fly

mosca

Insecto pequeño que vuela y suele encontrarse cerca de comida o basura.

En inglés sencillo: A small flying insect, often seen around food or waste.

• A fly landed on my bread.
• There are flies around the rubbish bin.
• She opened the window to let the fly out.

Expresiones frecuentes: house fly, dead fly, swat a fly

bragueta

Abertura delantera del pantalón, normalmente cubierta con tela y cerrada con cremallera o botones.

En inglés sencillo: The opening at the front of trousers, usually covered by cloth and closed with a zip or buttons.

• Your fly is open.
• These jeans have a button fly.
• He quickly fastened his fly before leaving the bathroom.

Expresiones frecuentes: zip fly, button fly, fly is open

elevado

Bola de béisbol que, al ser golpeada, sube muy alto en el aire.

En inglés sencillo: A baseball hit that sends the ball high into the air.

• The fielder caught the fly.
• He hit a high fly into left field.
• Two flies were caught before the inning ended.

Sinónimos: fly ball

Expresiones frecuentes: high fly, catch a fly, pop fly

múscido

Insecto de la familia que incluye la mosca doméstica y otras moscas parecidas.

En inglés sencillo: An insect from the family that includes houseflies and other similar flies.

• The housefly is a fly in the family Muscidae.
• Some flies in this family feed on animal blood.
• The researcher identified the fly by examining its wings.

Sinónimos: muscid

Expresiones frecuentes: muscid fly, house fly, stable fly

vuelo

Ocasión en que algo vuela, especialmente cuando se hace volar una cometa.

En inglés sencillo: An occasion when something moves through the air, especially when you send a kite up.

• We gave the kite a fly.
• There was enough wind for a quick fly before lunch.
• After repairing the kite, she gave it another fly.

Sinónimos: flight

Expresiones frecuentes: give a fly, a quick fly, a good fly

volar

Moverse por el aire sin tocar el suelo.

En inglés sencillo: To move through the air without touching the ground.

• Birds fly over the lake.
• A butterfly flew into my room.
• Can these young birds fly yet?

Sinónimos: soar

Expresiones frecuentes: fly away, fly overhead, fly south

volar, pilotar

Viajar en una aeronave o manejarla como piloto.

En inglés sencillo: To travel in an aircraft, or control it as its pilot.

• We fly home tomorrow.
• She flew a small plane over the coast.
• Have you ever flown in a helicopter?

Cómo se usa: fly to/from somewhere (We flew from Paris to Rome.)

Sinónimos: ascend, aviate, float, flutter

Expresiones frecuentes: fly to london, fly a plane, fly home

funcionar, ser aceptado

Dicho de una idea o plan, ser aceptado o tener posibilidades de funcionar.

En inglés sencillo: To be accepted by people or prove likely to succeed, especially when describing an idea or plan.

• That excuse will never fly.
• Her proposal will never fly with the committee.
• Do you think this plan will fly?

Sinónimos: work, succeed, be accepted

Antónimos: fail

Expresiones frecuentes: idea will fly, never fly, proposal might fly