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| Principal Translations | WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026: | bang n | (loud explosive noise) | estallido nm | | | | explosión nf | | | The loud bang woke everybody up. | | | El fuerte estallido despertó a todo el mundo. | | bang n | (hit or thump) | golpe nm | | | Sandy's bang on the table got everyone's attention. | | | El golpe de Sandy sobre la mesa llamó la atención de todo el mundo. | | bang n | (injury: knock) | golpe nm | | | Chelsea's legs are covered in bangs and bruises because she doesn't look where she's going. | | | Chelsea tiene las piernas cubiertas de golpes y moretones porque no mira por dónde va. | | bang [sth]⇒ vtr | (hit, knock [sth]) | golpear⇒ vtr | | | The noisy courtroom became quiet when the judge banged the gavel. | | | El ruidoso tribunal quedó en silencio cuando el juez golpeó el martillo. | | bang [sth] vtr | (close noisily) | cerrar violentamente vtr + adv | | | (puerta) | cerrar de un portazo vtr + loc adv | | | Be careful not to bang the door! | | | Ten cuidado: ¡no cierres violentamente la puerta! | | bang⇒ vi | (make loud noise) | golpearse ruidosamente v prnl + adv | | | (puerta, ventana) | cerrarse de golpe v prnl + loc adv | | | The broken screen door banged in the wind. | | | La puerta mosquitera estaba rota y se golpeaba ruidosamente con el viento. | | bang into [sb/sth] vi + prep | (collide with, bump into) | chocar con vi + prep | | | Sara banged into the table, bruising her knee. | | | Sara chocó con la mesa y se lastimó la rodilla. | | bang adv | informal (directly, straight) | justo adv | | | | exactamente adv | | | Our hotel was bang in the middle of the red light district. | | | Nuestro hotel estaba justo en el medio de la zona roja. | | bangs npl | US (fringe: hair cut at front) | flequillo nm | | | | fleco nm | | | (CO) | capul nf | | | I like having bangs, but sometimes they get in my eyes. | | | Me gusta llevar flequillo, pero a veces se me mete en los ojos. |
| Additional Translations | WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026: | bang adv | informal (suddenly) | de golpe loc adv | | | | de repente, de pronto loc adv | | | George's car hit a patch of ice, and he went bang into the ditch. | | | El coche de George pisó una placa de hielo y se fue de golpe a la cuneta. | | bang n | slang (injection of illegal drug) (ES: coloquial) | chute nm | | | | dosis nf inv | | | People who are addicted to drugs are always looking for their next bang. | | | Los adictos a las drogas siempre andan buscando su próximo chute. | bang around,
also UK: bang about vi phrasal | (move about clumsily) | dar tumbos loc verb | | | The baby woke up in the middle of the night, crying, because Joe was banging around in the kitchen. | | | El bebé se levantó en plena noche, llorando, porque Joe estaba dando tumbos en la cocina. | | bang [sb]⇒ vtr | vulgar, informal (have sex with) (ES: vulgar) | follarse a v prnl + prep | | | (AmL: vulgar) | cogerse a v prnl + prep | | | Ben says he's banged a lot of girls, but I don't believe him. | | | Ben dice que se ha follado a muchas chicas, pero yo no le creo. | | bang [sth]⇒ vtr | (propel by hitting) | golpear⇒ vtr | | | Leah banged it out of the park--it's a home run! | | | Leah golpeó la pelota y la sacó del campo: ¡es un jonrón! | | bang [sth] vtr | UK (make stock prices fall) | hacer caer los precios loc verb | | bang [sth] vtr | (sell stocks quickly) | vender⇒ vtr | | bang [sth] vtr | US (cut hair in fringe) | cortar en flequillo vtr + loc adj | | | Did you see Rachel? She banged her hair yesterday. | | | ¿Has visto a Rachel? Ayer se cortó el pelo en flequillo. | | bang [sth] vtr | (crop horse's tail) | cortar⇒ vtr | | | Before the horse show, the groom banged the horses' tails. | | | Antes del espectáculo ecuestre, el mozo de cuadra cortó la cola a los caballos. |
| Locuciones verbales | WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026: | bang away vi phrasal | informal (do [sth] persistently) (informal) | darle v prnl | | | (informal) | meterle v prnl | | | (formal) | trabajar con determinación loc verb | | Note: Usually followed by 'at sth' or 'on sth'. | | | I've been banging away at this job for days, and I don't seem to be getting anywhere! | | | Estoy dándole a este trabajo hace días pero parece que no avanzo. | | bang on vi phrasal | UK, informal (talk insistently about [sth]) (coloquial) | dar la lata, dar la brasa, dar la paliza expr | | | The lecturer kept banging on even though most of the students weren't listening. | | | El profesor seguía dando la brasa, aun cuando la mayor parte de los alumnos no le escuchaban. | | bang on about [sth] vi phrasal + prep | UK, informal (talk insistently about [sth]) | no parar de hablar de loc verb | | | Tanya is always banging on about how awful her boss is. | | | Tanya no para de hablar de lo horrible que es su jefe. | bang [sth] out,
bang out [sth] vtr phrasal sep | informal (produce rapidly) (ES, coloquial) | hacer como churros loc verb | | | George banged out the letter as quickly as he could on the computer. | | | George escribió la carta en el ordenador como quien hace churros. | | | (rápido) | teclear⇒ vtr | | | George tecleó la carta tan rápido como pudo en el ordenador. | | bang [sb] up vtr phrasal sep | UK, slang (put in prison) | encarcelar⇒, encerrar⇒ vtr | | | (ES: coloquial) | enchironar⇒, entrullar⇒ vtr | | | (AR, CO: coloquial) | encanar⇒ vtr | | | (AmC, MX: coloquial) | mandar al bote, meter al bote loc verb | | | He got banged up for robbing the local liquor store. | | | Lo encarcelaron por robar la licorería del barrio. | | bang [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | US, slang (damage) | machacar⇒ vtr | | | I really banged up the car when I hit that moose. | | | La verdad es que machaqué el coche al chocar con aquel alce. |
Compound Forms:
bang | bangs | WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026: | bang away vi + adv | (play instrument loudly) (instrumento) | aporrear⇒ vtr | | | | pegarle a vtr + prep | | Note: Uso transitivo en español. | | | My neighbour is a keen drummer; I hear him banging away throughout the day and night. | | | Mi vecino es baterista, y lo escucho aporrear la batería día y noche. | bang for your buck,
bang for the buck n | US, slang (value for money) | sacar partido al dinero, sacar provecho al dinero loc verb | | | This computer is last year's model, but it has great bang for your buck. | | bang on adj | UK, slang (on target, exact) (coloquial, acertar, ser correcto) | dar en el clavo expr | | | It was a tricky question, but I thought his answer was bang on. | | | Era una pregunta complicada, pero creí que con su respuesta había dado en el clavo. | bang to rights,
dead to rights expr | UK, slang (caught, busted) (coloquial) | con las manos en la masa loc adv | | | | en flagrante loc adv | | | "Now I've got you bang to rights," the policeman said when he found the burglar breaking into someone's house. | | bang-up adj | slang (excellent) | genial adj mf | | | | excelente adj mf | | | (coloquial) | bárbaro/a adj | | | (ES: vulgar) | cojonudo/a adj | | | Congratulations, you did a bang-up job on that project! | | | ¡Enhorabuena, has hecho un trabajo genial en ese proyecto! | | the Big Bang n | (physics: origin of universe) | la teoría del Big Bang grupo nom | | | The Big Bang is how cosmologists believe our universe began. | | | Los cosmólogos creen que la teoría del Big Bang explica el origen del universo. | | big bang n | (loud explosion) | gran explosión adj + nf | | | We think a transformer blew because there was a big bang, then all the lights went out. | | | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Anoche una gran explosión que tuvo lugar en el depósito de municiones despertó a todos los vecinos. | | Big Bang theory n | (physics, astronomy) | teoría del Big Bang nf + loc adj | | | Scientists use the big bang theory to explain how the universe began. | | | Los científicos usan la teoría del Big Bang para explicar cómo empezó el universo. | gangbang,
gang bang n | slang (rape by group of people) | violación colectiva loc nom f | | | | violación múltiple loc nom f | | | The woman was a victim of abduction and gangbang. | gangbang,
gang bang n | slang (group sex) (voz inglesa) | gang bang loc nom m | | | My wife told me that she has always been interested in trying a gangbang. | | go with a bang v expr | figurative, informal (party: be a success) (fiestas) | ser un éxito, ser un puntazo, ser un bombazo loc verb | slap bang,
slap-bang adv | UK, informal (exactly) | justo, exactamente adv | | | In a flash, she was slap bang in the middle of Kansas. | | | En un destello, se encontró justo en el medio de Kansas. | slap bang,
slap-bang adv | UK, informal (suddenly) (coloquial) | de golpe loc adv | | | | de forma repentina, de manera repentina loc adv | | | | repentinamente adv | | | The news came slap-bang without any warning. | | | La noticia llegó de golpe, sin advertencia. | | | La noticia llegó de forma repentina, sin advertencia. | slap bang,
slap-bang adv | UK, informal (directly, head-on) | directamente adv | | | | de frente loc adv | | with a bang adv | figurative, informal (begin, end: in a dramatic way) | de manera dramática loc adv |
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