one after another

uno tras otro, sucesivamente

Por separado y en orden, siguiendo cada persona, cosa o suceso al anterior.

En inglés sencillo: Separately and in order, with each person, thing, or event following the previous one.

• The guests arrived one after another.
• She opened the letters one after another.
• One after another, the students stood up and introduced themselves.

Sinónimos: one by one, in turn, successively

Antónimos: simultaneously

Expresiones frecuentes: arrive one after another, speak one after another, one after another came

sin cesar, sin tregua

Repetidamente, con pocas pausas o ninguna, a menudo haciendo que la situación resulte difícil.

En inglés sencillo: Repeatedly, with little or no pause, often making a situation difficult.

• Problems came one after another.
• She faced setbacks one after another all year.
• One after another, fresh crises kept the exhausted staff at work.

Sinónimos: relentlessly, incessantly, nonstop

Expresiones frecuentes: problems one after another, setbacks one after another

en fila india

En una sola fila, con cada persona o cosa detrás de otra.

En inglés sencillo: In a line, with each person or thing behind the next.

• We walked one after another along the path.
• The children passed one after another through the narrow doorway.
• The horses moved one after another along the ridge.

Sinónimos: in single file

Antónimos: side by side

Expresiones frecuentes: walk one after another, follow one after another