cascade

cascada, sucesión

Gran cantidad de cosas que caen, cuelgan hacia abajo o suceden una tras otra.

En inglés sencillo: A large amount of something falling, hanging down, or happening one after another.

• Her hair fell in a cascade of curls.
• The announcement brought a cascade of questions.
• A cascade of flowers hung from the balcony.

Cómo se usa: cascade of something (The mistake caused a cascade of problems.)

Sinónimos: stream, flow, succession

Expresiones frecuentes: cascade of something, beautiful cascade

cascada

Agua que cae por un desnivel pronunciado o por varios pequeños saltos.

En inglés sencillo: Water falling over a steep drop or down several small drops.

• We sat beside a small cascade.
• The river forms several cascades below the bridge.
• Water rushed over the rocks in a noisy cascade.

Sinónimos: waterfall

Expresiones frecuentes: small cascade, rocky cascade

caer, precipitarse

Caer o fluir hacia abajo en gran cantidad, como el agua de una cascada.

En inglés sencillo: To fall or flow down in a large amount, like water over a steep drop.

• Water cascades down the rocks.
• Her hair cascaded over her shoulders.
• Rainwater was cascading down the steps.

Cómo se usa: cascade down something (Water cascaded down the hillside.); cascade over something (Her curls cascaded over her shoulders.)

Sinónimos: pour, flow, tumble

Expresiones frecuentes: cascade down something, cascade over something

desencadenarse, propagarse

Ocurrir en una serie de hechos en la que cada uno provoca el siguiente.

En inglés sencillo: To happen in a series in which one event causes the next.

• Failures can cascade through the network.
• One error cascaded into several larger problems.
• The effects of the closure are still cascading through the economy.

Cómo se usa: cascade through something (The disruption cascaded through the entire transport system.); cascade into something (The delay cascaded into a series of missed deliveries.)

Expresiones frecuentes: cascade through something, failures cascade

transmitir, difundir

Pasar información o habilidades de una persona a otra para que lleguen a más gente.

En inglés sencillo: To pass information or skills through a series of people so that others receive them.

• Managers cascade updates to their teams.
• She cascaded her new skills to the other teachers.
• The safety message will cascade through every department.

Cómo se usa: cascade something to someone (The director cascaded the information to all managers.)

Sinónimos: pass on, relay

Expresiones frecuentes: cascade information, cascade to someone