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jolt2

UK: /dʒəʊlt/ US: /dʒoʊlt/

Translation

v [t, i]
›
⇨ dar una sacudida
The car jolted as it braked
El coche dio una sacudida al frenar
v [t]
›
⇨ conmocionar
The whole world was jolted by the news of her death
El mundo entero se conmocionó con la noticia de su muerte
(Definition of jolt vv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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