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| Principal Translations | WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026: | glance n | (glimpse) | ojeada nf | | | | mirada nf | | | | vistazo nm | | | He had a glance at the newspaper headline. | | | Le dio una ojeada a los encabezados del periódico. | | glance⇒ vi | (look) | mirar⇒ vtr | | | She couldn't help glancing towards the clock every five minutes. | | | No podía evitar mirar el reloj cada cinco minutos. | | glance at [sth/sb] vi + prep | (look quickly at) | echar el ojo a loc verb | | | | mirar a vtr + prep | | | | ojear a vtr + prep | | | Mark kept glancing at the door to see if his date had arrived. | | | We glanced at each other discreetly. | | | Mark seguía echándole un ojo a la puerta para ver si había llegado su cita. | | glance up vi + adv | (look briefly upwards) | levantar la vista loc verb | | | The soccer player glanced up before crossing the ball into the penalty area. | | | El jugador de fútbol levantó la vista antes de pasar la pelota al área de penal. | | glance down vi + adv | (look briefly downwards) | echar una ojeada expr | | | | echar un vistazo expr | | | Sarah glanced down at the contents of her plate. | | | Sarah echó una ojeada al contenido de su plato. | | glance off [sth] vi + prep | (be deflected by) | rebotar en, rebotar contra vi + prep | | | The shot glanced off a defender and went into the goal. | | | El tiro rebotó en un defensor y fue a parar al arco. | | glance back vi + adv | (look briefly behind) | mirar rápidamente para atrás loc verb | | | | echar un vistazo hacia atrás loc verb | | | As she walked away, she glanced back to see if he was still there. | | | Mientras se iba, miró rápidamente para atrás para ver si él seguía ahí. |
| Additional Translations | WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026: | glance n | (deflection) | desviación nf | | | | desvío nm | | | The glance resulted in a score for the opponents. | | | La desviación dio como resultado un tanto para los contrincantes. | | glance n | archaic (gleam) | destello nm | | | There was a glance of light from her diamond ring. | | | Un destello se desprendía de su anillo de diamantes. | | glance⇒ vi | (flash) | destellar⇒ vtr | | | She waved her ring so the light would glance off it. | | | Movía su anillo sin parar para que destellara fulgores de luz. | | glance [sth]⇒ vtr | (deflect) | desviar⇒ vtr | | | He glanced the ball to the boundary. | | | Desvió la pelota hacia el límite del campo. |
Compound Forms:
glance | glance up | WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026: | at a glance adv | (with one quick look) | de un vistazo loc adv | | | | a simple vista loc adv | | | I could tell at a glance that the children had done something naughty while I'd been out of the room. | | | De un vistazo me di cuenta que los niños habían hecho algo travieso cuando no estaba en la habitación. | | at a glance adv | figurative (quickly, rapidly) | en un abrir y cerrar de ojos expr | | | Se terminó el helado en un abrir y cerrar de ojos. | | | (figurado) | en un pestañeo loc adv | | at first glance expr | (initially) | a primera vista loc adv | | | It was a good plan at first glance, but later we realized it was a dud. | | | Parecía un buen plan a primera vista, pero más tarde nos dimos cuenta de que era un fiasco. | | cast a glance over [sth] v expr | (survey quickly) (coloquial) | echar una mirada loc verb | | | Just before her guests arrived, she cast a glance over the table to be sure everything was in place. | | | (coloquial) | echar una mirada loc verb | | glance away vi + adv | (look away quickly) | apartar los ojos loc verb | | | | quitar la vista loc verb | | glance over vi + adv | (look quickly) | echar un vistazo loc verb | | | I barely dared to look at Megan, but when I did glance over, she was smiling. | | | Apenas me atrevía a mirar a Megan, pero cuando eché un vistazo estaba sonriendo. | | glance over [sth] vi + prep | (examine quickly) | echarle un vistazo a loc verb | shoot a glance at [sb],
dart a glance at [sb],
cast a glance at [sb] v expr | (look quickly at) | lanzarle una mirada a loc verb | | | | echarle un vistazo a loc verb | shoot [sb] a glance,
cast [sb] a glance v expr | (look quickly at) | lanzarle una mirada a loc verb | | | | echarle un vistazo a loc verb | | steal a glance at [sth/sb] v expr | (look quickly, furtively at) | lanzar una mirada loc verb | | | | lanzar una mirada a loc verb | | | She stole a glance at him when she thought he wasn't looking. | | | Ella le lanzó una mirada cuando creyó que no la veía. | | | | mirar de reojo loc verb | | | | mirar de reojo a loc verb | | | Ella lo miró de reojo cuando creyó que no la veía. | | | | echar una mirada furtiva loc verb | | | | echar una mirada furtiva a loc verb | | | Ella le echó una mirada furtiva cuando creyó que no la veía. |
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