zoom

BrE /zuːm/ AmE /zuːm/

verb / noun en → es

1 MOVE QUICKLY [intransitive] B1

to move very fast, especially in a straight line or with great speed and force

moverse rápidamente, acelerar bruscamente

  • zoom past somebody/something

Collocations zoom past a car · zoom down the street

  • The motorcycle zoomed past us.

    La motocicleta pasó volando junto a nosotros.

2 ENLARGE IMAGE [transitive] B2

to make an image or picture larger and clearer, especially on a computer screen or camera viewfinder

ampliar la imagen, hacer zoom en algo

  • zoom in/out

Collocations zoom in on a photo · zoom out to see the whole picture

  • She zoomed in on the details of the painting.

    Ella amplió la imagen para ver los detalles del cuadro.

3 ONLINE MEETING [intransitive] B2

to join or host an online meeting using a video conferencing application called Zoom

unirse a una reunión en línea, hacer una videollamada con Zoom

  • zoom into

Collocations zoom into a meeting · join a zoom call

  • We'll be zooming in at 3 PM.

    Nos uniremos a la videollamada a las 3 de la tarde.

4 OPTIMIZE [transitive] C1

to make something more efficient or effective, often in the context of improving performance or speed

optimizar, mejorar la eficiencia de algo

  • zoom up

Collocations zoom up the loading time of a website · optimize the performance of an application

  • They zoomed up the page load times.

    Optimizaron los tiempos de carga de las páginas.