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hit1

Pronunciation: /hɪt/

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Spanish translation of hit

vt (pres p hitting past & past p, hit)

  • 1 a (deal blow to) [door/table] dar* un golpe en, golpear; [person] pegarle* a b (strike) golpear the truck hit a tree = el camión chocó con or contra un árbol the house was hit by a bomb = una bomba cayó sobre la casa the bullet hit him in the leg = la bala le dio or lo alcanzó en la pierna to hit one's head on sth = darse* un golpe en la cabeza contra algo to hit it off with sb = congeniar con algn
  • 4 a (meet with, run into) [difficulty/problem] toparse con b (reach) llegar* a, alcanzar*
  • 5 (occur to) suddenly it hit me: why had he … ? = de repente se me ocurrió: ¿por qué había … ?

Phrasal verbs

hit back

a v + adv (strike in return) devolver* el golpe she hit back at her critics = arremetió contra sus detractores b v + o + adv devolverle* el golpe a

hit on

v + prep + o [solution] dar* con

hit out

v + adv a (strike) to hit out (at sb) (once) = lanzar*(le) un golpe (a algn) (repeatedly) tirar(le) golpes (a algn) b (attack verbally) to hit out at o against sth/sb = atacar* algo/a algn

hit upon

hit on

hit in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of hit in the British & World English dictionary Definition of hit in the US English dictionary

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