straddle

[US]/'stræd(ə)l/
[UK]/'strædl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. sentarse o estar de pie con una pierna a cada lado de (algo)
vt. sentarse o estar de pie con una pierna a cada lado de (algo)
n. la acción de sentarse o estar de pie con una pierna a cada lado de (algo)
Word Forms
Gerundiostraddling
Tercera persona singularstraddles
Pasadostraddled
Participio pasadostraddled
Pluralstraddles

Phrases & Collocations

straddle position

posición de montura

straddle the fence

estar en un terreno neutral

Example Sentences

straddle on the tariff issue

equilibrarse en la cuestión arancelaria

straddle a political question

equilibrarse en una cuestión política

The village straddles the frontier.

El pueblo se extiende a lo largo de la frontera.

The shots straddled the target.

Las balas rozaron el objetivo.

a man who had straddled the issue of taxes.

un hombre que había sorteado la cuestión de los impuestos.

he turned the chair round and straddled it.

él giró la silla y se sentó a horcajadas en ella.

Real-world Examples

Avery straddled the rope and jumped.

Source: Charlotte's Web

With or without permission, they straddle laws, jurisdictions, and identities with ease.

Source: Past exam papers for English reading comprehension (English II) in the postgraduate entrance examination.

Monica Monica, you could come in straddling him, they still wouldn't believe it.

Source: Friends Season 2

Take that frog out! ordered Fern. Avery straddled the rope and jumped.

Source: Charlotte's Web

Then you straddled the knot, so that it acted as a seat.

Source: Charlotte's Web

Many of which like the Uzbeks, Tajiks and Pashtuns straddled the country's borders.

Source: Realm of Legends

Straddling the boundary between the sacred and the profane, they can be great social unifiers and dividers.

Source: BBC documentary "A Hundred Treasures Talk About the Changes of Time"

" It is the rare person who has the tools and resourcefulness to straddle the divide."

Source: New York Times

The colossal statue of the sun god Helios didn't actually straddle the entrance to Rhodes's harbour as a rumour suggests.

Source: Encyclopædia Britannica

This means a block can straddle, say, the interface between a metal pipe and the rock surrounding it.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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