verb🔗ShareInsertar un día bisiestoTo insert an extra leap day into a calendar in order to maintain synchrony with natural phenomena."To keep the calendar aligned with the seasons, they intercalated an extra day in February. "Para mantener el calendario alineado con las estaciones, intercalaron un día extra en febrero.timeastronomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareInsertar un mes extra en un calendarioTo insert an extra month into a calendar for the same purpose. The Hebrew calendar has such a month."To keep the lunar cycle aligned with the seasons, the Hebrew calendar intercalates an extra month during certain years. "Para mantener el ciclo lunar alineado con las estaciones, el calendario hebreo intercala un mes extra durante ciertos años.timehistoryreligionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareIntercalar, insertarTo insert a substance between two or more molecules, bases, cells, or tissues."The student intercalated a blank page between each chapter of her notes to allow room for additions. "El estudiante intercaló una página en blanco entre cada capítulo de sus notas para dejar espacio para adiciones.chemistrybiologybiochemistrymedicinesubstancephysiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareIntercalar, insertarTo insert anything somewhere (especially between other things), such as an affix into a word. (Compare interpolate.)"The teacher intercalated short review quizzes between the new lessons to help students remember past material. "El profesor intercaló cuestionarios de repaso cortos entre las nuevas lecciones para ayudar a los estudiantes a recordar el material anterior.grammarlinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareIntercalado, insertadoInterleaved, formed in distinctly alternating layers."The textbook had pages of text intercalated with colorful diagrams to break up the monotony. "El libro de texto tenía páginas de texto intercaladas con diagramas coloridos para romper la monotonía.structurematerialgeologyscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading