Spanish-English translations for relámpago

• lightning
  The President of the Autonomous Region, Mr Zaplana, made a lightning visit to the area but, surprisingly, decided that it was inappropriate to declare the region a disaster area. Sorprendentemente, el Presidente de la Comunidad Autónoma, Sr. Zaplana, tras una visita relámpago decidió que no era pertinente la declaración de zona catastrófica.
  Although we did not see the lightning, we did hear the thunder
  The lightning was hot enough to melt the sand
• flash
  There has been agreement that practices like flash orders, spoofing and pinging are unfair or even abusive. Existe consenso en que prácticas, como las órdenes relámpago, el spoofing (simulación) y el pinging son desleales o incluso abusivas.
  It is also a good idea to impose taxes on the negative side of globalisation, such as ‘flash capital’ or the arms trade. Una buena idea consiste en gravar con impuestos los aspectos negativos de la mundialización, como el llamado «capital relámpago» o el comercio de armas.
  He flashed the light at the water, trying to see what made the noise
• blitz
  We embarked on a publicity blitz, putting posters and flyers all around town.
  The Washington High defense almost always blitzes on third down.
  To make nut roast, you have to blitz the nuts in the food processor before adding the parsley and breadcrumbs.
• Blitzen
• bolt
  The problems solution struck him like a bolt from the blue.
  The horse made a bolt.
  Bolt the vice to the bench
• thunderbolt

Related words

• relámpago sin trueno
• guerra relámpago
• como relámpago
• visita relampágo
• saltarín relámpago