| Principal Translations |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
| scan [sth]⇒ vtr | (text, etc.: look over rapidly) (documento) | ojear⇒ vtr |
| | | echar un vistazo loc verb |
| | Jane scanned the document, checking for errors. |
| | Jane ojeó el documento en busca de errores. |
| scan [sth] vtr | (examine visually) (informal) | escanear⇒ vtr |
| | | examinar⇒ vtr |
| | (horizonte) | otear⇒ vtr |
| | | echar un vistazo, echar una mirada loc verb |
| | Alison scanned the auditorium, trying to see if her friend was there. |
| | Paul scanned Daniel's face, trying to determine if he was serious or not. |
| | Alison escaneó el auditorio, para ver si su amiga estaba allí. |
| | Paul examinó la cara de Daniel para determinar si hablaba en serio o no. |
| scan [sth] vtr | (document: put through scanner) (documento) | escanear⇒ vtr |
| | Andy scanned the pages he wanted from the book. |
| | Andy escaneó las páginas del libro que quería. |
| scan [sb]⇒ vtr | (medicine: examine [sb] by machine) | escanear⇒ vtr |
| | The clinic scans women for breast cancer. |
| | La clínica escanea a las mujeres para ver si tienen cáncer. |
| scan [sth]⇒ vtr | (medicine: examine [sth] by machine) | analizar⇒ vtr |
| | | escanear⇒ vtr |
| | | examinar⇒ vtr |
| | The MRI machine scanned Leo's brain but found no tumors. |
| | La máquina de IRM analizó el cerebro de Leo pero no encontró tumores. |
| scan n | (medical test by machine) (prueba) | escáner nm |
| | The doctor sent Marcus to have a scan. |
| | El médico mandó a Marcus a hacerse un escáner. |
| scan n | (document output by scanner) | copia escaneada loc nom f |
| | (documento) | escaneo nm |
| | This is a scan of the original document. |
| | Esta es una copia escaneada del documento original. |
| scan⇒ vi | (poetry: conform to metric rules) (literatura: métrica) | medir⇒ vtr |
| | (literatura: métrica) | escandir⇒ vtr |
| | This verse doesn't scan. |
| | Este verso carece de métrica. |
| scan [sth]⇒ vtr | (analyze: verse) (versos) | analizar⇒ vtr |
| | | medir⇒ vtr |
| | | escandir⇒ vtr |
| | The teacher asked her class to scan the poem. |
| | La profesora le pidió a sus alumnos que analizaran el poema. |