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Then, they fashioned a boat, rigged it with a large cloth to catch the wind, and set sail.
Entonces, crearon un bote, equipado con una gran tela para atrapar el viento, y zarparon.
'boatmaster` shall mean the person who has the necessary aptitude and qualifications to sail a vessel on the Member States' waterways and who has nautical responsibility on board;
patrón de embarcación: la persona que posea la aptitud y la cualificación necesarias para gobernar embarcaciones en las vías navegables de los Estados miembros y ejerza la responsabilidad náutica a bordo;
Although our sail looks like a kite, it will act like a parachute (or like a drag sail) in the very thin upper atmosphere around Earth.
Aunque nuestra vela parece una cometa, actuará como un paracaídas (o como una vela de arrastre) en la muy delgada capa superior de la atmósfera, alrededor de la Tierra.
Except in works of fiction, though, no one has yet successfully deployed such a sail anywhere beyond Earth.
Sin embargo, excepto en el mundo de la ciencia ficción, nadie ha logrado desplegar una vela de ese tipo más allá de la Tierra.
Only one spacecraft has done anything like this before: Japan's IKAROS probe deployed a solar sail in interplanetary space and used it to fly by Venus in 2010.
Solamente una nave espacial había logrado algo similar en el pasado: la sonda japonesa IKAROS, que desplegó una vela solar en el espacio interplanetario y la usó para sobrevolar Venus en 2010.
which sail under the flag of an OCT, of a EC Member State or of an ACP State;
que enarbolen pabellón de un PTU, un Estado miembro o un Estado ACP;
Because there's no friction in space, once a solar sail starts moving, it can go on forever.
Puesto que en el espacio no existe la fricción, una vez que la vela solar comienza a moverse, puede hacerlo para siempre.
"We think the spacecraft could produce this kind of display from time to time when sunlight glints off the reflective fabric of its solar sail."
"Creemos que la nave espacial podría producir este tipo de espectáculos ocasionalmente, cuando un haz de luz del Sol se refleje debido a la brillante superficie de la vela solar".
Above: A solar sail concept, from the 1999 Science@NASA story "Setting Sail for the Stars."
Arriba: Un concepto de la vela espacial, tomado del artículo de 1999 de Science@NASA titulado "Izando las Velas Hacia las Estrellas ."
NASA to Attempt Historic Solar Sail Deployment
La NASA intentará el histórico despliegue de una vela solar
Stay tuned for "Solar Sail Flares."
Manténgase al pendiente para leer "Destellos de la vela solar".
"It was heart-wrenching—yet another failure in the long and troubled history of solar sails."
"Fue desgarrador. Esta era una derrota más en la larga y problemática historia de las velas solares".
The lighter vehicle bounced off the car, caromed and sailed through the air in a wide arc over the hill of earth.
El vehículo más ligero rebotó en el coche, se alzó y voló por los aires, trazando un amplio arco por encima del montón de tierra.
Kellerman, Jonathan / When The Bough BreaksKellerman, Jonathan / La Rama Rota
La Rama Rota
Kellerman, Jonathan
When The Bough Breaks
Kellerman, Jonathan
© 1985 by Jonathan Kellerman
'member of the deck crew` shall mean a person who has regularly participated in sailing a vessel in inland navigation, including manning the tiller.
tripulante de cubierta: la persona que haya participado con regularidad en la conducción y haya gobernado el timón de una embarcación de navegación interior.
Mister Evil pushed a few patients out of his path, while Gulptilil simply sailed down the corridor oblivious to entreaties and pleas from the nervous crowd of residents.
Evans iba apartando a empellones a los pacientes, mientras que Gulptilil se limitó a recorrer el pasillo sin prestar atención a sus ruegos y súplicas.
Katzenbach, John / The Madman's TaleKatzenbach, John / La Historia del Loco
La Historia del Loco
Katzenbach, John
The Madman's Tale
Katzenbach, John
© 2004 by John Katzenbach

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set sail
zarpar
set sail
hacerse a la mar
sailing boat
velero
sailing boat
barco velero
sailing boat
barco
sailing ship
buque
sailing ship
buque de vela

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sail

noun
SingularPlural
Common casesailsails
Possessive casesail'ssails'

sail

verb
Basic forms
Pastsailed
Imperativesail
Present Participle (Participle I)sailing
Past Participle (Participle II)sailed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I sailwe sail
you sailyou sail
he/she/it sailsthey sail
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am sailingwe are sailing
you are sailingyou are sailing
he/she/it is sailingthey are sailing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have sailedwe have sailed
you have sailedyou have sailed
he/she/it has sailedthey have sailed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been sailingwe have been sailing
you have been sailingyou have been sailing
he/she/it has been sailingthey have been sailing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I sailedwe sailed
you sailedyou sailed
he/she/it sailedthey sailed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was sailingwe were sailing
you were sailingyou were sailing
he/she/it was sailingthey were sailing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had sailedwe had sailed
you had sailedyou had sailed
he/she/it had sailedthey had sailed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been sailingwe had been sailing
you had been sailingyou had been sailing
he/she/it had been sailingthey had been sailing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will sailwe shall/will sail
you will sailyou will sail
he/she/it will sailthey will sail
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be sailingwe shall/will be sailing
you will be sailingyou will be sailing
he/she/it will be sailingthey will be sailing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have sailedwe shall/will have sailed
you will have sailedyou will have sailed
he/she/it will have sailedthey will have sailed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been sailingwe shall/will have been sailing
you will have been sailingyou will have been sailing
he/she/it will have been sailingthey will have been sailing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would sailwe should/would sail
you would sailyou would sail
he/she/it would sailthey would sail
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be sailingwe should/would be sailing
you would be sailingyou would be sailing
he/she/it would be sailingthey would be sailing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have sailedwe should/would have sailed
you would have sailedyou would have sailed
he/she/it would have sailedthey would have sailed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been sailingwe should/would have been sailing
you would have been sailingyou would have been sailing
he/she/it would have been sailingthey would have been sailing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am sailedwe are sailed
you are sailedyou are sailed
he/she/it is sailedthey are sailed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being sailedwe are being sailed
you are being sailedyou are being sailed
he/she/it is being sailedthey are being sailed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been sailedwe have been sailed
you have been sailedyou have been sailed
he/she/it has been sailedthey have been sailed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was sailedwe were sailed
you were sailedyou were sailed
he/she/it was sailedthey were sailed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being sailedwe were being sailed
you were being sailedyou were being sailed
he/she/it was being sailedthey were being sailed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been sailedwe had been sailed
you had been sailedyou had been sailed
he/she/it had been sailedthey had been sailed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be sailedwe shall/will be sailed
you will be sailedyou will be sailed
he/she/it will be sailedthey will be sailed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been sailedwe shall/will have been sailed
you will have been sailedyou will have been sailed
he/she/it will have been sailedthey will have been sailed