fan

aficionado, fan, seguidor

Persona a la que le gusta mucho alguien, un equipo o una actividad.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who likes a person, team, or activity very much.

• I am a football fan.
• Hundreds of fans waited outside the theater.
• Are you a fan of her latest album?

Cómo se usa: fan of someone/something (She is a fan of detective novels.)

Sinónimos: supporter, admirer, enthusiast

Expresiones frecuentes: football fan, fan of someone, big fan

ventilador, abanico

Objeto o máquina que mueve el aire para refrescar a personas o cosas.

En inglés sencillo: An object or machine that moves air to keep people or things cool.

• Turn on the fan, please.
• She cooled her face with a paper fan.
• The fans kept the room comfortable all afternoon.

Expresiones frecuentes: electric fan, ceiling fan, hand fan

ventilador

Máquina con aspas giratorias que mueve el aire para enfriar a personas o equipos.

En inglés sencillo: A machine with turning blades that moves air to cool people or equipment.

• The fan is very noisy.
• He switched on the ceiling fan.
• Small fans stop the computers from getting too hot.

Sinónimos: ventilator

Expresiones frecuentes: ceiling fan, desk fan, cooling fan

abanico

Objeto plegable que se sostiene y se agita con la mano para dirigir aire hacia la cara.

En inglés sencillo: A folding object you hold and wave to move air toward your face.

• She opened her paper fan.
• He waved a fan to cool his face.
• The dancers held brightly painted fans.

Sinónimos: hand fan

Expresiones frecuentes: folding fan, paper fan, silk fan

abanicar

Dirigir aire hacia alguien o algo, normalmente agitando un objeto.

En inglés sencillo: To move air toward someone or something, often by waving an object.

• He fanned his face with a hat.
• We fanned the fire until it burned brightly.
• She was fanning the baby gently in the heat.

Cómo se usa: fan someone/something with something (She fanned herself with a magazine.)

Expresiones frecuentes: fan yourself, fan the flames, fan someone gently

desplegarse, dispersarse

Extenderse o desplazarse desde un punto hacia fuera en varias direcciones.

En inglés sencillo: To spread or move outward in several directions from one place.

• The searchers fanned out.
• Narrow streets fan out from the main square.
• The police fanned out across the field to look for clues.

Cómo se usa: fan out across/through something (The rescuers fanned out across the hillside.); fan out from something (Several paths fan out from the gate.)

Sinónimos: spread out, disperse

Antónimos: converge

Expresiones frecuentes: fan out, fan out across, fan out from