flies in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.fly1 <3rd pers sing pres flies, pres part flying, pt flew, pp flown> [Am flaɪ, Brit flʌɪ] VB intr

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1.2. fly:

fly plane/pilot:
volar
fly passenger:
ir en avión
we are flying at 8, 000m
volamos a 8.000m
we'll be flying over Rome
volaremos sobre or sobrevolaremos Roma
she's learning to fly
está aprendiendo a volar or a pilotar aviones
I'm going to Boston — are you flying?
me voy a Boston — ¿vas en avión?
to fly in
llegar (en avión)
the ambassador is flying in tomorrow
el embajador llegará mañana
we will be flying into Orly
aterrizaremos en Orly
to fly out
salir (en avión)
he flew (out) from London this morning
salió de Londres en avión esta mañana
we fly on to Denver tomorrow
mañana volamos a or salimos en avión para Denver
the jets flew past in formation
los jets pasaron volando en formación
a nice concept, but will it fly? Am inf
una idea buena pero ¿funcionará?
to be flying high
estar volando alto
to fly blind
ir a ciegas
to fly blind AVIAT
volar guiándose por los instrumentos

2.3. fly (move, be thrown):

fly
volar
papers were flying in the wind
había papeles volando por el aire
my hat flew off
se me voló el sombrero
the ball/stone flew past me
la pelota/piedra pasó volando por mi lado
the window flew open
la ventana se abrió de golpe
the car flew up into the air
el coche saltó por los aires
insults flew between them
se lanzaron una sarta de insultos
I tripped and went flying
tropecé y salí volando or disparado
it sent the poor cyclist flying
el pobre ciclista salió disparado por los aires
to let fly at sb
emprenderla or arremeter contra alguien
he grabbed a bottle and let fly at her
agarró una botella y arremetió or la emprendió contra ella
he let fly with a stream of abuse
soltó una sarta de insultos
to make the feathers or fur or sparks fly
armar un gran lío inf
and then the feathers really began to fly
y entonces sí que se armó la gorda or la de San Quintín inf

II.fly1 <3rd pers sing pres flies, pres part flying, pt flew, pp flown> [Am flaɪ, Brit flʌɪ] VB trans

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III.fly1 <pl flies> [Am flaɪ, Brit flʌɪ] N

fly2 [Am flaɪ, Brit flʌɪ] N

fly3 [Am flaɪ, Brit flʌɪ] ADJ

tzetze fly [ˈtsɛtsi ˌflʌɪ] N

tzetze fly → tsetse

See also tsetse

tsetse [Am ˈ(t)sɛtsi, Brit ˈtsɛtsi, ˈtɛtsi], tsetse fly N

crane fly <pl crane flies> [Am ˈkreɪn ˌflaɪ, Brit] N

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flies in the PONS Dictionary

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I.fly1 [flaɪ] VB intr flew, flown

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tsetse fly [ˈtetsiˌflaɪ, Am ˈtsetsiˌflaɪ] N

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flies Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to fly from New York to Tokyo
volar de Nueva York a Tokio
to fly over the sea
volar sobre el mar
to fly over the city
volar sobre la ciudad
as the crow flies
en línea recta
(how) time flies
el tiempo vuela
to fly in from somewhere
llegar (en avión) desde algún sitio
to fly into a white rage
ponerse lívido de rabia
to fly [or raise] a white flag
alzar una bandera blanca
to drop (off) [or die] like flies inf
caer como moscas
black with flies
negro de moscas
American English

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Flies with mutations in decapentaplegic fail to form these structures correctly, hence the name ("decapenta" -, fifteen, - "plegic", paralysis).
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The helicopter flies towards the theodolite and is tracked by the telescope in elevation and azimuth.
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That's because the insects are natural predators for a range of pests that plague gardens and farms -- including greenfly, caterpillars and flies.
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The flowers have the smell of rotting meat, as they are pollinated by flies.
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The airline flies charter and scheduled flights along with an air ambulance service.
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Today there many different types of natural and synthetic materials used to tie flies.
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Photos show people having a great time dressed like glow-worms, hornets, spiders, flies, and bedbugs.
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They eat moths, flies, true bugs, beetles, and cicadas.
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Whilst learning they must catch 100,000 flies to get their patent, their conversation is overheard by several crooks across the hallway.
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As all sawflies, these species are related to wasps and not to flies, but lack the typical wasp waist.
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