onda - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Nouns

wave [PHYS.]	la onda
wave   - curl	la onda   - en el cabello
ripple [TECH.]	la onda
harmonic wave [PHYS.][TECH.]	onda armónica
overtone [PHYS.]	onda armónica   [Acoustics]
square wave [ELEC.]	onda cuadrada
diffracted wave [MATH.][TECH.]	onda difractada
forward wave [MATH.]	onda directa
scattered wave [TELECOM.]	onda dispersada
transverse electromagnetic wave   (short form: TEM wave) [TELECOM.]	onda EMT
transverse wave [TELECOM.]	onda EMT
spherical wave [PHYS.]	onda esférica
spin wave [PHYS.]	onda espín
extraordinary wave [TELECOM.]	onda extraordinaria

Phrases / Collocations

What's cooking?	¿Qué onda? (Lat. Am.)
What's up?	¿Qué onda? (Lat. Am.)
to cotton on to sth.	captar la onda
to savvy  | savvied, savvied | [sl.]	captar la onda
to cotton on to sth.	agarrar la onda (Lat. Am.)
to savvy  | savvied, savvied | [sl.]	agarrar la onda (Lat. Am.)
to be up to date	estar en la onda [fig.] [coll.] (Lat. Am.)
to be in   - in fashion	estar en la onda [fig.] [coll.] (Lat. Am.)
to be on the same page (Amer.)	estar en la misma onda [coll.]
What a bummer.	¡Qué mala onda! [coll.] (Lat. Am.: Arg., Bol., Perú, Urug.)

Adjectives / Adverbs

short-wave  adj.	de onda corta
leaky-wave  adj.	de onda de fuga
full-wave  adj.   - used before noun	de onda completa
square-wave  adj.   - before noun	de onda cuadrada
slow-wave  adj.   - before noun	de onda lenta
forward-wave  adj.   - used before noun	de onda de avance
quarter-wave  adj.   - used before noun	en (un) cuarto de onda
cool  adj. [coll.]	buena onda [coll.] (Lat. Am.)
easygoing   or: easy-going  adj.	buena onda [coll.] (Lat. Am.)
good vibes [coll.]	buena onda [coll.] (Lat. Am.)
nonchalantly  adv.	buena onda [coll.] (Lat. Am.)
phat  adj. [sl.]	buena onda [coll.] (Lat. Am.)
space-charge-wave  adj.   - before noun	de onda de carga espacial

Verbs

to catch on (to sth.)  | caught, caught |	captar la onda
to figure sth. ⇔  out	captar la onda
to notice sth.  | noticed, noticed |	captar la onda
to realize^AE sth.; to realise^BE / realize^BE sth.  | realized, realized / realised, realised |	captar la onda
to be on the ball	estar en la onda
to get sth.  | got, got/gotten |   - understand [coll.]	captar la onda
to grok sth.  | grokked, grokked | [sl.] (Amer.)	captar la onda
to catch on (to sth.)  | caught, caught |	agarrar la onda (Lat. Am.)
to figure sth. ⇔  out	agarrar la onda (Lat. Am.)
to get the hang of sth.	agarrar la onda (Lat. Am.)
to notice sth.  | noticed, noticed |	agarrar la onda (Lat. Am.)
to realize^AE sth.; to realise^BE / realize^BE sth.  | realized, realized / realised, realised |	agarrar la onda (Lat. Am.)
to suss sth.  | sussed, sussed | (Brit.) [sl.]	agarrar la onda (Lat. Am.)
to suss sth. out (Brit.) [sl.]	agarrar la onda (Lat. Am.)

Examples

What ails you? [form.]   archaic	¿Qué onda contigo? [coll.] (Lat. Am.)
The surfer rode the big wave with skill.	El surfista montó la gran onda con destreza.

Orthographically similar words

bona, bond, fond, nada, pond, soda

boda, coña, doña, fonda, goda, honda, joda, lona, moda, mona, moña, monda, nada, Nada, oda, ondas, onza, poda, roña, ronda, soda, sonda, toda, zona

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