flotar - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Verbs

to drift  | drifted, drifted | [TECH.]	flotar   - en el mar, etc.
to be afloat  | was, been |	flotar
to poise  | poised, poised |	flotar   - aire
to swim  | swam, swum |   - having too much liquid	flotar
to hover  | hovered, hovered |   also  [AVIAT.]	flotar   - aire
to blow  | blew, blown |	flotar   - bandera
to waft  | wafted, wafted |	flotar   - en el aire
to float  | floated, floated |   - not sink	flotar   - en el mar, etc.
to flit  | flitted/flit, flitted/flitflitted/flit | [fig.]	flotar [fig.]
to be washed ashore  | was, been |	llegar flotando
to drift ashore  | drifted, drifted |	llegar flotando
to float ashore  | floated, floated |	llegar flotando

Examples

The balloon floated up into the sky.

El globo flotó hacia arriba en el cielo.

Orthographically similar words

faltar, fletar, florar, flota, frotar

Related search terms

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