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Inflections of 'flop' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

flops: v 3rd person singular

flopping: v pres p

flopped: v past

flopped: v past p

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English Collocations

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
flop⇒ vi	(fall loosely)	desplomarse⇒ v prnl
		dejarse caer loc verb
	Dan flopped into the chair.
	Dan se desplomó en la silla.
flop vi	(hang loosely)	caer⇒ vi
	The young man had a long fringe that flopped over his forehead.
	El joven tenía un largo flequillo que caía sobre su frente.
flop vi	(flail loosely)	sacudirse⇒ v prnl
	(pez)	dar coletazos loc verb
	The fish were flopping in the bucket.
	Los peces daban coletazos en el cubo.
flop vi	figurative, informal (be unsuccessful)	fracasar⇒ vi
	The new superhero movie flopped.
	La nuevo película de superhéroes fracasó.
flop n	informal (failure)	fiasco nm
		fracaso nm
	The company's new marketing initiative was a flop.
	La nueva iniciativa de marketing de la empresa fue un fiasco.

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Locuciones verbales
Inglés		Español
flop down vi phrasal	informal (lie, sit carelessly)	echarse⇒ v prnl
		tirarse⇒ v prnl
		dejarse caer loc verb
	He flopped down on the couch to watch the television.
	Se echó en el sillón a ver televisión.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
belly flop n	(dive landing flat on water)	panzazo nm
cow pie, cow patty, cow flop, cow chip (US), cowpat (UK) n	informal (bovine feces) (figurado, coloquial)	torta de vaca loc nom f
	(ES, coloquial)	plasta de vaca loc nom f
		bosta, boñiga nf
	When Beverly walked across the cow pasture, she stepped in a huge cow pie!
	Beverly pisó una enorme torta de vaca cuando paseaba por la zona de pasto de las vacas.
flip-flop n	usually plural (thong: beach shoe)	chancla nf
		chancleta nf
	(AR, UY)	ojota nf
	I always wear flip-flops to the beach.
	Siempre uso chanclas en la playa.
	(ES, Canarias)	chola nf
	(PE)	sayonara nf
	Siempre uso cholas en la playa.
flip-flop n	figurative, informal (sudden policy change)	giro de ciento ochenta grados loc nom m
		cambio repentino nm + adj
	His new position on troop withdrawal is a big fat flip-flop.
	Su nueva posición respecto a la retirada de las tropas es un giro de ciento ochenta grados.
flip-flop⇒ vi	figurative, informal (change opinions often) (coloquial, figurado)	darse vuelta como un panqueque, darse vuelta como una media loc verb
		cambiar de opinión loc verb
	Mark can never make up his mind; he flip-flops constantly.
flip-flop vi	figurative, informal (change policy suddenly)	dar un giro de ciento ochenta grados loc verb
	(coloquial, figurado)	darse vuelta como una tortilla, darse vuelta como un panqueque loc verb
	The candidate flip-flopped on questions of healthcare and the environment.
	El candidato dio un giro de ciento ochenta grados en cuestiones de salud y medio ambiente.
		cambiar drásticamente vtr + adv
	El candidato cambió drásticamente en cuestiones de salud y medio ambiente.

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'flop' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

In the English description:

loll - slump - thong - turkey - zori

Spanish:

estrellar - batacazo - fracaso - catástrofe - chancla - churro - porra - chancleta - fiasco - playero - panzada - planchazo - ojota - chola - chinela - tanaca - tirar

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Synonyms: flap, wave, turn topsy-turvy, flip-flop, slump, more...

Collocations: hit the [ground, floor] with a flop, fell on the [sofa, bed] with a flop, fell with a flop to the [ground], more...

Forum discussions with the word(s) "flop" in the title:

As a juvenile John Alden... I was a flop
box office flop
Death flop
face-flop" phenomenon
flip flop (shoe)
flip flop fallacy
flip splice variant prevailing over the flop - medical
flip-flop (verb)
Flip-flop switch
Flip, flop & fly
flop (Poker)
flop [flog]
flop around
flop like a fish
flop of letters in the doormat
Flop the two sides
flop, turn, river (poker)
flop/flopper (soccer)
Fosbury flop
his legs flop - medical
how much will flip flop cause?
I've taken a belly flop in the hog pen and ruined the chance
My heart literally did a flip-flop
real flop
Trip over the front end of the sandal/flip flop
try to turn the head and only managed to flop it sideway
whether it is a flop or a plop
a flop on you - English Only forum
A flop, be lost - English Only forum
bag up, rise in, flip, flop - English Only forum
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