Translation of precipitate in Spanish:
transitive verb/verbo transitivo/prɪˈsɪpəteɪt; prɪˈsɪpɪteɪt/
- 1 (bring about, hasten) [formal] [crisis/event/incident] precipitar the events which precipitated his downfall los acontecimientos que precipitaron su caída
- 2 (hurl) [formal] precipitar, despeñarto precipitate sth
intosth the events which precipitated Europe into war los hechos que precipitaron el estallido de la guerra en Europa I was precipitated into making a decision me empujaron a tomar una decisión precipitadaExample sentences
- He said: ‘It appears that the death was precipitated by these stressful events which caused him to collapse.’
- Will our relationship pass the test or will the new situation precipitate a change for the worse?
- Loss of public confidence underlay the financial and political crisis which precipitated the downfall of a system of government too little changed in its habits and priorities since the days of Louis XIV.
- The aging, untended planks, however, crumbled under their surging weight and broke away with a palpable snap, precipitating the struggling pair like so many sacks of sand to the lower level.
- A light step was heard crossing the floor, as if from the bed to the window; and almost at the same instant the door gave way, and, yielding to the pressure of the external applicants, nearly precipitated them into the room.
- Garbed as they were, admission was refused, which, it is said, precipitated them into forming a founding nucleus to take in other rural dwellers who had suffered similar indignities.
- Shipwrecks are a constant in this tale, being the main means of precipitating Pericles into his various adventures, like an especially unlucky Odysseus.
- The criminal would mount the scaffold and stand upon this trapdoor, which would then open, precipitating the person into a fall of some feet.
- 3 3.1 [Chemistry/Química] precipitar 3.2 [Meteorol] condensarExample sentences
- They discovered that sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere allows clouds to precipitate rain in smaller particles.
- Oxides of sulfur and nitrogen react with water vapor in the atmosphere and then are precipitated out as acid rain.
- When that vapour is precipitated as rain it carries the acidity with it.
intransitive verb/verbo intransitivo
- 1.1 [Chemistry/Química] precipitarse 1.2 [Meteorol] condensarseExample sentences
- It is then mixed with ammonia to precipitate solid uranium oxide that is of a purer grade.
- There are also some concerns about the use of sodium bicarbonate, because it may worsen hypocalcemia or precipitate calcium phosphate deposition on various tissues.
- When substances are precipitated by inorganic or organic processes the material is known as chemical sediment.
- [literary/literario] [exit/departure] precipitado let us not be precipitate no nos precipitemos
noun/nombrec and u /prɪˈsɪpəteɪt; prɪˈsɪpɪteɪt/
What do you find interesting about this word or phrase?
Find out how to write letters in Spanish, including advice on greetings, layout, endings...
Crianza is a term which refers both to the process of ageing wines, and to a category of wines, vinos de crianza, which have been aged for a minimum of two years, first in barrels or the more modern stainless steel tanks, and then in the bottle.