back and forth

de un lado a otro, de aquí para allá

Moviéndose repetidamente en una dirección y luego en la contraria.

En inglés sencillo: Moving repeatedly in one direction and then in the opposite direction.

• The swing moved back and forth.
• He walked back and forth across the room.
• Why are you rocking back and forth?

Sinónimos: to and fro, backwards and forwards

Expresiones frecuentes: walk back and forth, swing back and forth

de una opción a otra, de una opinión a otra

Cambiando una y otra vez entre distintas opciones u opiniones.

En inglés sencillo: Repeatedly changing your choice or opinion between different possibilities.

• I keep going back and forth about moving.
• She went back and forth between buying and renting.
• We went back and forth on the date before finally choosing Friday.

Cómo se usa: go back and forth between A and B (I keep going back and forth between the two designs.); go back and forth on something (We went back and forth on whether to sell.)

Sinónimos: indecisively

Expresiones frecuentes: go back and forth, back and forth between

intercambio, toma y daca

Conversación o discusión en la que las personas se responden unas a otras varias veces.

En inglés sencillo: A discussion in which people keep replying to each other.

• There was some back-and-forth about the price.
• After weeks of back-and-forth, they signed the agreement.
• I enjoyed the lively back-and-forth between the speakers.

Cómo se usa: back and forth between people (There was some back-and-forth between the buyer and seller.); back and forth over something (We had a long back-and-forth over the price.)

Sinónimos: exchange, discussion, dialogue

Expresiones frecuentes: some back and forth, endless back and forth

vaivén

Movimiento repetido de ida y vuelta al punto de partida.

En inglés sencillo: Repeated movement in one direction and then back to the starting point.

• The back-and-forth of the swing calmed her.
• I watched the steady back-and-forth of the pendulum.
• The boat’s constant back-and-forth made him feel ill.

Sinónimos: to-and-fro, oscillation

Expresiones frecuentes: constant back and forth, gentle back and forth

de vaivén

Describe un movimiento que cambia repetidamente a la dirección contraria.

En inglés sencillo: Describing movement that repeatedly changes to the opposite direction.

• The back-and-forth motion made me sleepy.
• Use a gentle back-and-forth movement with the brush.
• The machine produces a steady back-and-forth motion.

Sinónimos: to-and-fro, reciprocating

Expresiones frecuentes: back and forth movement, back and forth motion

ir y venir, vacilar

Moverse repetidamente en direcciones opuestas o cambiar una y otra vez de elección.

En inglés sencillo: To move repeatedly in opposite directions or keep changing between choices.

• We back and forth over every little decision.
• They back-and-forthed between the two plans for weeks.
• The vans back and forth between the warehouses all day.

Cómo se usa: back and forth between A and B (We back and forth between these options every week.)

Sinónimos: shuttle, vacillate

Expresiones frecuentes: back and forth between, back and forth endlessly