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glanced

/ɡlɑːnst/ /ɡlænst/

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verb

Echar un vistazo, mirar brevemente

To look briefly (at something).

Examples :

"She glanced at her reflection as she passed the mirror."

Ella echó un vistazo a su reflejo al pasar por el espejo.

action appearance

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verb

Rozar

To graze a surface.

Examples :

"The bullet glanced off the soldier's helmet, leaving a dent but causing no serious injury. "

La bala rozó el casco del soldado, dejando una abolladura pero sin causar heridas graves.

action appearance

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verb

Brillar, centellear

Examples :

"The spring sunlight was glancing on the water of the pond."

La luz del sol primaveral brillaba sobre el agua del estanque.

appearance nature

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verb

Vislumbrar, destellar, parpadear

To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.

Examples :

"The sunlight glanced off the windshield of the passing car, momentarily blinding me. "

La luz del sol destelló en el parabrisas del coche que pasaba, cegándome momentáneamente.

appearance action time

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verb

Rebotar, rozar

To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside.

Examples :

"The ball glanced off the edge of the table and rolled onto the floor. "

La pelota rebotó en el borde de la mesa y rodó al suelo.

direction physics action

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verb

Dar un cabezazo ligero

To hit lightly with the head, make a deft header.

Examples :

"The striker glanced the ball into the net with his head, scoring the winning goal. "

El delantero dio un ligero cabezazo al balón hacia la red con la cabeza, marcando el gol de la victoria.

body sport action

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verb

Echar un vistazo, aludir

To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; often with at.

Examples :

"The teacher glanced at the upcoming test without explicitly saying what would be on it. "

El profesor aludió al próximo examen sin decir explícitamente qué contendría.

language communication

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verb

Echar un vistazo, rozar

A type of interaction between parent fish and offspring in which juveniles swim toward and rapidly touch the sides of the parent, in most cases feeding on parental mucus. Relatively few species glance, mainly some Cichlidae.

Examples :

"The baby cichlids glanced at their mother, quickly brushing against her side to feed on her nutritious mucus. "

Los cíclidos bebés echaron un vistazo a su madre, rozando rápidamente su costado para alimentarse de su mucosidad nutritiva.

animal fish biology ecology