stumble upon in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for stumble upon in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.stumble [Am ˈstəmbəl, Brit ˈstʌmb(ə)l] VB intr

1. stumble (trip):

stumble

tropezar

stumble

dar un traspié

to stumble over/against sth

tropezar con algo

he stumbled over a stone and fell

tropezó con una piedra y se cayó

he stumbled against a chair in the dark

tropezó con una silla en la oscuridad

2. stumble (move unsteadily) + adv compl:

to stumble along/in/out

ir/entrar/salir a tropezones or a trompicones

I just stumbled into movies by accident

fue por casualidad que empecé a hacer cine

3. stumble (in speech):

stumble

atrancarse

he stumbled over the long words

se atrancaba or se le trababa la lengua con las palabras largas

she stumbled through the list

leyó la lista tartamudeando y equivocándose

II.stumble [Am ˈstəmbəl, Brit ˈstʌmb(ə)l] N

stumble

tropezón m

stumble

traspié m

upon [Am əˈpɑn, Brit əˈpɒn] PREP form

1. upon (on):

she placed the cards upon the table

puso las cartas sobre la mesa

upon their arrival, they were shown to their room

a su llegada, se los condujo a su habitación

there are trains upon the hour, every hour

hay un tren por hora, a la hora en punto

acting upon his advice …

siguiendo sus consejos …

upon my word! dated

¡caramba!

upon -ing

al +  infin

upon entering the room

al entrar a la habitación

2. upon (indicating imminent or unexpected arrival):

to be upon sb, the enemy was upon us

teníamos al enemigo encima

winter is already upon us

ya estamos prácticamente en invierno

3. upon (indicating large numbers):

thousands upon thousands

miles y miles

I have sent letter upon letter

he mandado carta tras carta

stumble upon in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for stumble upon in the English»Spanish Dictionary

stumble [ˈstʌmbl] VB intr

1. stumble (trip):

stumble

tropezar

to stumble on sth

tropezar con algo

2. stumble (while talking):

stumble

balbucear

to stumble over sth

tropezar en algo

upon [əˈpɒn, Am -ˈpɑ:n] PREP form

1. upon (on top of):

upon

sobre

upon

encima de

2. upon (around):

upon

en

a ring upon the finger

un anillo en el dedo

3. upon (hanging on):

to hang upon the wall

colgar en la pared

4. upon (at time of):

upon her arrival

a su llegada

upon this

a continuación

upon this

acto seguido

5. upon (long ago):

once upon a time

érase una vez

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

While much of the cache consists of confiscated bottles of water and sunscreen, volunteers never know what unusual oddments they might stumble upon.

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The book is written about a group of three men who stumble upon enchanted armor of unfathomable, immense powers that they have no clue about.

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On the third day of their trip, they stumble upon the ruins of a strangely shaped house bordering a large lake.

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At the beginning of the adventure, the characters become lost in a desert sandstorm and stumble upon the entrance to a pyramid.

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One day, while they were playing together in a forest, they unexpectedly stumble upon a wooden treehouse located in this forest.

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Two detectives set out to uncover the truth behind his grisly death, and stumble upon several strange characters.

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Often a police officer may stumble upon one of these pages, or an informant can give access to the local gang page.

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Like when the sisters stumble upon a room full of infected people with long wormy strands pouring out of their mouth into one central host.

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Pursued by police through the headquarters, the former radicals stumble upon a water cannon and use it to drive back the police and escape.

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