fleeting

fleet·ing

 (flē′tĭng)

adj.

Passing quickly; ephemeral: a fleeting glimpse; a fleeting interest in the campaign.

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fleet′ing·ly adv.

fleeting

(ˈfliːtɪŋ)

adj

rapid and transient: a fleeting glimpse of the sea.

ˈfleetingly adv

ˈfleetingness n

fleet•ing

(ˈfli tɪŋ)

adj.

passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient: a fleeting glance.

[1325–75]

fleet′ing•ly, adv.

fleet′ing•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

fleeting - lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse" fugitive, momentaneous, momentary short - primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months"

fleeting

adjective momentary, short, passing, flying, brief, temporary, short-lived, fugitive, transient, flitting, ephemeral, transitory, evanescent, fugacious, here today, gone tomorrow They caught only a fleeting glimpse of the driver.
lasting, continuing, permanent, enduring, eternal, abiding, durable, long-lasting, long-lived, imperishable

fleeting

adjective

Lasting or existing only for a short time:

ephemeral, evanescent, fleet, fugacious, fugitive, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporal, temporary, transient, transitory.

Translations

effimerofuggevolevelocevolatile

fleeting

[ˈfliːtɪŋ] ADJ

1. (= brief) [impression] → momentáneo; [visit] → breve; [moment] → breve, fugaz
to have or catch a fleeting glimpse of sth/sb → alcanzar a ver algo/a algn fugazmente
a fleeting glance → una breve mirada

2. (= ephemeral) [joy, popularity] → fugaz, efímero; [beauty] → pasajero

fleeting

[ˈfliːtɪŋ] adj (= very brief) [moment] → bref(brève); [glimpse] → bref(brève); [visit] → en coup de vent
to catch a fleeting glimpse of sb/sth → entrapercevoir qn/qch

fleeting

adj moment, thought → flüchtig; a fleeting visit → eine Stippvisite (inf); to catch or get a fleeting glimpse of somebody/something → einen flüchtigen Blick auf jdn/etw werfen können; to make a fleeting appearance → sich kurz sehen lassen; (on TV) → kurz auftreten

fleeting

[ˈfliːtɪŋ] adj (glimpse) → fuggevole; (moment, beauty) → fugace, passeggero/a, effimero/a; (visit) → volante, veloce

fleeting

a. pasajero, que pasa rápidamente.

fleeting

adj (pain, etc.) pasajero