hop

saltar

Dar un pequeño salto para recorrer poca distancia.

En inglés sencillo: To make a small jump over a short distance.

• The rabbit hopped away.
• A bird hopped from branch to branch.
• She hopped over a small puddle.

Sinónimos: jump

Expresiones frecuentes: hop over something, hop across something, hop onto something

saltar a la pata coja

Saltar sobre un solo pie, a menudo varias veces seguidas.

En inglés sencillo: To jump using one foot, often several times.

• Can you hop on one foot?
• She hopped across the room on her good leg.
• The children were hopping while trying to keep their balance.

Cómo se usa: hop on one foot (I can hop on one foot for a minute.)

Expresiones frecuentes: hop on one foot, hop around

subirse

Subirse a un autobús, tren, barco o avión rápidamente o sin planearlo mucho.

En inglés sencillo: To get onto a bus, train, boat, or plane quickly or without much planning.

• Let’s hop on a bus.
• We hopped aboard just before the boat left.
• He often hops a train to the coast.

Cómo se usa: hop on something (We can hop on the next train.); hop aboard something (They hopped aboard a small ferry.)

Sinónimos: board

Expresiones frecuentes: hop on a bus, hop aboard, hop a train

andar ajetreado

Estar muy ocupado y activo, pasando rápidamente de una tarea a otra.

En inglés sencillo: To be busy and active, moving quickly between tasks.

• The kitchen was hopping all evening.
• Those orders really kept us hopping.
• With three events today, the staff will have to hop.

Sinónimos: bustle

Expresiones frecuentes: hop all night, keep someone hopping

saltito, salto

Salto corto, a menudo realizado sobre un solo pie.

En inglés sencillo: A small jump, often made on one foot.

• She made a little hop.
• The rabbit crossed the grass in quick hops.
• He reached the other side with one hop.

Sinónimos: small jump, leap

Expresiones frecuentes: little hop, single hop, hop and skip

lúpulo

Flores secas del lúpulo que dan sabor amargo a la cerveza; en inglés suelen llamarse hops.

En inglés sencillo: A plant's dried flowers, usually called hops, used to give beer its bitter taste.

• Hops give beer a bitter taste.
• The brewer added dried hops to the mixture.
• This beer has a strong hop aroma.

Expresiones frecuentes: dried hop, hop flowers, hop aroma

paso, salto

Pequeño paso o cambio rápido de una etapa de desarrollo a otra.

En inglés sencillo: A short step or quick change from one stage of development to another.

• It was a short hop to success.
• His career took a quick hop from research to management.
• For the company, online sales were a short hop from mail orders.

Cómo se usa: a short hop from A to B (For her, it was a short hop from local radio to national television.)

Sinónimos: step, advance

Expresiones frecuentes: short hop, hop to something, hop from something