Meanings (ES + gloss)
parpadeo
An unsteady flash of light.
the flicker of an old movie
the flicker of the dying candle
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
parpadear • titilar
To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.
Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped; but he had lost all…
The shadows flicker to and fro.
centellear • parpadear • titilar
To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.
A strong desire to smash up everything in the room kept flickering in his head.
There I lay on one side with a thin and rotten plank between the dead man and me, dazed with the blow to my head, and breathing hard; while the glow of torches as they came down th…
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