Translation for "to tip over" to spanish

To tip over

verb

• volcarse
• volcar
• caer

Translation examples

volcarse verb

Vos caught it just as it was about to tip over.
Vos lo tomó justo cuando estaba a punto de volcarse.

It began to wobble, to bend, then gradually started to tip over.
Comenzó a oscilar, luego se dobló y empezó a volcarse.

One of the shelves was tilted on one corner and looked as if it was about to tip over and smash into the window.
Uno de los estantes estaba inclinado en una esquina y parecía que estaba a punto de volcarse y estrellarse contra la ventana.

On the couch he'd been half asleep, the tall lukewarm Coors tilting between his wasted thighs, about to tip over and leak liquid onto him like warm piss.
Se había quedado medio dormido en el sofá, con la lata de Coors tibia, ladeada entre los muslos inútiles, a punto de volcarse y derramarle encima el líquido como pis caliente.

volcar verb

If you tip over you have to hold on to it, or else swim fast.” “I’ll hope not to tip over.”
Si te das la vuelta tendrás que aferrarte a él, o nadar muy rápido. —Espero no volcar.

Both of them looked at each other as the crawler began to tip over.
Los dos se miraron cuando el tractor empezó a volcar.

caer verb

they are stocky and squat and you think, looking at them, that they would be impossible to tip over.
Son bajos y fornidos y uno pensaría, al verlos, que es imposible hacerlos caer.

As rocks and wooden beams fell from the ramparts and pots of boiling liquid tipped over, the rebels on the ladders screamed and tumbled to their deaths.
Cuando las rocas, los haces de leña y el líquido hirviendo empezaron a caer desde las murallas, los rebeldes que trepaban por las escalas comenzaron a chillar, a tambalearse y a caer al encuentro de la muerte.

There was a sick, squishy impact as he skidded and began to tip over again. “Jump, Saul!” It was his chance.
Se produjo un crujiente y nauseabundo impacto cuando se soltó y comenzó a caer de nuevo. —¡Salte, Saul! Era su oportunidad.