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cling

clung, clung /klɪŋ/

Translation

v [i]
agarrar(se)
Cling on to the rock until they rescue you!
¡Agárrate a la roca hasta que te rescaten!
constr. Se usa generalmente seguido de las preposiciones on, together y to
pegar(se)
Her skirt clings to her body
La falda se le pega al cuerpo
aferrarse
He clings to his old ideas and beliefs
Se aferra a sus viejas ideas y creencias
to cling to sb
(Definition of cling v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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