sweep

barrer

Limpiar el suelo u otra superficie con una escoba o un cepillo.

En inglés sencillo: To clean a floor or other surface with a broom or brush.

• Please sweep the kitchen floor.
• She swept the path before lunch.
• Have you swept the stairs yet?

Expresiones frecuentes: sweep the floor, sweep the steps, sweep something clean

barrer, recorrer

Moverse con fluidez por una zona amplia o describiendo una curva grande.

En inglés sencillo: To move smoothly over a wide area or in a broad curve.

• His arm swept across the desk.
• Strong winds sweep over the open fields.
• The searchlight swept slowly across the harbour.

Cómo se usa: sweep across/over something (A beam of light swept across the sky.)

Sinónimos: swing

Expresiones frecuentes: sweep across something, sweep over something, sweep through something

barrer, arrastrar

Quitar algo rápida y completamente mediante un movimiento amplio o una fuerza intensa.

En inglés sencillo: To remove something quickly and completely with a broad movement or powerful force.

• He swept the papers off his desk.
• The waves swept away the little boat.
• She swept the broken glass into a bag.

Cómo se usa: sweep something off something (She swept the crumbs off the table.); sweep something away (The flood swept the fence away.)

Sinónimos: clear away, brush away

Expresiones frecuentes: sweep something away, sweep something aside, sweep something off

barrido

Acción de limpiar una superficie con una escoba o un cepillo.

En inglés sencillo: An act of cleaning a surface with a broom or brush.

• The floor needs a sweep.
• I gave the steps a quick sweep.
• One more sweep removed the remaining dust.

Expresiones frecuentes: a quick sweep, give something a sweep

porra

Sorteo que asigna equipos o competidores al azar; quien recibe al ganador gana dinero.

En inglés sencillo: A lottery in which people receive random teams or competitors and win money if theirs wins.

• We organized a sweep for the race.
• My team won the office sweep.
• Everyone paid five pounds to enter the sweep.

Sinónimos: sweepstake

Expresiones frecuentes: office sweep, win a sweep, enter a sweep