De a dos / de dos en dos

[aleCcowaN]

Hoy me encontraba tratando de decir en inglés "y subí atropelladamente la escalera de a dos escalones" y me quedé en blanco ¿Cómo decimos cuando en cada zancada subimos dos o tres escalones de una sola vez? ¿Cuál es la forma más natural de describir ese movimiento frenético?

[JPablo]

Mmm... yo diría, "I went[rushed] up the stairs two at a time" (or maybe "3 or 4 at a time...") (If I have done my exercises and want to emulate Kobe Bryant... jumping!)

Pero a ver que dicen los nativos ingleses...

[aleCcowaN]

Originally Posted by JPablo

Mmm... yo diría, "I went[rushed] up the stairs two at a time" (or maybe "3 or 4 at a time...") (If I have done my exercises and want to emulate Kobe Bryant... jumping!)

Originally Posted by JPablo

nativos ...

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[Rusty]

two steps at a time

[irmamar]

HN = Hablante nativo. Término usado en lingüística.

[laepelba]

You can easily say "I took the stairs two at a time."

[aleCcowaN]

Gracias Rusty y Lou Ann!

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by Rusty

two steps at a time

This form sounds more nature.

One step at a time, two or three steps at a time.

Thank you for the information.

[JPablo]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

This form sounds more natural.

Thank you all... (a little fix, Crotalito...) (The first time I was able to jump 3 steps at a time, when I was a kid... I felt "pretty big"... nowadays that's my normal "stride" when I run up a long flight of stairs... but not as long as the loooong flight of stairs Bruce Lee jogs one step at a time at the beginning of one of his movies...)

[gracemayer]

Originally Posted by JPablo

Thank you all... (a little fix, Crotalito...) (The first time I was able to jump 3 steps at a time, when I was a kid... I felt "pretty big"... nowadays that's my normal "stride" when I run up a long flight of stairs... but not as long as the loooong flight of stairs Bruce Lee jogs one step at a time at the beginning of one of his movies...)

'I raced up the stairs two at a time' sounds fine to me - you don't need to use the word steps, since the 'two at a time' refer back to the stairs, ok?

although at my natural snail's pace (I'm a smoker) this is an unusual event for me

[aleCcowaN]

Originally Posted by gracemayer

'I raced up the stairs two at a time' sounds fine to me - you don't need to use the word steps, since the 'two at a time' refer back to the stairs, ok?

although at my natural snail's pace (I'm a smoker) this is an unusual event for me

Thank you! I was also looking for the verb that described the "race".

[JPablo]

Well, Gracemayer, thank you... (I only smoked pipe for about a week... and after cleaning it after every usage and seeing how much tar and other stuff I had to tackle and clean... I stopped to never smoke again...) (I was playing basketball at the time, and the smoking didn't help much...)

But I can "smoke" anyone racing up any stairs...

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by gracemayer

'I raced up the stairs two at a time' sounds fine to me - you don't need to use the word steps, since the 'two at a time' refer back to the stairs, ok?

although at my natural snail's pace (I'm a smoker) this is an unusual event for me

Perfect I have took note about that.

I will keep it mind.

Thank you sincerely yours.