scan
/skæn/ [scanned, scanning]Translation
v [t]
›
⇨ examinar
The police scanned the place in search of the lost child La policía examinó el lugar en busca del niño desaparecido
⇨ inspeccionar
› (un texto)
⇨ echar un vistazo
⇨ leer rápidamente
■ constr. to scan through sth›
⇨ escanear
(Definition of scan v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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