splash

chapoteo

Sonido que se produce cuando algo golpea el agua u otro líquido.

En inglés sencillo: The sound of something hitting water or another liquid.

• I heard a loud splash.
• The stone landed in the river with a splash.
• Several splashes told us the children were already swimming.

Sinónimos: plop

Expresiones frecuentes: a loud splash, with a splash, hear a splash

chorrito, salpicadura

Pequeña cantidad de líquido, especialmente la que se añade a algo o se lanza sobre una superficie.

En inglés sencillo: A small amount of liquid, especially one added to something or thrown onto a surface.

• Add a splash of milk.
• A splash of water landed on my shoe.
• She finished the sauce with a splash of wine.

Cómo se usa: a splash of something (Add a splash of lemon juice.)

Sinónimos: dash, drop

Expresiones frecuentes: a splash of milk, a splash of water, add a splash

salpicar

Hacer que un líquido salga en gotas por el aire, a menudo sobre alguien o algo.

En inglés sencillo: To send liquid through the air in drops, often onto someone or something.

• Don't splash me with water.
• Rain splashed onto the window.
• He accidentally splashed paint over his shoes.

Cómo se usa: splash something on/onto someone/something (She splashed cold water on her face.); splash someone/something with something (The bus splashed us with muddy water.)

Sinónimos: splatter, spatter

Expresiones frecuentes: splash someone with water, splash water on something, splash onto something, splash water over something

chapotear

Mover las manos, los pies o el cuerpo dentro de un líquido, haciendo saltar gotas al aire.

En inglés sencillo: To move your hands, feet, or body in liquid so that drops fly into the air.

• The baby loves to splash.
• We splashed around in the sea.
• The ducks were splashing in a muddy puddle.

Cómo se usa: splash around/about in something (The children splashed around in the shallow pool.)

Sinónimos: splosh

Expresiones frecuentes: splash in water, splash around, splash about