knock1
UK: /nɒk/ US: /nɑːk/Translation
v [t]
›
⇨ golpear
■ constr. Se usa generalmente seguido de las preposiciones y adverbios against, into, off y over› (inform)
⇨ criticar
›Don't knock it
No lo desprecies
v [i]
→ to knock {about/around} with sb→ to knock sth back [m]→ to knock sth down [m]→ to knock sth/sb down [m]→ to knock off (sth)→ to knock sth off [m]→ to knock sb out [m]›
⇨ llamar [a la puerta]
They knocked at the door several times Llamaron varias veces a la puerta
■ constr. to knock at/on sth to knock on wood US (UK/US tb to touch wood) (inform)
⇨ tocar madera [por superstición]
(Definition of knock vv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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