rock2

UK: /rɒk/ US: /rɑːk/

Translation

v [t, i]

›

⇨ balancear

⇨ mecer

She rocked the cradle gently

Meció la cuna suavemente

v [t]

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⇨ sacudir

⇨ estremecer

Everybody was rocked by the news of the accident

Todo el mundo se estremeció por las noticias del accidente

■ constr. Se usa más en pasiva

(Definition of rock vv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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