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blow1

blew, blown UK: /bləʊ/ US: /bloʊ/

Translation

v [i]
soplar
Blow as hard as you can
Sopla tan fuerte como puedas
The wind is blowing hard today
El viento sopla muy fuerte hoy
(un silbato)
tocar
to blow a {fuse/gasket} (inform, old-fash)
ponerse hecho,cha una fiera
to blow one's nose
sonarse
Take this handkerchief and blow your nose
Coge este pañuelo y suénate
to blow sth away [m] to blow sth down [m] to blow sth out [m] to blow over to blow up (at sb)Véase tb: to {blow/get} sth out of proportion; to blow a raspberry; to blow one's own trumpet; to blow sth sky-high
(Definition of blow v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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