clap

aplaudir

Dar palmadas para mostrar que algo ha gustado o que se aprueba.

En inglés sencillo: To hit your hands together to show that you enjoyed or approved of something.

• Everyone clapped at the end.
• The audience clapped the actors as they left the stage.
• We stood up and clapped for the winning team.

Cómo se usa: clap for someone/something (Everyone clapped for the young singer.)

Sinónimos: applaud

Antónimos: boo

Expresiones frecuentes: clap for someone, clap and cheer, clap the performers

dar palmadas, palmear

Golpear las manos entre sí para producir un sonido.

En inglés sencillo: To hit your hands together to make a sound.

• Clap your hands twice.
• The children clapped in time with the song.
• Can you clap this rhythm?

Cómo se usa: clap along to something (The children clapped along to the music.)

Sinónimos: applaud, beclap

Expresiones frecuentes: clap your hands, clap in time, clap along

dar una palmada, palmear

Dar a alguien un golpe suave y amistoso con la mano abierta.

En inglés sencillo: To hit someone lightly with an open hand in a friendly way.

• He clapped me on the back.
• The coach clapped each player's shoulder.
• She smiled and clapped her friend on the back.

Cómo se usa: clap someone on the back/shoulder (She clapped me on the shoulder.)

Sinónimos: pat, slap

Expresiones frecuentes: clap someone's back, clap someone's shoulder, clap someone warmly

palmada

Una sola acción de golpear las manos entre sí para producir un sonido.

En inglés sencillo: One action of hitting your hands together to make a sound.

• She gave a loud clap.
• Three claps marked the start of the game.
• He got their attention with a clap of his hands.

Expresiones frecuentes: a loud clap, a single clap, give a clap

estruendo, estampido

Ruido fuerte y repentino, especialmente de un trueno o de algo que se cierra de golpe.

En inglés sencillo: A sudden loud sound, especially thunder or something closing hard.

• A loud clap shook the windows.
• We heard three claps of thunder.
• The book snapped shut with a sharp clap.

Cómo se usa: a clap of thunder (A clap of thunder woke us.)

Sinónimos: bang, crack

Expresiones frecuentes: clap of thunder, a sudden clap, a sharp clap

palmada

Golpe amistoso con la mano abierta, normalmente en la espalda o el hombro.

En inglés sencillo: A friendly hit with an open hand, usually on someone's back or shoulder.

• He greeted me with a clap on the shoulder.
• A friendly clap on the back encouraged her.
• Their coach gave each player a cheerful clap on the shoulder.

Cómo se usa: a clap on the back/shoulder (She gave him a clap on the back.)

Sinónimos: pat, slap

Expresiones frecuentes: clap on something, a friendly clap, give someone a clap