stream

arroyo, riachuelo

Río pequeño cuya agua fluye entre sus orillas.

En inglés sencillo: A small river with water moving between its banks.

• A stream runs behind our house.
• We crossed the stream on a wooden bridge.
• Small fish swam in the clear streams.

Sinónimos: creek, brook

Expresiones frecuentes: mountain stream, cross a stream, clear stream

flujo, corriente

Conjunto de cosas que se mueven o llegan una tras otra sin parar.

En inglés sencillo: Things that move or come one after another without stopping.

• A stream of people left the station.
• Her question interrupted my stream of thought.
• We received a steady stream of messages.

Cómo se usa: a stream of something (A stream of visitors arrived throughout the afternoon.)

Sinónimos: flow, succession

Expresiones frecuentes: stream of something, steady stream, constant stream, endless stream

flujo de datos

Datos que un programa informático lee o escribe en orden, una parte tras otra.

En inglés sencillo: Computer information that a program reads or writes in order, one part after another.

• The program reads data from a stream.
• Close the output stream after writing the file.
• These streams contain information from different sensors.

Sinónimos: data stream

Expresiones frecuentes: data stream, input stream, output stream

fluir, correr

Moverse o llegar de manera continua, sin detenerse.

En inglés sencillo: To move or arrive steadily, without stopping.

• Water streamed into the boat.
• People were streaming through the gates.
• Sunlight streams through the kitchen window each morning.

Cómo se usa: stream into/out of somewhere (People streamed out of the cinema.); stream down something (Rain streamed down the window.)

Sinónimos: flow, pour

Expresiones frecuentes: stream into something, stream down something, stream through something, stream from something

ondear, flotar

Extenderse y moverse en ondas por efecto del viento.

En inglés sencillo: To stretch out and move in waves in the wind.

• Her hair streamed in the wind.
• Bright ribbons streamed from the bicycle handles.
• The long banner was streaming behind the boat.

Cómo se usa: stream behind someone/something (Her scarf streamed behind her as she ran.)

Sinónimos: flutter, trail

Expresiones frecuentes: stream in the wind, stream behind someone, stream out