spring

saltar

Saltar de repente o con rapidez, a menudo para recorrer cierta distancia.

En inglés sencillo: To jump suddenly or quickly, often over a distance.

• The cat sprang forward.
• He sprang out of bed when the alarm rang.
• Can you spring over that low wall?

Cómo se usa: spring from something (The cat sprang from the chair.); spring to your feet (She sprang to her feet.)

Sinónimos: leap, jump

Expresiones frecuentes: spring up, spring forward, spring into action

brotar, surgir

Aparecer o salir de repente; también, abrirse de pronto una grieta por la que sale líquido.

En inglés sencillo: To appear or come out suddenly, or suddenly develop an opening that lets liquid through.

• The boat sprang a leak.
• Tears sprang to his eyes at the news.
• A deer sprang into view beside the road.

Cómo se usa: spring a leak (Our boat sprang a leak.); spring from something (Tears sprang from her eyes.)

Sinónimos: burst forth, emerge

Expresiones frecuentes: spring a leak, spring from something, spring into view

cobrar vida

Empezar de repente a funcionar, moverse o mostrar energía.

En inglés sencillo: To suddenly become active, lively, or full of energy.

• The machine sprang to life.
• The quiet village springs to life during the festival.
• My phone screen sprang to life with a message.

Cómo se usa: spring to life (The engine sprang to life.)

Sinónimos: come alive, come to life

Expresiones frecuentes: spring to life, spring into life

primavera

Estación entre el invierno y el verano, cuando suben las temperaturas y las plantas empiezan a crecer.

En inglés sencillo: The season between winter and summer, when the weather gets warmer and plants begin to grow.

• Flowers open in spring.
• We visited Japan last spring.
• Does your garden look beautiful every spring?

Expresiones frecuentes: in spring, early spring, spring flowers, spring weather

resorte, muelle

Pieza flexible de metal que vuelve a su forma original después de doblarse o estirarse.

En inglés sencillo: A flexible metal part that bends or stretches and then returns to its earlier shape.

• The spring in this pen is broken.
• This mattress has hundreds of springs.
• Pressing the button squeezes a small spring inside.

Expresiones frecuentes: metal spring, bed spring, coil spring, steel spring

manantial

Lugar donde el agua sale de forma natural del suelo.

En inglés sencillo: A place where water comes naturally out of the ground.

• We drank water from a spring.
• Hot springs attract visitors to the valley.
• A small spring feeds the stream behind our house.

Sinónimos: water source

Expresiones frecuentes: hot spring, natural spring, spring water