run into

encontrarse con, toparse con

Encontrarse con alguien o algo por casualidad, sin haberlo planeado.

En inglés sencillo: To meet someone or find something by chance, without planning to.

• I ran into Sam at the shop.
• We’ve run into a problem with the booking.
• Have you ever run into your teacher outside school?

Cómo se usa: run into someone/something (I ran into an old friend at the station.)

Sinónimos: come across, encounter, bump into

Expresiones frecuentes: run into someone, run into problems, run into trouble

chocar con, colisionar con

Chocar sin querer con alguien o algo al moverse.

En inglés sencillo: To hit someone or something accidentally while moving.

• The car ran into a tree.
• I wasn’t looking and ran into the door.
• Did your bike run into that fence?

Cómo se usa: run into someone/something (The cyclist ran into a parked car.)

Sinónimos: hit, crash into, collide with

Expresiones frecuentes: run into something, run into someone

entrar corriendo

Entrar en un lugar corriendo.

En inglés sencillo: To go inside a place while moving quickly on your feet.

• The boy ran into the house.
• We ran into a shop to escape the rain.
• Why did she run into the classroom?

Cómo se usa: run into somewhere (The children ran into the house.)

Sinónimos: rush into, dash into

Antónimos: run out of

Expresiones frecuentes: run into somewhere, run into school

ascender a, alcanzar

Llegar a una cantidad grande, sobre todo de dinero o tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: To reach a large amount, especially of money or time.

• The repair bill ran into thousands.
• Their debts now run into millions of dollars.
• The recording runs into hundreds of hours.

Cómo se usa: run into + large amount (The total cost could run into millions of pounds.)

Sinónimos: amount to, total, reach

Expresiones frecuentes: run into millions, run into thousands

estrellar contra, hacer chocar con

Hacer que un vehículo u otro objeto en movimiento choque contra algo.

En inglés sencillo: To make a vehicle or another moving object hit something.

• He ran his car into a wall.
• She lost control and ran the truck into a tree.
• Did you run the trolley into the door?

Cómo se usa: run something into someone/something (She ran her car into a wall.)

Sinónimos: crash into, ram into

Expresiones frecuentes: run something into something, run something into someone

mezclar, hacer que se mezclen

Hacer que colores o líquidos fluyan unos hacia otros y se mezclen.

En inglés sencillo: To make colours or liquids flow together and mix.

• Run the blue paint into the yellow.
• She ran the wet colours into each other with a brush.
• Try running the red ink into the clear water.

Cómo se usa: run something into something (Use a wet brush to run the blue paint into the green.)

Sinónimos: blend, mix

Antónimos: separate

Expresiones frecuentes: run something into something, run colours into something