ripple of excitement — un susurro or murmullo de emoción

a ripple of applause — unos cuantos aplausos

2.
VT ondular, rizar
3.
VI rizarse

the crowd rippled with excitement — el público se estremeció emocionado

4.
CPD

ripple effect N — reacción f en cadena, efecto m dominó

to have a ripple effect — provocar una reacción en cadena, tener un efecto dominó

* * *
['rɪpəl]
I
noun
a) c (on water) onda f

a ripple of excitement — una oleada de entusiasmo

a ripple of applause — un breve aplauso

a ripple of laughter — una cascada de risas

b) u c (ice cream)

raspberry/chocolate ripple — helado m de vainilla con vetas de frambuesa/chocolate


II
1.
intransitive verb
a) (move) \<\<water\>\> rizarse*; \<\<wheat/grass\>\> mecerse*; \<\<muscles\>\> tensarse

the lake/wheatfield rippled in the breeze — la brisa rizaba or ondulaba la superficie del lago/trigal (liter)

b) rippling pres p <muscles> tensado

2.
vt \<\<water\>\> rizar*; \<\<corn\>\> mecer*; \<\<muscles\>\> tensar

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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