strike

Pronúncia: straɪk
    noun
  1. [of labour] vaga.
  2. general strike vaga general.
  3. sympathy strike vaga de solidaritat.
  4. to be on strike fer vaga.
  5. to (come out / go) on strike declarar la vaga.
  6. hunger strike vaga de fam.

  7. [discovery] descoberta sobtada, descobriment sobtat.
  8. a big oil strike un gran descobriment de petroli.
  9. to make a strike fer una descoberta, fer un descobriment.

  10. Sport cop.
  11. Military atac, cop.
  12. air strike atac aeri, bombardeig.
    13. transitive verb [preterite stroke, past participle struck, in some senses stricken]
  13. [hit] copejar, pegar.
  14. [wound] ferir.
  15. Technical percudir.
  16. [with bullet, etc.] enganxar, tocar.
  17. [ball] xutar, picar.
  18. [blow] donar (to a).
  19. [chord] tocar, fer sonar.
  20. [instrument] tocar.
  21. never strike a woman no peguis mai a una dona.
  22. to strike one's fist on the table, to strike the table with one's fist donar un cop de puny a la taula.
  23. the president was struck by two bullets dues bales van tocar el president.
  24. the tower was struck by lightning va caure un llamp a la torre.
  25. a fisherman was struck by lightning un llamp va (tocar / matar) un pescador.
  26. the light strikes the window la llum toca la finestra.

  27. [produce, make: coin, medal] encunyar.
  28. [a light, match] encendre.
  29. to strike sparks from something fer sortir guspires d'una cosa.
  30. to strike a cutting arrencar un esqueix.
  31. to strike root arrelar, posar arrels.
  32. to strike someone blind deixar cec algú.
  33. to strike someone deaf fer tornar sord algú.
  34. to strike someone dumb figurative deixar algú sense parla, deixar algú emmudit.
  35. to strike terror into someone aterrir algú.

  36. [collide with, meet] xocar contra, estavellar-se contra.
  37. [mine] tocar, xocar amb.
  38. [difficulty, obstacle] topar-se amb, trobar.
  39. his head struck the beam es va donar un cop al cap amb la biga.

  40. [of thoughts, impressions] it strikes me that..., the thought strikes me that... se m'acut que..., m'ha vingut al cap que...
  41. has it ever struck you that...? no se t'ha acudit mai de pensar que...?
  42. it strikes me as being most unlikely em sorprèn com una cosa molt poc probable.
  43. at least that's how it strikes me almenys és el que jo penso.
  44. how does she strike you? quina impressió n'has tret, d'ella?, què en penses, d'ella?
  45. I was struck by her sincerity em va impressionar la seva sinceritat.
  46. I'm not much struck with him no m'impressiona gaire.

  47. [find] descobrir, trobar.
  48. to strike oil descobrir un jaciment de petroli.
  49. he struck it rich va descobrir una bona mina, va tenir molta sort.

  50. to strike camp aixecar el campament.
  51. to strike the flag arriar bandera.

  52. to strike work abandonar la feina, declarar una vaga.

  53. [attitude] prendre, adoptar.

  54. to strike an average calcular una mitjana.
  55. to strike a balance Commerce fer balanç.
  56. (idem) figurative establir un equilibri (between entre).
  57. to strike a bargain cloure un tracte, fer un tracte.

    58. [with adverb or preposition]
  58. to strike down enfonsar, fer caure.
  59. he was struck down by heart disease el va enganxar una malaltia de cor.
  60. he was struck down in his prime se'l va endur la mort en plena joventut.
  61. to strike off [cut off] tallar, arrencar de cop.
  62. (idem) [from list] esborrar.
  63. (idem) [print] tirar, imprimir.
  64. (idem) [deduct] rebaixar.
  65. to strike out esborrar, treure.
  66. to strike through [cross out] esborrar, passar ratlla a.
  67. (idem) [penetrate] penetrar.
  68. to strike up [music] iniciar, començar a tocar.
  69. (idem) [conversation] iniciar, començar.
  70. (idem) [friendship] fer.
    71. intransitive verb
  71. Military etc. [attack] atacar.
  72. now is the time to strike aquest és el moment d'atacar.
  73. to strike against something xocar contra alguna cosa.
  74. to strike at someone donar un cop a algú, intentar de donar un cop a algú, escometre algú, atacar algú.
  75. this strikes at our very existence això amenaça de destruir la nostra mateixa existència.
  76. to strike out començar a repartir cops.
  77. to strike out wildly repartir cops a tort i a dret.

  78. [of clock] tocar.
  79. the clock has struck five ja han tocat les cinc.
  80. when one's hour strikes quan ens arriba l'hora (de la mort).

  81. [of labour] fer vaga (for per).

  82. [of match] encendre's.

  83. Nautical [run aground] encallar, tocar el fons.
  84. Nautical [surrender] arriar bandera.

  85. Botany arrelar, fer arrels.

  86. to strike on an idea acudir-se una idea a algú, venir una idea al pensament d'algú.

  87. the band struck up la banda va començar a tocar.

    88. [with adverb or preposition, of movement]
  88. to strike across country anar camps a través.
  89. to strike into the woods endinsar-se en el bosc.
  90. the road strikes off to the right la carretera tomba cap a la dreta.
  91. to strike out for the shore (començar a) nedar decididament cap a la platja.
  92. to strike out for oneself, to strike out on one's own figurative independitzar-se, fer-se independent, obrar per si sol.
  93. the sun strikes through the mist el sol s'endinsa en la boira, es pot veure el sol entre la boira.