stroke Significado & definición

Significado de stroke en español

• 0 to gently move your hand over a surface -- pasar la mano por, acariciar

  • She stroked the dog.

• 1 a serious medical condition in the brain that makes you suddenly unable to move part of your body -- ataque de apoplejía

• 2 a movement that you make against something with your hand, a pen, a brush, etc. -- caricia, golpe, trazo, pincelada

  • a brush stroke

• 3 a style of swimming -- estilo

• 4 something good that happens to you by chance -- un golpe de suerte

• 5 a medical condition in which a blood vessel in the brain suddenly becomes blocked or bursts -- derrame cerebral [ masculine ]

  • He died of a stroke. Murió de un derrame cerebral.

  • to have a stroke tener un derrame cerebral

• 6 a long swinging movement, especially to hit sth -- técnica [ feminine ]

  • a tennis player with a beautiful stroke un jugador de tenis con una técnica hermosa

  • a single stroke of the axe un solo hachazo

• 7 a style of swimming -- brazada [ feminine ]

  • Freestyle is my best stroke. El estilo libre es mi mejor brazada.

• 8 a movement of your arm in swimming -- brazada [ feminine ]

  • She swam with smooth strokes. Ella nadaba con brazadas ligeras.

• 9 an act of stroking sth with your hand -- caricia [ feminine ]

  • A few strokes on the back always calm the dog down. Unas pocas caricias en la espalda siempre calman al perro.

• 10 an unexpected positive event -- golpe de suerte

  • By a stroke of luck a policeman was standing right there. Por golpe de suerte, un policía estaba allí de pie.

• 11 a sudden intelligent solution to a problem -- idea ingeniosa

  • the stroke of genius that let him win the chess match la idea ingeniosa que le permitió ganar la partida de ajedrez

• 12 to pull your hand across sth gently -- acariciar

  • Her mother stroked her hair. Su madre le acariciaba el pelo.