run across

encontrarse con, toparse con

Encontrar a alguien o algo por casualidad, sin estar buscándolo.

En inglés sencillo: To meet someone or find something when you were not looking for them.

• I ran across an old photo.
• You sometimes run across useful books in small shops.
• Have you ever run across her at work?

Cómo se usa: run across someone/something (I ran across an old friend at the market.)

Sinónimos: come across, happen upon, encounter

Expresiones frecuentes: run across someone, run across something

cruzar corriendo

Pasar de un lado de un lugar al otro corriendo.

En inglés sencillo: To move from one side of a place to the other by running.

• He ran across the road.
• The dog is running across the garden.
• Can you run across the bridge before the race ends?

Cómo se usa: run across something (The children ran across the field.)

Sinónimos: dash across

Expresiones frecuentes: run across something, run across a road