Meanings (ES + gloss)
borrar • tachar
To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
Please strike the last sentence.
asestar • golpear • pegar • propinar
To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow.
Strike the door sharply with your foot and see if it comes loose. A bullet struck him. The ship struck a reef.
The 0812 Huddersfield-Sheffield service struck the stabiliser leg of a lorry being used to take away portable toilets after local repair work.
acuñar
To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow.
We will strike a medal in your honour.
[I]n practice, small deformations will occur in the shell on striking the shuttering, or... alternatively, some small deformations are due to slightly imperfect placing of the orig…
sobrevenir
To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts,[…], and therefore my lack of detection…
The first thing to strike my eye was a beautiful pagoda. Tragedy struck when his brother was killed in a bush fire.
ocurrirse • parecer
To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
Golf has always struck me as a waste of time.
I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odor of camphor was unmistakable. It struck me as singularly odd, that among the universal d…
descubrir • impactar • impresionar • sacudir • sorprender
To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
In like manner the writings of mere men[…]strike and surprise us most upon our first perusal of them[…].
to strike the mind with surprise; to strike somebody with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror
arriar • bajar
To take down, especially in the following contexts.
The frigate has struck, sir! We've beaten them, the lily-livers!
hacer huelga • huelguear • parar el trabajo
To take down, especially in the following contexts.
Two men were put to work who could not set their looms; a third man was taken on who helped the inefficients to set the looms. The other weavers thought this was a breach of their…
Phrases
awestruckcounterstrikecunt-struckdouble-struckdumbstruckflystruckfuckstruckgobstruckgrief-strickenheartstrickenhorror-strucklight-strucklightning does not strike twice in the same placelightning doesn't strike twice in the same placelightning never strikes twice in the same placelove-struckmisstrikemoonstruckoutstrikeoverstrikepanic-strickenpanic-strikeplanet-struckpoverty-strickenrestrikestagestruckstar-struckstrike a balancestrike a bargainstrike a blowstrike a chordstrike a false notestrike a jurystrike a leadstrike a lightstrike a mediumstrike a nervestrike a strokestrike at the heart ofstrike back