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balloon (EN)
podstatné meno, sloveso

podstatné meno “balloon”

jednotné balloon, množné balloons
  1. balónik
    The children played with colorful balloons at the birthday party.
  2. balón (na lietanie)
    They enjoyed a hot air balloon ride over the countryside.
  3. (medicína) lekárske zariadenie vložené do tela a nafúknuté na liečbu
    In angioplasty, a balloon is used to open blocked blood vessels.
  4. bublina reči v komiksoch alebo kreslených filmoch
    The character's words appeared inside a balloon in the comic strip.
  5. pohár na koňak
    He sipped his cognac from a balloon by the fireplace.
  6. (financie) veľká konečná splátka splatná na konci doby trvania úveru
    They planned carefully to afford the balloon at the end of their mortgage.
  7. guľa (na architektonickom prvku)
    The building was crowned with a decorative balloon.
  8. banka (chemická)
    The chemist heated the solution in a balloon during the experiment.

sloveso “balloon”

infinitív balloon; on balloons; min. čas ballooned; min. príč. ballooned; ger. ballooning
  1. prudko narásť
    Prices ballooned after the new tax was introduced.
  2. letieť balónom
    They ballooned over the city during the festival.
  3. nafúknuť (ako balón)
    The wind ballooned the curtains as the window was open.
  4. (v letectve) náhle stúpať a potom klesať
    The small plane ballooned unexpectedly due to turbulence.
  5. (šport) udrieť alebo kopnúť loptu vysoko do vzduchu
    The striker ballooned the ball over the crossbar.