| Inglés | Español | |
|---|---|---|
| Common | ||
| Common | spate | avalancha [f] |
| General | ||
| General | spate | oleada [f] |
| General | spate | avenida [f] |
| General | spate | chaparrón [m] |
| General | spate | ola [f] |
| General | spate | cadena serie |
| General | spate | torrente [m] fig. |
| General | spate | seguidilla [f] BO AR UY |
| Engineering | ||
| Engineering | spate | torrente [m] |
| Engineering | spate | crecida [f] |
| Hydrology | ||
| Hydrology | spate | crecida [f] |
| Inglés | Español | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | ||||
| General | in spate | crecido [adj] | ||
| General | wave (stream, flood, surge, spate, current) | corriente [f] | ||
| General | a spate of | una avalancha de [adj] fig. | ||
| General | a spate of | un aluvión de [adj] fig. | ||
| General | in spate | crecida [adj/f] | ||
| Idioms | ||||
| Idioms | be in full spate | marchar a toda velocidad [v] | ||
| Idioms | be in full spate | proceder con energía [v] | ||
| Idioms | be in full spate | estar en plena marcha [v] | ||
| Idioms | be in full spate | estar en pleno desarrollo [v] | ||
| Idioms | be in full spate | forzar la máquina [v] | ||
| Colloquial | ||||
| Colloquial | be in spate | estar alto [v] | ||
| Agriculture | ||||
| Agriculture | spate irrigation | riego por desviación de aguas de avenidas | ||
