flown

S2 W2

BrE /fləʊn/ AmE /floʊn/

verb en → es

past flew pp flown ing flying

1 FLY [transitive] B1

to travel by air in an airplane or other aircraft

volar, volar en avión

  • fly somewhere

Collocations fly to a destination · fly home

  • I flew to New York last week.

    Volví a volar a Nueva York la semana pasada.

2 OPERATE [transitive] B1

to operate an aircraft as a job or hobby

volar, pilotear

  • fly something

Collocations fly a plane · fly an aircraft

  • He has flown planes for 20 years.

    Ha pilotado aviones durante 20 años.

1 PAST PERFECT [transitive] B2

past participle of fly (used in the past perfect tense)

volar, volar en avión

  • had flown somewhere
  • She had flown to Paris the day before.

    Ella había volado a París el día anterior.

Phrasal verbs

fly by PASSAGE OF TIME B2

pasar rápidamente, volar (tiempo)

  • The days flew by.

    Los días pasaron muy rápido.

fly off the handle LOSE TEMPER C1

perder la calma, volverse loco

  • He flew off the handle when he saw the damage.

    Perdió completamente la calma cuando vio el daño.

Idioms

fly in the face of C1

ir en contra de, desafiar

  • His decision flies in the face of all logic.

    Su decisión va en contra de toda lógica.

fly under the radar C1

pasar desapercibido, no ser detectado

  • The new policy flew under the radar.

    La nueva política pasó desapercibida.