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University of Vigo

English-Galician CLUVI Dictionary, 2nd edition (revised version 2.2)

(Based on the CLUVI Corpus of the University of Vigo)



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cling


- intransitive verb
- PAST: clung. PART: clung
- adherirse

EN In some places the oysters clung to one another so that they came free in lumps.
GL Nalgúns lugares, as ostras adheríanse unhas ás outras e soltábanse todas xuntas.
- Fonte: PER (277)
- aferrarse

EN A novel idea is worth much in the commonplace routine of life, but a new fact, an astonishment, a miracle, a palpable wandering from the course of things into apparent impossibilities, is a circumstance to which the imagination must cling with delight.
GL Unha idea nova é moi valiosa na trivial rutina da vida, pero un feito novo, algo abraiante, un milagre, unha desviación palpable do curso da natureza é unha circunstancia á que a imaxinación debe aferrarse tremendamente complacida.
- Fonte: DOD (12)
- agarrarse

EN 'Three men were drowned where we are now,' said the old man. He had seen them clinging to the mast himself.
GL --Tres homes afogaron no sitio onde estamos agora --dixo o vello. Víraos el mesmo a agarrárense ó mastro.
- Fonte: CAR (3347)
- pegarse

EN The hat rested any way on her yellow-brown hair, that waved a little, was heavy, and clung close to her head.
GL Levábao posto de calquera xeito, sobre o pelo dourado, lixeiriñamente ondulado, abondoso e moi pegado á cabeza.
- Fonte: ESP (339)