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drop1

UK: /drɒp/ US: /drɑːp/ [dropped, dropping]

Translation

v [i]
(un objeto)
caer(se)
He dropped the glass
Se le cayó el vaso
dejar caer
Don't drop it
No lo dejes caer
bajar
Sales have dropped considerably
Las ventas han bajado bastante
v [t]
(un plan, una idea)
abandonar
(en coche)
dejar [de camino]
Can you drop me at the supermarket?
¿Puedes dejarme en el supermercado?
drop-dread gorgeous (inform)
macizo,za col.
cachas col.
to drop sb a hint
soltar una indirecta
to drop sb a line
escribirle una nota a alguien
to drop dead
morir súbitamente
to drop behind to drop {by/in} to drop off to drop sth/sb off to drop out
(Definition of drop vv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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