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jump1

/dʒʌmp/

Translation

v [i]
saltar
Stop jumping about!
¡Deja de saltar!
They jumped the fence
Saltaron la valla
sobresaltar(se)
The telephone ringing made us jump
El sonido del teléfono nos sobresaltó
to jump {a/the} queue UK (US to jump a line/to jump the line)
colarse
to jump to conclusions
llegar a una conclusión precipitada
to jump up and down
dar saltos
to jump at sthVéase tb: base jumping; bungee jumping; to {get/jump} on the bandwagon; to jump the gun; to jump the queue; to jump to conclusions
(Definition of jump v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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