Caer en picado

poli	February 07, 2011 07:23 AM

Caer en picado

Does this mean to drop drasticly?

Perikles

February 07, 2011 07:36 AM

GDO:

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A (de carne) grinding (inglés norteamericano), mincing (inglés británico); (de cebolla, ajo) chopping

B (España) (descenso pronunciado): el avión cayó en picado the plane nose-dived; el pájaro cayó en picado al agua the bird plunged o dived into the water; las acciones descendieron en picado stocks plummeted o plunged

AngelicaDeAlquezar

February 07, 2011 09:27 AM

Plunge is fine, but "caer en picada" (as we say around here) doesn't necessarily anticipate the "landing"... it is commonly used to say something (a plane, a bird, stocks, prices...) falls vertically and fast (like "free falling", I guess). :)

Perikles

February 07, 2011 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar (Post 104866)

Plunge is fine, but "caer en picada" (as we say around here) doesn't necessarily anticipate the "landing"...

Neither does plunge, necessarily. :)

AngelicaDeAlquezar

February 07, 2011 12:32 PM

Oh, interesting... I had only seen it used as to fall into the water or so. Thank you! :rose:

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