perilously

[EE. UU.]/'periləsli/
[Reino Unido]/ˈp ɛrɪləslɪ/
Frecuencia: Muy alto

Traducción

adv. de manera peligrosa o arriesgada, lleno de peligro

Frases y colocaciones

perilously close

peligrosamente cerca

perilously high

peligrosamente alto

navigate perilously

navegar peligrosamente

perilously steep

peligrosamente empinado

perilously low

peligrosamente bajo

driving perilously

conduciendo peligrosamente

perilously thin ice

hielo peligrosamente delgado

Oraciones de ejemplo

They were perilously close to the edge of the precipice.

Estaban peligrosamente cerca del borde del precipicio.

by his own confession, he had strayed perilously close to alcoholism.

Según su propia confesión, se había acercado peligrosamente al alcoholismo.

The hikers were perilously close to the edge of the cliff.

Los excursionistas estaban peligrosamente cerca del borde del acantilado.

She balanced perilously on the edge of the chair.

Ella se balanceaba peligrosamente en el borde de la silla.

The tightrope walker walked perilously across the thin rope.

El equilibrista caminaba peligrosamente por la cuerda delgada.

The car skidded perilously on the icy road.

El coche derrapó peligrosamente en la carretera helada.

The ship navigated perilously through the stormy waters.

El barco navegó peligrosamente a través de las aguas tormentosas.

He drove perilously fast through the narrow streets.

Condujo peligrosamente rápido por las calles estrechas.

The acrobat performed perilously high above the ground.

El acróbata realizó una actuación peligrosamente alta sobre el suelo.

The situation became perilously tense as negotiations broke down.

La situación se volvió peligrosamente tensa a medida que las negociaciones se rompían.

The mountain climbers were perilously close to running out of oxygen.

Los alpinistas estaban peligrosamente cerca de quedarse sin oxígeno.

The economy teeters perilously on the brink of recession.

La economía pende peligrosamente de un hilo frente a la recesión.

Ejemplos del mundo real

Your surname is perilously close to Yodel.

Fuente: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

But in Ukraine, the fighting edged perilously closer to a tipping point.

Fuente: New York Times

" You've upset me" . She stifled something that was perilously near hysterics.

Fuente: The places where angels dare not tread.

After a two-year depression, the U.S. Treasury has become perilously close to bankruptcy.

Fuente: Legend of American Business Tycoons

Boss finds this model misleading, perilously bound up in the way Americans conceptualize themselves.

Fuente: New York Times

Violent blood was in them all, perilously close to the surface, lurking just beneath the kindly courteous exteriors.

Fuente: Gone with the Wind

A BBC investigation in Ghana found hospitals perilously short of trained staff as nurses leave for better-paying jobs abroad.

Fuente: BBC Listening Collection June 2023

But you don't like him yourself, my lady. You never wanted him...-You're sailing perilously close to the wind, O'Brien.

Fuente: Downton Abbey (Audio Segmented Version) Season 1

For Mr. Biden, that bleak national outlook has pushed his job approval rating to a perilously low point.

Fuente: New York Times

" Have a care, Your Grace, " Ser Addam Marbrand warned the king. " Valyrian steel is perilously sharp" .

Fuente: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Ice and Rain (Bilingual)

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