jive

bailar jive

Bailar con movimientos rápidos y animados al ritmo de swing u otra música popular parecida.

En inglés sencillo: To dance with quick, lively movements to swing music or similar popular music.

• We learned to jive together.
• They jived across the dance floor.
• Can you jive to this song?

Cómo se usa: jive to something (They jived to the band's lively music.)

Sinónimos: dance

Expresiones frecuentes: jive to music, jive with someone, learn to jive

concordar, cuadrar

Coincidir con otra cosa o encajar bien con ella.

En inglés sencillo: To agree with something else or fit well with it.

• Those two stories don't jive.
• Her explanation jives with the facts.
• The numbers didn't jive with our earlier report.

Cómo se usa: jive with something (His account doesn't jive with the evidence.)

Sinónimos: agree, match, jibe

Antónimos: conflict, clash

Expresiones frecuentes: jive with something, jive together, does not jive

engañar, tomar el pelo

Engañar a alguien o decir cosas que no son verdad.

En inglés sencillo: To trick someone or say things that are not true.

• Don't jive me; tell me the truth.
• He was jiving us about his rich uncle.
• Are you jiving, or did that really happen?

Sinónimos: deceive, fool, kid

Expresiones frecuentes: jive someone, jive me, jive about something

hablar en jerga del jazz

Hablar usando palabras y expresiones informales propias de los músicos de jazz.

En inglés sencillo: To talk using the informal words and expressions associated with jazz musicians.

• The musicians jived backstage after the show.
• He loved jiving with the jazz crowd.
• They jived about the band, using words I barely understood.

Expresiones frecuentes: jive with someone, jive about jazz

jive

Baile de pasos rápidos y animados, que suele hacerse en pareja al ritmo de swing.

En inglés sencillo: A lively dance with quick steps, often performed by two people to swing music.

• They danced the jive together.
• Our next lesson covers basic jive steps.
• The couple won a prize for their jive.

Expresiones frecuentes: dance the jive, jive steps, jive lesson

swing

Música de jazz animada y de ritmo marcado, adecuada para bailar.

En inglés sencillo: Lively jazz music with a strong rhythm that people can dance to.

• The band played jive all evening.
• She collects old jive records.
• Lively jive filled the club and drew everyone onto the dance floor.

Sinónimos: swing

Expresiones frecuentes: jive music, play jive, jive band

jerga del jazz

Palabras y expresiones informales usadas por músicos de jazz y personas de su entorno.

En inglés sencillo: The informal words and expressions used by jazz musicians and people connected with them.

• He spoke jive with the musicians.
• Some expressions from jive entered everyday English.
• She studied the jive used in old jazz clubs.

Sinónimos: jazz slang

Expresiones frecuentes: speak jive, jazz jive, jive talk