runaway

fugitivo

Persona que ha huido de casa o de un lugar donde estaba retenida.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who has left home or escaped from a place where they were kept.

• The runaway needed a safe place to sleep.
• Police found two runaways near the station.
• The shelter helps runaways contact their families.

Sinónimos: escapee

Expresiones frecuentes: a young runaway, a teenage runaway

descontrol

Funcionamiento de una máquina o proceso que supera los límites seguros porque se ha perdido el control.

En inglés sencillo: A machine or process that continues beyond safe limits because control has been lost.

• A motor runaway damaged the equipment.
• The pilot struggled to stop the trim runaway.
• Engineers added protection against thermal runaways.

Expresiones frecuentes: a trim runaway, a motor runaway

victoria aplastante

Victoria en la que un lado gana por una diferencia muy grande.

En inglés sencillo: A victory in which one side wins by a very large amount.

• The game was a runaway.
• Their team won in a runaway.
• Everyone expected a close race, but it became a runaway.

Sinónimos: landslide, rout

Expresiones frecuentes: win in a runaway, a complete runaway

fugitivo

Que ha huido de casa o de algún lugar sin permiso.

En inglés sencillo: Having left home or escaped from somewhere without permission.

• The runaway child was safe.
• They offered food to a runaway prisoner.
• Her parents searched for their runaway daughter.

Sinónimos: escaped, fugitive

Expresiones frecuentes: a runaway child, a runaway prisoner

desbocado, fuera de control

Que se mueve sin que la persona responsable pueda detenerlo o dirigirlo.

En inglés sencillo: Moving without the person in charge being able to stop or direct it.

• A runaway horse crossed the road.
• The runaway truck crashed into a wall.
• Workers managed to stop the runaway train.

Sinónimos: uncontrolled

Antónimos: controlled

Expresiones frecuentes: a runaway horse, a runaway train, a runaway truck