trickle

trickle
'trikl
1. verb
(to flow in small amounts: Blood was trickling down her face.) gotear, resbalar un hilo de (sangre/agua); salir poco a poco

2. noun
(a small amount: a trickle of water; At first there was only a trickle of people but soon a crowd arrived.) hilo, chorro delgado, goteo; poco, pequeña cantidad
trickle vb gotear / correr / resbalar
rain trickled down the window gotas de lluvia resbalaban por el cristal de la ventana
El gerundio de trickle se escribe trickling
trickle
tr['trɪkəl]
noun
1 goteo, hilo
2 figurative use pequeña cantidad nombre femenino, poco
intransitive verb
1 (liquid) gotear, salir gota a gota
2 figurative use salir (entrar, llegar, etc) poco a poco
■ refugees have been trickling out of the war zone los refugiados han ido saliendo poco a poco de la zona de guerra
trickle ['trɪkəl] vi, -led ; -ling : gotear, chorrear
trickle n
: goteo m, hilo m
trickle
v.
• chorrear v.
• escurrir v.
• gotear v.
• salir poco a poco v.
n.
• chorro delgado s.m.
• goteo s.m.
• hilo s.m.
• reguero s.m.

I
1. 'trɪkəl
intransitive verb (+ adv compl)
a) \<\<liquid\>\>

perspiration trickled down his forehead — le corrían gotas de sudor por la frente

the water was trickling away — el agua se iba escurriendo poco a poco

b) (arrive, go)

letters are still trickling in — todavía se está recibiendo alguna que otra carta

the audience began to trickle back into the hall — poco a poco el público fue volviendo a la sala


2.
vt

he trickled water over the leaves — dejó caer un hilito de agua sobre las hojas


II
noun hilo m

the river is now no more than a trickle — el río ya no es más que un hilito (de agua)

applications have slowed to a trickle — ya sólo se recibe alguna que otra solicitud

['trɪkl]
1. N
1) (gen) chorrito m ; [of blood] hilo m
2) (fig)

a trickle of people — un goteo de personas

we received a trickle of news — nos llegaba alguna que otra noticia

what was a trickle is now a flood — lo que era un goteo es ya un torrente

2. VI
1) [liquid] escurrir

blood trickled down his cheek — la sangre le caía a gotas por la mejilla

2) (fig) (slowly) ir despacio; (gradually) poco a poco

people kept trickling in — la gente seguía entrando poco a poco

3.
VT (lit) gotear

you're trickling blood — estás sangrando un poco

4.
CPD

trickle charger N — (Elec) cargador m de batería

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I
1. ['trɪkəl]
intransitive verb (+ adv compl)
a) \<\<liquid\>\>

perspiration trickled down his forehead — le corrían gotas de sudor por la frente

the water was trickling away — el agua se iba escurriendo poco a poco

b) (arrive, go)

letters are still trickling in — todavía se está recibiendo alguna que otra carta

the audience began to trickle back into the hall — poco a poco el público fue volviendo a la sala


2.
vt

he trickled water over the leaves — dejó caer un hilito de agua sobre las hojas


II
noun hilo m

the river is now no more than a trickle — el río ya no es más que un hilito (de agua)

applications have slowed to a trickle — ya sólo se recibe alguna que otra solicitud


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