rant

despotricar, vociferar

Hablar durante mucho tiempo con ira, a menudo a gritos y sin control.

En inglés sencillo: To speak angrily for a long time, often loudly and without control.

• He started to rant and shout.
• She ranted at us until her face turned red.
• Why are you ranting about a tiny mistake?

Cómo se usa: rant at someone (He ranted at the staff for several minutes.); rant about something (She ranted about the delay all the way home.)

Sinónimos: rage, rave

Expresiones frecuentes: rant and rave, rant at someone

despotricar, soltar discursos

Exponer opiniones de forma larga y tajante, sin prestar mucha atención a otros puntos de vista.

En inglés sencillo: To express your opinions at length and forcefully, giving little attention to other views.

• He loves to rant about politics.
• She ranted online about her boss again.
• I stopped listening when he began ranting about young people.

Cómo se usa: rant about something (He ranted about office rules throughout lunch.); rant on about something (She ranted on about the state of modern music.)

Sinónimos: hold forth, go on

Expresiones frecuentes: rant about something, rant on

arremeter, despotricar

Criticar a alguien o algo con un discurso largo y lleno de ira.

En inglés sencillo: To criticize someone or something in a long, angry speech.

• She ranted against the new rules.
• He ranted about the company’s poor service.
• The speaker ranted against everyone who had opposed him.

Cómo se usa: rant against someone/something (He ranted against the council’s decision.)

Sinónimos: rail, inveigh

Antónimos: praise

Expresiones frecuentes: rant against something, rant about someone

bailar pasos tradicionales

Bailar pasos tradicionales, a menudo con zapatos de madera.

En inglés sencillo: To perform traditional dance steps, often wearing wooden shoes.

• The dancers began to rant.
• They ranted in clogs across the wooden floor.
• She learned to rant to traditional music.

Expresiones frecuentes: rant in clogs, rant to music

diatriba, arremetida

Discurso largo y lleno de ira en el que se critica a alguien o algo.

En inglés sencillo: A long, angry speech criticizing someone or something.

• His rant criticized the whole company.
• She delivered a furious rant about the service.
• Another rant against the government appeared on his blog.

Cómo se usa: rant about someone/something (She launched into a rant about her landlord.); rant against someone/something (His rant against the policy lasted ten minutes.)

Sinónimos: tirade, diatribe

Expresiones frecuentes: rant about something, rant against something, angry rant

perorata, discurso descontrolado

Discurso largo, descontrolado y cargado de emociones que puede resultar difícil de seguir.

En inglés sencillo: A long, uncontrolled speech full of strong feelings that may be difficult to follow.

• His speech became an emotional rant.
• Nobody could follow her wild rant.
• The recording captured a long, rambling rant about everything that had happened.

Sinónimos: outburst, tirade

Expresiones frecuentes: emotional rant, incoherent rant, long rant

paso de danza tradicional

Paso de danza tradicional del norte de Inglaterra, a menudo ejecutado con zapatos de madera.

En inglés sencillo: A traditional dance step, often performed in wooden shoes in northern England.

• The dancer demonstrated a rant.
• They practiced the rant in wooden clogs.
• This dance includes several lively rants.

Expresiones frecuentes: morris rant, traditional rant, rant step