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Old February 07, 2011, 07:23 AM
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Caer en picado

Does this mean to drop drasticly?
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Old February 07, 2011, 07:36 AM
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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
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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).
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Plunge is fine, but "caer en picada" (as we say around here) doesn't necessarily anticipate the "landing"...
Neither does plunge, necessarily.
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Old February 07, 2011, 12:32 PM
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Oh, interesting... I had only seen it used as to fall into the water or so. Thank you!
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