English-Spanish translations for drop

• caer
  Eso es lo que pasa cuando se dejan caer bombas en una calle transitada de Gaza. That is what you get when you drop shells on a busy street in Gaza.
  El número de ciudadanos europeos activos caerá por millones incluso en la próxima década. The number of active European citizens will drop by millions even in the next decade.
  Debido a que la productividad ha caído en todo el mundo, el valor de los productos comercializados necesariamente tiene que caer con el descenso de la producción. As output fell all over the world, of course, the value of goods traded necessarily had to drop with the decline in production.
• gota
  Sólo será como la famosa gota de agua en un océano. It is the proverbial drop in the ocean.
  Pero eso no será más que una gota en el océano. That, though, will be but a drop in the ocean.
  Los HFC son una gota en el océano en relación con el CO2. HFCs are a drop in the ocean in relation to CO2.
• acercar
• caída
  Ello ha provocado una caída del consumo del 31%. This has led to a drop in consumption by 31%.
  Existen dos explicaciones para esta caída del empleo. There are two explanations for this drop in employment.
  La caída se debe principalmente a factores de motivación en las zonas de origen. The drop is mainly due to push factors in the areas of origin.
• declive
  Indicios como la caída en los pedidos no se tomaron suficientemente en serio y la UE ha contribuido probablemente al declive de una industria en el pasado floreciente con su pila de normativas. Signs such as a drop in orders were not taken seriously enough and the EU has probably contributed to the decline of a once flourishing industry with its raft of regulations.
• dejar caer
  O piensen que los pollos del nivel superior del camión no tienen, de hecho, totalmente prohibido dejar caer sus heces sobre los de abajo. Or imagine, the chickens on the top level in the lorry are not, in fact, totally prohibited from letting their faeces drop down onto those below.
• descender
  A menos que haya nuevas conmociones de importancia en los precios, a lo largo de 2005 las tasas de inflación anuales descenderán probablemente por debajo del 2 %. Provided that there are no further significant shocks to prices, annual inflation rates should drop below 2% in the course of 2005.
  Dicho derecho de participación resulta económicamente muy desventajoso para ellos, ya que hace descender inevitablemente los precios de venta iniciales. They see the resale right as being a major economic disadvantage, because it will inevitably lead to a drop in the initial sale price.
  Ahora, sin embargo, se ha efectuado una corrección, tal como el señor Almunia nos ha indicado: el crecimiento económico descenderá al 2 % este año y al 1,8 % en 2009. Now, however, a correction has been made, as we have recently heard from Mr Almunia: economic growth will drop to 2% this year, and then to 1.8% in 2009.
• descenso
  La confianza de los consumidores experimentó un descenso récord. Consumer confidence dropped to a record low.
  El resultado es un descenso del nivel de educación. The result is a drop in the standard of education.
  En algunos Estados miembros ha habido un descenso de ese consumo de hasta un 70 %. In some Member States we have seen that consumption drop up to 70%.
• esparcir
• regar

Definition of drop

• A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that falls from a source of liquid
• The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall
• A fall, descent; an act of dropping
• A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal activity; a drop-off point
• An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies by parachute
• A small amount of an alcoholic beverage
• Alcoholic spirits in general
• A single measure of whisky
• A dropped pass
• A drop-back
• A drop-kick
• relegation from one division to a lower one
• A point in a song, usually electronic-styled music such as dubstep, house, trance or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in tempo, bass, and/or overall tone; also known as the highlight or climax
• An unsolicited credit card issue
• That which resembles or hangs like a liquid drop: a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc
• A mechanism for lowering something, such as: a trapdoor; a machine for lowering heavy weights onto a ship's deck; a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet; a curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; etc
• A or
• The depth of a square sail; generally applied to the courses only
• The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole, that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key
• A drop target
• To fall in droplets .
• To drip .
• Generally, to fall .
• To let fall; to allow to fall .
• To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops
• To lower; to move to a lower position
• To set down from a vehicle; to deliver or deposit by stopping
• To sink quickly to the ground.
• To fall dead, or to fall in death
• To come to an end ; to stop.
• To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
• To part with or spend .
• To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with .
• To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.
• To let fall into a postbox; to send in an offhand manner.
• To make fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
• To fail to write, or to pronounce .
• To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have led to the batsman being out
• To swallow , particularly LSD.
• To dispose ; get rid of; to remove; to lose
• To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list
• To drop out of the betting
• To score by means of a drop kick
• To release to the public
• To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey
• To enter public distribution
• To tune to a lower note
• To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling
• To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty
• To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality
• To visit informally; used with ''in'or ''by''
• To give birth to
• To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop
• To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty

Examples

• Put three drops of oil into the mixture
• On one side of the road was a 50-foot drop
• That was a long drop, but fortunately I didnt break any bones
• I left the plans at the drop, like you asked
• [[wikipedia:The Drop (film)#Plot
• The Drop]] (film title
• The delivery driver has to make three more drops before lunch
• He usually enjoys a drop after dinner
• It doesnt matter where youre from; anyone who enjoys the drop is a friend of mine
• Yet another drop for the Tiger tight end
• The Tiger quarterback took a one-step drop, expecting his tight end to be open
• A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky
• Dont drop that plate!   The police ordered the men to drop their weapons
• Could you drop me at the airport on your way to work tomorrow?
• Drop and give me thirty push-ups, private!
• If your clothes are on fire, stop, drop and roll
• The moderator would drop hints whenever the students struggled
• Im tired of this subject. Will you just drop it?
• The stock dropped 1.5% yesterday.   We can take our vacation when the price of fuel drops.   Watch for the temperature to drop sharply, then youll know the reaction is complete
• Drop me a note when you get to the city
• Make any sudden movements and I will drop you!
• Cockneys drop their aitches
• Warne dropped Tendulkar on 99. Tendulkar went on to get a century next ball
• They had never dropped acid
• I dropped ten pounds and an obnoxious fiancée
• Ive been dropped from the football team
• I drop knowledge wherever I go
• Yo, I drop rhymes like nobodys business
• They dropped "Hip-Hop Xmas" in time for the holidays
• That hacker has been threatening to drop my docs [i.e. publish my personal information]
• That guy can drop the bass like a monster
• I love it when he drops his funky beats
• Hip-Hop Xmas" dropped in time for the holidays
• I had to drop calculus because it was taking up too much of my time and I couldnt go anymore
• Drop a basket of fries
• Billys voice dropped suddenly when he turned 12
• The song, 180 beats per minute, drops to 150 BPM near the end
• My synthesizer makes the notes sound funny when they drop below C2
• Do drop by soon and Ill lend you that book
• Well drop in on her tomorrow
• to drop a lamb

Related words

• droplet
• raindrop
• teardrop
• hydroponics
• hydrophobic
• hydrophile
• hydrophilous
• hydrophilic
• backdrop