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slip1

/slɪp/ [slipped, slipping]

Translation

v [i]
resbalarse
I slipped on a banana skin
Me resbalé al pisar una cáscara de plátano
constr. Se usa generalmente seguido de una preposición o un adverbio
v [t]
(inform)
dar a escondidas
She slipped the doorman a tip
Le dio una propina al portero a escondidas
deslizar
to slip one's mind Her name slipped my mind for a moment
Su nombre se me fue de la cabeza por un momento
to slip away to slip sth off to slip sth on to slip out to slip up
(Definition of slip vv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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