trickle

• Sustantivo que designa un flujo pequeño, lento o débil de un líquido, a menudo formando gotas o un hilillo. También puede referirse a una cantidad o movimiento gradual y escaso.

A noun referring to a small, slow, or gentle flow of liquid, characterized by the formation and falling of drops.

1. Small flow of liquidB1formal

   A slow, thin, or small stream of liquid, often flowing in drops.

   Hilo de líquido

   • A trickle of water came from the leaky faucet.
   • The rain was just a trickle against the window.
   • He could hear the trickle of a stream in the distance.

   Sinónimosdribbledriprivuletseepage

   Antónimosfloodflowgushstreamtorrent

2. Small amount or movementB2formal

   A small, slow, or gradual movement or amount of something, such as people, money, or information.

   flujo pequeño y gradual

   • A trickle of customers entered the store throughout the morning.
   • The donations started as a trickle but soon became a flood.
   • Only a trickle of news came from the remote village.

   Sinónimosdribbledrip

   Antónimosfloodflowgushstreamtorrent

• Verbo que describe un flujo lento y constante de líquido en pequeñas cantidades, o, en sentido figurado, el movimiento o llegada gradual de personas o cosas.

A verb used to describe the slow, steady flow of a liquid in small amounts, or metaphorically, the gradual movement or arrival of people or things.

1. B1formal

   To run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream.

   fluir lentamente

   • Water trickled from the leaky faucet all night.
   • Tears trickled down her cheeks as she listened to the sad story.
   • The rain trickled through the cracks in the roof.

   Sinónimosdribbledripfilterleakoozepercolateseepstream

   Antónimosfloodflowgushpour

2. Move slowly in small numbersB2informal

   To come or go slowly, in small numbers or amounts.

   llegar poco a poco

   • People trickled into the theater just before the show started.
   • Donations trickled in over the course of the month.
   • News about the event trickled out to the public gradually.

   Sinónimosdribbledriftfilterseepstraggle

   Antónimosfloodpourstreamsurge