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Even a fluffy snowball can cause problems, however, if it hits you at 12 km/s (27,000 mph).Pero incluso una bola de nieve esponjosa puede causar problemas, sin embargo, si te golpea a una velocidad de 12 km/s (27.000 millas por hora).http://science.nasa.gov/ 03.07.2011http://science.nasa.gov/ 03.07.2011
The monks dropped their snowballs as the tall figure of Brother Gabriel strode up, frowning angrily.-Los monjes dejaron caer las bolas de nieve, y la esbelta figura del hermano Gabriel se acercó fulminándolos con la mirada-.Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negroEl gallo negroSansom, Christopher JohnDissolutionSansom, Christopher John© C.J. Sansom, 2003
A probe that matched velocity with the comet's nucleus in preparation for landing wouldn't find the drifting snowballs very dangerous at all--but a high-speed flyby is another matter.Una sonda que iguale su velocidad con la del núcleo del cometa en preparación para posarse sobre él no estaría en peligro alguno con las bolas de nieve errantes; pero a la altísima velocidad del sobrevuelo la situación sería muy distinta.http://science.nasa.gov/ 03.07.2011http://science.nasa.gov/ 03.07.2011
He cried out as snowballs burst all over him, twisting and rolling so that he looked more like a stranded tortoise than ever.Alcanzado por los proyectiles una y otra vez, gritaba, pataleaba y se balanceaba de tal modo que su parecido con una tortuga resultaba realmente extraordinario.Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negroEl gallo negroSansom, Christopher JohnDissolutionSansom, Christopher John© C.J. Sansom, 2003
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snowball sampling
muestreo en bola de nieve
Word forms
snowball
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | snowball | snowballs |
Possessive case | snowball's | snowballs' |
snowball
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | snowballed |
Imperative | snowball |
Present Participle (Participle I) | snowballing |
Past Participle (Participle II) | snowballed |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I snowball | we snowball |
you snowball | you snowball |
he/she/it snowballs | they snowball |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am snowballing | we are snowballing |
you are snowballing | you are snowballing |
he/she/it is snowballing | they are snowballing |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have snowballed | we have snowballed |
you have snowballed | you have snowballed |
he/she/it has snowballed | they have snowballed |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been snowballing | we have been snowballing |
you have been snowballing | you have been snowballing |
he/she/it has been snowballing | they have been snowballing |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I snowballed | we snowballed |
you snowballed | you snowballed |
he/she/it snowballed | they snowballed |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was snowballing | we were snowballing |
you were snowballing | you were snowballing |
he/she/it was snowballing | they were snowballing |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had snowballed | we had snowballed |
you had snowballed | you had snowballed |
he/she/it had snowballed | they had snowballed |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been snowballing | we had been snowballing |
you had been snowballing | you had been snowballing |
he/she/it had been snowballing | they had been snowballing |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will snowball | we shall/will snowball |
you will snowball | you will snowball |
he/she/it will snowball | they will snowball |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be snowballing | we shall/will be snowballing |
you will be snowballing | you will be snowballing |
he/she/it will be snowballing | they will be snowballing |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have snowballed | we shall/will have snowballed |
you will have snowballed | you will have snowballed |
he/she/it will have snowballed | they will have snowballed |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been snowballing | we shall/will have been snowballing |
you will have been snowballing | you will have been snowballing |
he/she/it will have been snowballing | they will have been snowballing |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would snowball | we should/would snowball |
you would snowball | you would snowball |
he/she/it would snowball | they would snowball |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be snowballing | we should/would be snowballing |
you would be snowballing | you would be snowballing |
he/she/it would be snowballing | they would be snowballing |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have snowballed | we should/would have snowballed |
you would have snowballed | you would have snowballed |
he/she/it would have snowballed | they would have snowballed |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been snowballing | we should/would have been snowballing |
you would have been snowballing | you would have been snowballing |
he/she/it would have been snowballing | they would have been snowballing |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am snowballed | we are snowballed |
you are snowballed | you are snowballed |
he/she/it is snowballed | they are snowballed |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being snowballed | we are being snowballed |
you are being snowballed | you are being snowballed |
he/she/it is being snowballed | they are being snowballed |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been snowballed | we have been snowballed |
you have been snowballed | you have been snowballed |
he/she/it has been snowballed | they have been snowballed |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was snowballed | we were snowballed |
you were snowballed | you were snowballed |
he/she/it was snowballed | they were snowballed |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being snowballed | we were being snowballed |
you were being snowballed | you were being snowballed |
he/she/it was being snowballed | they were being snowballed |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been snowballed | we had been snowballed |
you had been snowballed | you had been snowballed |
he/she/it had been snowballed | they had been snowballed |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be snowballed | we shall/will be snowballed |
you will be snowballed | you will be snowballed |
he/she/it will be snowballed | they will be snowballed |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been snowballed | we shall/will have been snowballed |
you will have been snowballed | you will have been snowballed |
he/she/it will have been snowballed | they will have been snowballed |