stroke

a movement made by touching or hitting something with a part of your body, especially the hand or arm

golpe, toque, movimiento

• stroke somebody/something

Collocations stroke a cat · stroke the surface of water

• He stroked his beard thoughtfully.

  Acarició su barba pensativamente.

a serious illness that affects the brain and causes weakness or loss of movement in part of your body, usually because a blood vessel bursts or gets blocked by a clot

infarto cerebral, accidente cerebrovascular

Collocations suffer from a stroke · recover from a stroke

• She had a stroke last year.

  Ella tuvo un infarto cerebral el año pasado.

a game played with rackets and balls on a court or table, such as tennis or squash (court) or ping-pong (table)

tenis de mesa, squash, raqueta

Collocations play a stroke game · win at stroke

• He plays tennis and squash as well as table tennis.

  Juega tenis, squash y también ping-pong.

a mark made by a brush or pen on paper or canvas when painting or drawing

trazo, pincelada, línea

Collocations make a stroke with a brush · a delicate stroke

• She made a quick, bold stroke across the canvas.

  Ella hizo un trazo rápido y audaz sobre el lienzo.

a mark on a piece of music that shows how long or short to play a note, or the way in which it should be played

notación musical, indicación de tiempo

Collocations a stroke on a stave · play a note with a certain stroke

• The music has many difficult strokes to read.

  La música tiene muchos trazos difíciles de leer.

a single movement of a computer mouse or similar device across the screen, used to control an on-screen pointer or cursor

pulsación del ratón, clic

Collocations make a stroke with the mouse · a double stroke

• Click once to select an item, and click again to open it.

  Haga clic una vez para seleccionar un elemento y hágalo de nuevo para abrirlo.

a sudden attack of illness or emotion, especially one that is brief and intense

ataque repentino, brote

Collocations suffer a stroke of madness · a stroke of genius

• He had a stroke of inspiration and finished the painting.

  Tuvo un brote de inspiración y terminó el cuadro.

to touch or hit something gently with a part of your body, especially the hand or arm

acariciar, tocar suavemente

• stroke somebody/something

Collocations stroke a cat · stroke the surface of water

• He stroked his beard thoughtfully.

  Acarició su barba pensativamente.