patinar — meaning in English

English meaning

• skate verb To glide over ice or a hard surface wearing skates.
• skid noun An uncontrolled sliding movement, as when a vehicle's wheels lose grip.

Senses

patinar is used for these senses in English:

• skate To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
• skid (intransitive) To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard, the wheels sliding with limited spinning.

skate — full definition

1. verb To glide over ice or a hard surface wearing skates.
2. verb To avoid serious consequences for something you clearly did wrong.
3. noun A flat-bodied fish related to rays, found on the seabed in most oceans.

skid — full definition

1. noun An uncontrolled sliding movement, as when a vehicle's wheels lose grip.
2. verb To slide sideways or out of control, typically due to loss of traction.

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