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stopped

/stɑpt/

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verb

Parar, detenerse

To cease moving.

Examples :

"I stopped at the traffic lights."

Me detuve en los semáforos.

action vehicle machine

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verb

Parar, detenerse

To not continue.

Examples :

"Soon the rain will stop."

Pronto la lluvia parará.

action process time

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verb

Detener, parar

To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.

Examples :

"The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks."

La vista de los hombres armados lo detuvo en seco.

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verb

Cesar, detenerse

To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).

Examples :

"One of the wrestlers suddenly stopped fighting."

Uno de los luchadores dejó de pelear de repente.

action process time

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verb

Detener, parar

To cause (something) to come to an end.

Examples :

"The referees stopped the fight."

Los árbitros detuvieron la pelea.

action process event

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verb

Cerrar, tapar

To close or block an opening.

Examples :

"He stopped the wound with gauze."

Él cerró la herida con gasa.

action function

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verb

Cerrar el diafragma

(often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.

Examples :

"To achieve maximum depth of field, he stopped down to an f-stop of 22."

Para lograr la máxima profundidad de campo, cerró el diafragma a una apertura de f/22.

technology device art technical

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verb

Quedarse, parar

To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.

Examples :

"We stopped at the cafe for a coffee on our way to work. "

Nos detuvimos en el café a tomar un café de camino al trabajo.

time action place

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verb

Detener

To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.

Examples :

"She carefully stopped the guitar string at the seventh fret to play the correct note. "

Ella detuvo cuidadosamente la cuerda de la guitarra en el séptimo traste para tocar la nota correcta.

music sound technical

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verb

Puntuar

Examples :

"She stopped reading the letter to emphasize its importance. "

Ella puntuó la lectura de la carta para enfatizar su importancia.

grammar linguistics writing language

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verb

Cerrar, taponar

To make fast; to stopper.

Examples :

"The sailor stopped the bottle tightly with a cork to prevent the rum from spilling. "

El marinero taponó la botella herméticamente con un corcho para evitar que se derramara el ron.

action nautical

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adjective

Parado

(of a vehicle) Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed; said also of the occupants of such a vehicle.

Examples :

"They passed a stopped car on the side of the road, but realized there was nothing they could do to help."

Pasaron por un coche parado al lado de la carretera, pero se dieron cuenta de que no podían hacer nada para ayudar.

vehicle traffic position

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adjective

Parado, detenido

(more generally) In the state resulting from having stopped.

Examples :

"A stopped clock is right twice a day."

Un reloj parado da la hora correcta dos veces al día.

condition state

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adjective

Obstruido, taponado

(of a pipe) Having a stop; being closed at one end.

Examples :

"The plumber examined the stopped pipe, suspecting a blockage further down the line. "

El fontanero examinó la tubería obstruida, sospechando un bloqueo más abajo en la línea.

utility technical

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adjective

Bien podado

(of a plant) In a well-pruned state.

Examples :

"The stopped rose bush, though small, produced an abundance of beautiful blooms. "

El rosal bien podado, aunque pequeño, produjo una abundancia de hermosas flores.

plant agriculture

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adjective

Oclusiva

Made by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b, d, p, and t.

Examples :

""B" is a stopped consonant. "

La "B" es una consonante oclusiva.

phonetics language sound linguistics