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rattle1

UK: /ˈræt.l̩/ US: /ˈræt̮-/ [rattled, rattling]

Translation

v [t, i]
hacer sonar
I rattled the box to find out what was inside
Hice sonar la caja para saber qué contenía
sacudir
Stop rattling your pens
Dejad de sacudir los bolígrafos
hacer vibrar
traquetear
v [t]
poner nervioso,sa
He was rattled by the interruptions
Las interrupciones le pusieron nervioso
constr. Se usa más en pasiva
to rattle sth off [m]
(Definition of rattle vv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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