glimpse

vistazo

Oportunidad de ver algo durante un instante.

En inglés sencillo: A chance to see something very briefly.

• I caught a glimpse of her face.
• We had a brief glimpse of the mountains.
• Did you get a glimpse of the singer?

Cómo se usa: a glimpse of someone/something (We caught a glimpse of the sea through the trees.)

Sinónimos: brief look, peek

Expresiones frecuentes: a glimpse of, catch a glimpse, brief glimpse, get a glimpse

vislumbrar, entrever

Captar por un momento algo de una idea, sin llegar a comprenderla del todo.

En inglés sencillo: To begin to understand something for a short time without understanding it fully.

• I glimpsed the truth behind his words.
• The report lets us glimpse the scale of the problem.
• For a moment, she glimpsed a different future.

Sinónimos: sense, perceive

Expresiones frecuentes: glimpse the truth, glimpse a possibility, glimpse something