swoop

swoop
swu:p
1. verb
(to rush or fly downwards: The owl swooped down on its prey.) calar, abalanzarse, precipitarse, tirarse/caer en picado

2. noun
(an act of swooping.) descenso en picado, calada
swoop vb abatirse
the eagle swooped down on the rabbit el águila se abatió sobre el conejo
swoop
tr[swʊːp]
intransitive verb
1 (bird) abalanzarse (down on, sobre), abatirse (down on, sobre); (plane) bajar en picado
2 familiar (police) hacer una redada (on, en)
noun
1 (of bird, plane) descenso (en picado)
2 familiar (by police) redada
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
at one fell swoop de un golpe, de un tirón, de una sola vez
swoop ['swu:p] vi
: abatirse (dícese de las aves), descender en picada (dícese de un avión)
swoop n
: descenso m en picada
swoop
n.
• bajada s.f.
• descenso súbito s.m.
v.
• abatirse v.
• bajar rápidamente v.
• precipitarse v.

I swuːp
intransitive verb \<\<aircraft\>\> descender* or bajar en picada or (Esp) en picado; \<\<bird of prey\>\> abatirse; \<\<police\>\> llevar a cabo una redada

II
noun (of bird, aircraft) descenso m en picada or (Esp) en picado; (by police) redada f

in o at one fell swoop — de una sola vez, de un tirón (fam)

[swuːp]
1.
N [of bird] descenso m súbito; (by police) redada f (on de)
2.
VI [bird] (also: swoop down) abatirse, lanzarse en picado (on sobre); [police] hacer una redada (on en)

the plane swooped low over the village — el avión se lanzó en picado y pasó en vuelo rasante sobre el pueblo

the police swooped on the club and arrested eight suspects — la policía hizo una redada en el club y detuvo a ocho sospechosos

he swooped on this mistake — se lanzó sobre este error

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I [swuːp]
intransitive verb \<\<aircraft\>\> descender* or bajar en picada or (Esp) en picado; \<\<bird of prey\>\> abatirse; \<\<police\>\> llevar a cabo una redada

II
noun (of bird, aircraft) descenso m en picada or (Esp) en picado; (by police) redada f

in o at one fell swoop — de una sola vez, de un tirón (fam)


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