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sky·dive

(skī′dīv′)

intr.v. sky·dived, sky·div·ing, sky·dives

To jump and fall freely from an airplane, often performing various maneuvers, before deploying a parachute.

sky′div′er n.

sky′div′ing n.

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skydive

(ˈskaɪˌdaɪv)

vb, -dives, -diving or -dived, -dove or -dived

(Extreme Sports) (intr) to take part in skydiving

ˈskyˌdiver n

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skydive

Past participle: skydived
Gerund: skydiving

Imperative
skydive
skydive

Present
I skydive
you skydive
he/she/it skydives
we skydive
you skydive
they skydive

Preterite
I skydived
you skydived
he/she/it skydived
we skydived
you skydived
they skydived

Present Continuous
I am skydiving
you are skydiving
he/she/it is skydiving
we are skydiving
you are skydiving
they are skydiving

Present Perfect
I have skydived
you have skydived
he/she/it has skydived
we have skydived
you have skydived
they have skydived

Past Continuous
I was skydiving
you were skydiving
he/she/it was skydiving
we were skydiving
you were skydiving
they were skydiving

Past Perfect
I had skydived
you had skydived
he/she/it had skydived
we had skydived
you had skydived
they had skydived

Future
I will skydive
you will skydive
he/she/it will skydive
we will skydive
you will skydive
they will skydive

Future Perfect
I will have skydived
you will have skydived
he/she/it will have skydived
we will have skydived
you will have skydived
they will have skydived

Future Continuous
I will be skydiving
you will be skydiving
he/she/it will be skydiving
we will be skydiving
you will be skydiving
they will be skydiving

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been skydiving
you have been skydiving
he/she/it has been skydiving
we have been skydiving
you have been skydiving
they have been skydiving

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been skydiving
you will have been skydiving
he/she/it will have been skydiving
we will have been skydiving
you will have been skydiving
they will have been skydiving

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been skydiving
you had been skydiving
he/she/it had been skydiving
we had been skydiving
you had been skydiving
they had been skydiving

Conditional
I would skydive
you would skydive
he/she/it would skydive
we would skydive
you would skydive
they would skydive

Past Conditional
I would have skydived
you would have skydived
he/she/it would have skydived
we would have skydived
you would have skydived
they would have skydived

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Verb

skydive - jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute

sky dive

chute, parachute, jump - jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

Translations

skydive

[ˈskaɪdaɪv]

A. N → caída f libre

B. VI → saltar en caída libre

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