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⇱ in the act - English-Spanish Dictionary - WordReference.com

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Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
in the act adv(committing a crime) (formal)durante la comisión del delito loc adv
The police arrived and caught the thief in the act.
La policía llegó y apresó al ladrón durante la comisión del delito.
(coloquial)in fraganti expr
con las manos en la masa expr
La policía llegó y atrapó al ladrón in fraganti.
en el acto loc adv
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Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
act in the interests of [sb/sth] vtr(act to protect or help)actuar en favor de loc verb
An attorney will always act in the best interests of her client.
Un abogado actúa en favor de los intereses de su cliente.
in the act of expr(while committing: crime, transgression) (coloquial)con las manos en la masa loc adv
The police arrived while he was in the act of stealing the girl's purse.
La policía llegó y lo pilló con las manos en la masa cuando le robaba el bolso a la chica.
in fraganti loc adv
La policía lo encontró in fraganti cuando le robaba el bolso a la chica.
en el acto de loc prep
El policía llegó cuando estaba en el acto de robarle el bolso a la chica.
in the very act adv(committing this crime)en el preciso momento loc adv
en el acto mismo loc adv
I caught my dog in the very act of eating the steak I had bought for dinner.
Agarré a mi perro en el preciso momento en que se estaba comiendo el bife que había comprado para cenar.
Agarré a mi perro en el acto mismo de comerse el bife que había comprado para cenar.
(figurado)con las manos en la masa loc adv
Agarré a mi perro con las manos en la masa, comiéndose el bife que había comprado para cenar.
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