straddle
montar a horcajadas
definition
verb
he turned the chair around and straddled it
sit or stand with one leg on either side of.
noun
Well the toe-touch is where you jump and your legs go out like a straddle, as if you were sitting on the floor with your legs out in a straddle , and you've got to touch your toes.
an act of sitting or standing with one's legs wide apart.
When they think that the saturation point has been reached, they reverse their position: they replace their existing straddles with the opposite ones.
a simultaneous purchase of options to buy and to sell a security or commodity at a fixed price, allowing the purchaser to make a profit whether the price of the security or commodity goes up or down.
translation of 'straddle'
verb
esparrancarse encima de,
montar a horcajadas
example
The height of romanticism; there was little else I could do apart from down my drink, suppress a ladylike belch and swing my legs around you in an elegant 'straddle' .
a sideways-on stance such as a 'straddle'
Place the appropriate amount of weight on the bar and 'straddle' it with your feet just a little wider than hip-distance apart.
She stretched her legs and arms, and almost fell asleep in her 'straddle' .
Maradi's sprawling markets 'straddle' the main highway which passes south to Nigeria.
Over time, mix in the boxer's shuffle and the side 'straddle' .
The proposed site was spread across five townlands in the Mullaghereirk mountains which 'straddle' the Limerick, Cork and Kerry borders.
Does he sometimes 'straddle' difficult issues in an effort to please multiple constituencies?
This is the kind of issue that you can't 'straddle' .
By examining the conventions of published private letters, he shows how they 'straddle' the border between fiction and reality.
Can the Democrats continue to 'straddle' the values issues under those circumstances?
Well the toe-touch is where you jump and your legs go out like a straddle, as if you were sitting on the floor with your legs out in a 'straddle' , and you've got to touch your toes.
The Democrats' leaders in Congress have tried to 'straddle' the issue.
The hardest part of this trick is getting your hips to start moving upward from the 'straddle' .
Once boys start wearing pants it becomes easier for them to stand on their heads, twirl on railings, 'straddle' fences, play leapfrog, and walk on stilts.
The views they have come up with 'straddle' the entire range of options.
She positioned herself, unknowingly into a 'straddle' .
Matthews creates works that successfully 'straddle' the line between contrived arty flourishes and successful accidents.
She 'straddled' his chest, keeping him from standing up.
Alex was lying in the couch while Gabriel 'straddled' one of the chairs by the dining table halfway across the room.
We took off towards the magnificent mountains that 'straddled' the Sligo / Leitrim border.
He spun a chair around and 'straddled' it as he sat down, folding his arms across the wrought iron back.
Her knees 'straddled' his stomach to either side, pinning him beneath her.
I sat down, 'straddling' the chair opposite the young man before me.
The appellation Nuits-St-Georges lies both sides of the town which 'straddles' the small river Meuzin and incorporates the vineyards of neighbouring Prémeaux-Prissey to the south.
Next year she sets off for Mount Roraima, a 280 square metre plateau, overlooking the savannah and 'straddling' the borders of Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil.
He 'straddles' issues with as much vigor as most politicians, but nonetheless manages to retain a reputation as a straight talking guy who says what he means and means what he says.
He turned the chair around and 'straddled' it at the side of the bed, leaning his chin on the back, peering at me like he'd just uncovered a new species of primate.
The city 'straddles' a sandy spit bordering the Gulf of Mexico, it's numerous 10-storey concrete hotels built on low-lying sand-dunes.
I walked into the room and 'straddled' my director's chair.
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