English-Spanish Dictionary
Spanish Translation of “fast”
fast1 (fɑːst
)
Translations
adjective
Word forms: comparative faster, superlative fastest
- (= speedy)
rápido
- (photography)
- [film]
de alta sensibilidad
- [film]
he's a fast worker
es un trabajador (muy) rápido
⇒he's a fast talker
(informal)es un pretencioso
⇒he was too fast for me
corrió más que yo
(figurative),se me adelantó
⇒fast and furious
vertiginoso
idiom: to pull a fast one on sb (informal)
jugar una mala pasada a algn
- (photography)
- [clock]
adelantado
⇒my watch is five minutes fast
mi reloj está or va cinco minutos adelantado
- (sport)
- [pitch]
seco y firme
- [court]
rápido
- [pitch]
- (= dissipated)
- [person]
lanzado
,fresco
- [life]
disoluto
,disipado
- [person]
- (= firm)
fijo
,firme
⇒to make sth fast
sujetar algo
⇒to make a rope fast
atar bien una cuerda
⇒to make a boat fast
amarrar una barca
⇒fast friends
íntimos amigos
- [colour, dye]
que no destiñe
adverb
- (= quickly)
rápidamente
,deprisa
⇒as fast as I can
lo más rápido posible
⇒he ran off as fast as his legs would carry him
se fue corriendo a toda velocidad
⇒how fast can you type?
¿a qué velocidad escribes a máquina?
⇒don't speak so fast
habla más despacio
⇒faster!
¡más (rápido)!
⇒not so fast!
(informal, interrupting)¡un momento!
⇒he'll do it fast enough if you offer him money
se dará más prisa si le ofreces dinero
⇒the rain was falling fast
llovía mucho
⇒as fast as I finished them he wrapped them up
a medida que yo los terminaba él los envolvía
idiom: to play fast and loose with
jugar con
- (= firmly)
firmemente
⇒fast asleep
profundamente dormido
⇒to hold fast
agarrarse bien
(figurative),mantenerse firme
⇒to stand fast
mantenerse firme
⇒tie it fast
átalo bien
⇒it's stuck fast
está bien pegado
[door],está atrancado or atascado
⇒to be stuck fast in the mud
quedar atascado en el lodo
⇒to be stuck fast in a doorway
haberse quedado atascado en una puerta
Compounds
- See fast bowler
- See fast food
- See fast lane
- See fast track
- See fast train
Similar Words
= quick, flying, winged, rapid, fleet, hurried, accelerated, swift, speedy, brisk, hasty, nimble, mercurial, sprightly, nippy,
= dissipated, wild, exciting, loose, extravagant, reckless, immoral, promiscuous, giddy, self-indulgent, wanton, profligate, impure, intemperate, dissolute, rakish, licentious, gadabout
= close, lasting, firm, permanent, constant, devoted, loyal, faithful, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, unwavering
= quickly, rapidly, swiftly, hastily, hurriedly, speedily, presto, apace, in haste, like a shot, at full speed, hell for leather, like lightning, hotfoot, like a flash, at a rate of knots, like the clappers, like a bat out of hell, pdq, like nobody's business, posthaste, like greased lightning, with all haste,
= recklessly, wildly, loosely, extravagantly, promiscuously, rakishly, intemperately
fast2 (fɑːst
)
Translations
noun
ayuno masculine
⇒to break one's fast
(formal)interrumpir el ayuno
intransitive verb
ayunar
Compounds
- See fast day
Similar Words
= go hungry, abstain, go without food, deny yourself, practise abstention, refrain from food or eating
'fast' in Other Languages
- Arabic: سَرِيع
- Brazilian Portuguese: rápido rápida
- Chinese: 快速的
- Croatian: brz brza
- Czech: rychlý
- Danish: hurtig
- Dutch: snel
- European Spanish: rápido rápida
- Finnish: nopea
- French: rapide
- German: schnell
- Greek: γρήγορος γρήγορη
- Italian: veloce
- Japanese: 速い
- Korean: 빠른
- Norwegian: hurtig
- Polish: szybki szybka
- Portuguese: rápido rápida
- Romanian: rapid rapid, rapidă, rapizi, rapide
- Russian: быстрый быстрая
- Spanish: rápido rápida
- Swedish: snabb snabbt
- Thai: เร็ว
- Turkish: hızlı
- Ukrainian: швидкий
- Vietnamese: nhanh
- Arabic: بِسُرْعَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: rapidamente
- Chinese: 很快地
- Croatian: brzo
- Czech: rychle
- Danish: hurtigt
- Dutch: snel
- European Spanish: deprisa
- Finnish: nopeasti
- French: vite
- German: schnell
- Greek: γρήγορα
- Italian: velocemente
- Japanese: 速く
- Korean: 빨리
- Norwegian: fort
- Polish: szybko
- Portuguese: rapidamente
- Romanian: repede
- Russian: быстро
- Spanish: deprisa
- Swedish: snabbt
- Thai: อย่างรวดเร็ว
- Turkish: hızlı
- Ukrainian: швидко
- Vietnamese: nhanh
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