free fall in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.fall [Am fɔl, Brit fɔːl] N

II.fall <pt fell, pp fallen> [Am fɔl, Brit fɔːl] VB intr

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1.1. fall (tumble):

fall person/animal:
caerse
I fell in the river
me caí al río
he fell into bed/a chair
se dejó caer en la cama/en una silla
she fell into his arms
se echó en sus brazos
to fall downstairs
caerse por la escalera
I fell out of bed last night
anoche me caí de la cama
he fell to his knees
cayó de rodillas
he fell back into the chair
se echó hacia atrás en la silla
she fell under a bus/train
la atropelló un autobús/tren
I fell over a piece of wood
tropecé con un trozo de madera
the house is so small, we are falling over each other
la casa es tan pequeña que estamos unos encima de otros
to fall foul of sb/sth he fell foul of the law
tuvo problemas con la ley
you'd better not fall foul of her
mejor no te la pongas en contra
the plan has fallen foul of the new rules on …
el plan se ha visto obstaculizado por la nueva normativa sobre …
to fall over oneself to + infin
desvivirse por  +  infin
to fall over oneself to + infin
matarse por  +  infin inf

4.1. fall (pass into specified state):

to fall ill or esp Am sick
caer enfermo
to fall ill or esp Am sick
ponerse enfermo Spain
to fall ill or esp Am sick
enfermarse LatAm
to fall silent
callarse
to fall silent
quedarse callado
to fall vacant
quedar libre
to fall into decay
irse deteriorando
to fall into disrepute
desprestigiarse
to fall into disuse
caer en desuso
she fell on hard times
las cosas le empezaron a ir mal
to fall into enemy hands
caer en poder or en manos del enemigo
to fall among thieves
meterse en una cueva de ladrones
to fall from or out of favor, that idea has fallen out of favor with educationalists
esa idea ha perdido popularidad entre los pedagogos
she's fallen from favor with his family
ha caído en desgracia con su familia
to fall out of fashion
pasarse de moda

See also victim, prey

victim [Am ˈvɪktəm, Brit ˈvɪktɪm] N

prey [Am preɪ, Brit preɪ] N U

I.free <freer [ˈfriːər, ˈfriːə(r)], freest [ˈfriːəst, ˈfriːɪst]> [Am fri, Brit friː] ADJ

1.1. free (at liberty):

free usu pred
libre
to be free
ser libre
I am not free (to marry)
no soy libre
to set sb free
dejar or poner a alguien en libertad
to set sb free
soltar a alguien
divorce set me free from a life of drudgery
el divorcio me liberó de una vida de esclavitud
to get free
escaparse
to go free , he went free for years because of lack of witnesses
durante años no se lo pudo inculpar por falta de testigos
they let him go free for lack of evidence
lo dejaron en libertad or lo soltaron por falta de pruebas
free to + infin you're free to do what you think best
eres dueño or libre de hacer lo que te parezca
you're free to leave whenever you want
puede irse cuando quiera
you're free to leave whenever you want
es libre de irse cuando quiera
having a nanny leaves me free to go out more often
el tener una niñera me permite salir más a menudo
please feel free to help yourself
sírvete con confianza
please feel free to help yourself
sírvete nomás LatAm
may I use the telephone? — feel free!
¿puedo hacer una llamada? — ¡no faltaba más! or ¡por supuesto!

II.free [Am fri, Brit friː] ADV

III.free [Am fri, Brit friː] VB trans

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free fall in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for free fall in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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I.fall [fɔ:l] VB intr fell, fallen

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III.free [fri:] -r, -est VB trans

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A frequently cited example of uniform acceleration is that of an object in free fall in a uniform gravitational field.
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While following this path, the aircraft and its payload are in free fall at certain points of its flight path.
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Students enrolled in the course undergo more than 30 hours of ground training prior to their first free fall jump.
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Fragments then continued in a free fall for another 9000ft m.
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Free fall pinsetters for 5-pin are no longer made due to high operation and maintenance costs.
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Grain can be damaged from free fall anytime it is dropped into a new storage device.
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No matter how strong the gravitational field, objects in free fall are weightless, though they still have mass.
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In a reference frame that is in free fall alongside these bodies, they appear to hover weightlessly but not exactly so.
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It is not clear, though, whether the more recent sport of wingsuit flying fits under the definition of free fall skydiving.
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The penetrators were to have been braked by a small rocket at an altitude of 25 km, then free fall to the surface.
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