in the air

en el ambiente, en el aire

Se dice de una emoción o un ambiente que las personas presentes pueden percibir.

En inglés sencillo: Present as a feeling or mood that people around you can sense.

• Love is in the air.
• We felt tension in the air during dinner.
• There was a sense of hope in the air.

Cómo se usa: something is in the air (Excitement was in the air before the concert.)

Sinónimos: around, perceptible

Expresiones frecuentes: in the air, something in the air

circulando, en el aire

Se dice de información que circula entre muchas personas sin que se sepa de dónde salió.

En inglés sencillo: Being talked about widely, although nobody knows where the information came from.

• There are rumours in the air.
• Talk of an election was in the air.
• Nobody could explain the strange reports in the air.

Cómo se usa: something is in the air (Rumours of a takeover are in the air.)

Sinónimos: circulating, going around

Expresiones frecuentes: in the air, something in the air

en el aire, sin decidir

Se dice de algo que aún no está decidido, resuelto o asegurado.

En inglés sencillo: Not yet decided, settled, or secure.

• Our plans are still in the air.
• His future was in the air after the closure.
• The final arrangements remain in the air.

Cómo se usa: something is in the air (The date remains in the air.)

Sinónimos: unsettled, uncertain, up in the air

Antónimos: settled, decided

Expresiones frecuentes: in the air, still in the air

con el flanco expuesto

Se dice de una fuerza militar cuyo costado está desprotegido y puede ser atacado.

En inglés sencillo: Having an unprotected side that an enemy can attack.

• Their flank was in the air.
• The retreat left our right wing in the air.
• The commander refused to leave a flank in the air.

Cómo se usa: have a flank/wing in the air (The division had its left flank in the air.)

Sinónimos: exposed, unprotected, unsupported

Antónimos: protected

Expresiones frecuentes: in the air, wing in the air