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"patinar" in English

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"patinar" in Spanish
TRANSLATIONS & EXAMPLES
to aquaplane {v.i.} [idiom] (car)
to skid {v.i.} (car, plane, wheels)
to slew {v.i.} (skid)
to slip[slipped · slipped] {v.i.} (slide, shift position)
Por supuesto, comprendemos que la Presidencia implique balancear, buscar un equilibrio y no patinar.
Of course, we realize that the presidency is also keen to keep its balance and not to slip.
to slue {v.i.} [Amer.] (skid)
to hook[hooked · hooked] {v.i.} [Amer.] [slg.] (be prostitute)
patinar[patinando · patinado] {intransitive verb}
No me cabe duda de que su liderazgo acabará haciéndonos patinar a todos sobre una fina capa de hielo.
I have no doubt your leadership will have us all skating on very thin ice.
patinar sobre ruedas
to roller-skate
Como ha dicho uno de nuestros expertos, los Estados Unidos están patinando sobre una capa de hielo muy fina.
As one of our experts said, the United States is skating on very thin ice.
patinar sobre hielo
to ice skate
patinar sobre ruedas
to roller-skate
Es que hacía mucho que el Japón patinaba.
But Japan had been sliding for some time.
to rollerblade {vb} [sports]
patina{noun}
moho{m} (en cobre)
pátina{f} [poet.]

CONTEXT EXAMPLES
Context examples for "patinar" in English(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.
el viento y la lluvia les han dado una pátina a los muros del castillo
the wind and rain have weathered the castle walls
todo lo que le digo le patina
no matter what I say to him it's like water off a duck's back
Ésto es en última instancia lo que está en juego: una política que oculta los intereses del capitalismo bajo una pátina de "desarrollo".
This is ultimately what is at issue: a policy that disguises the interests of capitalism with 'development'.
¡a ti te patina el embrague!
you're off your rocker!