Meanings (ES + gloss)
destello • flash • fogonazo • relámpago
A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
Between 8 and 9 p.m., the recorder at a meteorological station at Harrow, Middlesex, picked up 1,470 lightning flashes within a radius of 10 to 15 miles, and observers at the stati…
periquete • pispás • santiamén • tris
A very short amount of time.
Quick—something must be done! done in a flash, too! But the very imminence of the emergency paralyzed his invention.
flash
Clipping of camera flash (“a device used to produce a flash of artificial light to help illuminate a scene”).
Phrases
anti-flashantiflasharc flashautoflashbackflashblue flashbootflashcamera flashcrown flashdouble flashdouble-flasheyebrow flashflash backflash bangflash boilerflash burnflash burnerflash cardflash crowdflash cubeflash cutflash diskflash doorflash driveflash droughtflash fictionflash floodflash floodingflash frameflash freezerflash freezingflash fuelflash grenadeflash gunflash houseflash in the panflash lockflash memoryflash mobflash mobber
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
destellar • flashear
To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
He flashed the light at the water, trying to see what made the noise.
destellar • destellear
To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
Eugenie's quick apprehensions seized the foul thought. Her eyes flashed—her cheek crimsoned.
The light flashed on and off.
despechugarse • destetarse
To expose one's intimate body part or undergarment, often momentarily and unintentionally. (Contrast streak.)
Her skirt was so short that she flashed her underpants as she was getting out of her car.
She flashed a vocalist at a rock concert.
pinchar
To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
Susan flashed Jessica, and then Jessica called her back, because Susan didn't have enough credit on her phone to make the call.
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