She continued trying to explain it to him, until she realised his interest had faded.Siguió intentando explicárselo hasta que se dio cuenta de que había decaído su interés.
I needed to give more details to the ambulance driver, but the signal was fading.Necesitaba darle más detalles al conductor de la ambulancia, pero la señal se estaba debilitando.
The brakes begin to fade if they overheat, and you can't judge braking distances properly.Los frenos dejan de responder si se recalientan y no puedes calcular bien la distancia de frenado.
Un verbo transitivo es un verbo que requiere de un objeto directo (p.ej. Yo compré un libro.).
She kept the drapes half drawn so the sunlight wouldn't fade the carpets and upholstery.Tenía las cortinas medio cerradas para que la luz del sol no destiñera las alfombras y el tapizado.
My son and all his friends wear fades, so I assume it's the fashion now.Mi hijo y todos sus amigos llevan cortes degradados, así que imagino que es la moda ahora.
"guaranteed not to fade""no destiñe";the black had faded to greyel negro se había vuelto gris;my tan soon fadedel moreno se me quitó pronto;the light was fading rapidlyestaba oscureciendo rápidamente;la luz se iba rápidamente;in the fading light he failed to see herno la vio en la penumbra
the daylight was fadingthe orange hat had faded to pinkall colour fades, especially under direct sunlighthe lay on his bed and gazed at the ceiling as the light faded
the sound of the engine faded into the distanceel ruido del motor se desvanecía or se perdía en la distancia;her voice faded to a whispersu voz se apagó hasta convertirse en un susurro
she launched into the final segment of the slow movement - pure, gorgeous sound; glowing, melting, fading to a whispershe was in a state of semi-consciousness - every other sound faded but Billy's voiceThe sound faded. The helicopter was goneShe waited until the sound of his footsteps had faded and then started to walk along the quay
the music fadedla música se fue apagando;the laughter fades and we hear birds singinglas risas se apagan or se desvanecen y se oye el canto de unos pájaros
the music faded and the lights came on
the image fadedla imagen se fundió;hubo un fundido;fades to music, production creditsfundido a música y títulos de créditos
he was unconscious and fading fastestaba inconsciente y se consumía por momentos;the team faded in the second halfel equipo perdió fuerza en el segundo tiempo
they devote themselves to collecting images of ancient cultures before they fade in the face of modern timesthe coal industry began to fade in the 1970she noticed that his strength was fadingshe was growing older and her looks were fadingby the 1920's the party had faded as a political force
4(begin to disappear)[+hopes, memories, smile]desvanecerse;[+appeal]pasarse;[+scar]borrarse
he saw his chances fadingveía como se iban agotando sus posibilidades;once he became used to it the novelty began to fadecuando se acostumbró a ello dejó pronto de ser una novedad
the memories that I have of that time will never fadewe must make a start on this project before memories begin to fade of how things used to beHer smile faded when she saw Burke's expressionThe smile faded from his face and it acquired once more a look of consternationthe scars fade after a few monthsSurgery techniques have resulted in the neatest of scars which is already fadingthe appeal of a child's new toy soon fades
he's the sort of person who always fades into the backgroundes el tipo de persona que siempre se queda en un segundo plano
Don't let him be forgotten or fade into the backgroundpeople were always looking for an argument before, but down here I seem to fade into the background and haven't had any problems
to fade from sight or viewperderse de vista
the trees were fading from view in the distance
5(Aut)[+engine]perder potencia
as the plane climbed, engine power fadedthe engine fades whenever the car has to go up a steep hill
6(Dep)[+ball]desviarse
to fade to the left/rightdesviarse a la izquierda/derecha
When a player fails to follow through properly - "quitting" on the shot - the ball will fade to the right and lose distance
verbo transitivo
1(discolour)[+fabric]desteñir;hacer perder el color a;[+colour]desteñir;[+flower]marchitar
they used bleach to fade their jeansthe sun had faded the colours of the upholstery
2(Cine)(TV)fundir
fade the voices and let's have the sound of wavesfade the market scene into the image of the corn fields
sustantivo
(Cine)fundido (m)
fade to music, closing creditsfundido a música y títulos de créditos finales;fade to blackfundido en negro
