【讲西班牙语的加菲猫】第191期

 

tropezar

intransitive verb

1. to trip o stumble (con los pies)(con on)

tropecé con el bordillo y me caí -> I tripped on the curb o (British) curb and fell over (United States)

2. (por casualidad)

tropezar con alguien -> to bump o run into somebody

3. (enfrentarse)

tropezar con -> to come up against (problema, obstáculo)

tropezarse

pronomial verb

1. to bump into each other, to come across one another (informal)(dos personas)

tropezarse con alguien -> to bump into somebody

 

testigo

masculine or feminine noun

1. witness (persona)

ser testigo de algo -> to witness something

tú eres testigo de que estuve allí -> you are my witness that I was there

un castillo que ha sido testigo de innumerables batallas -> a castle that has witnessed countless battles

poner por testigo a alguien -> to cite somebody as a witness

testigo de cargo/descargo -> witness for the prosecution/defense

testigo de Jehová -> Jehovah's Witness

testigo ocular o presencial -> eyewitness

masculine noun

2. baton (sport)