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| Inglés | Español |
barley grass,
wall barley n | (European weed) | extracto de cebada loc nom m |
| be like talking to a brick wall v expr | figurative, informal (not be listened to) | como hablarle a la pared expr |
| Talking to Esther is like talking to a brick wall; neither one will listen! |
| Hablar con Esther es como como hablarle a la pared, ni ella ni la pared escuchan. |
| terco como una mula expr |
| Esther es terca como una mula, nunca escucha. |
| bearing wall n | (architecture) | muro de carga nm + loc adj |
| muro portante nm + adj mf |
| blank wall | figurative (obstacle) (figurado) | pared nf |
| blind wall n | (wall with no opening) (arquitectura) | pared ciega nf |
| (arquitectura) | muro ciego nm |
| brick wall n | (wall made of bricks) | pared de ladrillos nf + loc adj |
| muro de ladrillos nm + loc adj |
| Winston Churchill, who laid bricks as a hobby, built a tall brick wall around his house. |
| Winston Churchill, que apilaba ladrillos como un pasatiempo, construyó una pared de ladrillos alrededor de su casa. |
cash machine,
cash dispenser,
hole in the wall n | UK (money dispenser) | cajero automático loc nom m |
| Note: en el habla diaría se usa simplemente "cajero" |
| I'll have to get some money out of the cash machine before I can go shopping. |
| Voy a tener que sacar algo de plata del cajero automático antes de ir de compras. |
| cavity wall | (masonry) | pared con cámara de aire nf + loc adj |
| cell wall | (biology) | pared celular loc nom f |
| chest wall n | (anatomy: covering heart and lungs) | pared torácica loc nom f |
| Chinese wall n | figurative (barrier between parts of a business) (figurado) | barrera nf |
| (figurado) | muro nm |
| Chinese wall n | figurative (obstacle) (figurado) | pared nf |
| (figurado) | barrera nf |
| Chinese wall n | informal (Great Wall of China) | Muralla China n propio f |
| city walls npl | (fortification around a town) | muralla nf |
| Muchas ciudades todavía conservan sus antiguas murallas. |
| muro de la ciudad grupo nom |
| climbing wall n | (sports equipment: wall with grips) | muro de escalada nm + loc adj |
| rocódromo nm |
| (AR) | palestra nf |
| curtain wall n | (exterior wall) | muro de cerramiento nm + loc adj |
| curtain wall n | (castle: outer wall) (arquitectura, castillo) | cortina nf |
| dividing wall n | (partition) | medianera nf |
| pared divisoria nf + adj |
| The neighbours are in dispute over the dividing wall between their properties. |
| The huge bookcase served as a dividing wall between the living room and the dining room. |
| Los vecinos se disputan la medianera que separa sus propiedades. |
| drive [sb] up the wall v expr | figurative, informal (irritate [sb]) | sacar a alguien de quicio loc verb + prep |
| sacar a alguien de sus casillas loc verb + prep |
| (coloquial) | volver loco a alguien loc verb + prep |
| Dan's non-stop ranting about the boss is driving us all up the wall. |
drywall,
dry wall,
dry-wall n | US (plasterboard) | cartón yeso loc nom m |
| (ES; ®) | pladur nm |
| (MX; ®) | tablaroca nf |
| (AR; ®) | durlock nm |
| The contractor finally finished putting up the drywall today. |
| El contratista terminó de poner el cartón yeso hoy. |
drywall,
dry-stone wall,
drystone wall n | UK (stone wall built without mortar) | muro en seco nm + loc adj |
| The property is surrounded by a drywall. |
| La propiedad está rodeada por un muro en seco. |
drywall,
dry-wall n as adj | US (for use with drywall plasterboard) | de cartón yeso loc adj |
| (ES; ®) | de pladur loc adj |
| (MX; ®) | de tablaroca loc adj |
| (AR; ®) | de durlock loc adj |
| Several drywall layers were used to soundproof the room. |
drywall,
dry-wall n as adj | UK (built without mortar) | en seco loc adj |
| The North of England boasts some splendid examples of drywall construction. |
drywall [sth],
dry-wall [sth],
dry wall [sth]⇒ vtr | US (construct using drywall) | instalar cartón yeso en loc verb + prep |
| (ES; ®) | instalar pladur en loc verb + prep |
| (MX; ®) | instalar tablaroca en loc verb + prep |
| (AR; ®) | instalar durlock en loc verb + prep |
| Today we are going to drywall the kitchen. |
| Hoy vamos a instalar cartón yeso en la cocina. |
drywall,
dry-wall,
dry wall vi | US (construct or install drywall) | construir en seco loc verb |
| The workers have been drywalling for weeks now. |
firewall,
fire wall,
fire-wall n | figurative (computing: security program) | cortafuegos nm inv |
| cortafuego nm |
| (voz inglesa) | firewall nm |
| You may have to disable your firewall to install the program. |
| Es posible que tengas que desactivar el cortafuegos para instalar el programa. |
firewall,
fire wall,
fire-wall n | (fireproof wall) | muro ignífugo nm + adj |
| muro cortafuegos nm + adj inv |
| muro cortafuego nm + adj mf |
| There's a firewall between every other room in the hotel. |
| Hay muros ignífugos entre todas las habitaciones del hotel. |
| fourth wall | (theater, movies) (teatro, cine) | cuarta pared, cuarta pantalla loc nom f |
| garden wall n | (wall around a garden) | tapia nf |
| go to the wall v expr | (business: fail) | quebrar⇒ vi |
| caer en bancarrota loc verb |
| go to the wall for [sth] v expr | (stand up for [sth] at all cost to yourself) (figurado) | morir por expr |
the Great Wall of China,
the Great Wall n | (defensive structure in China) | la Gran Muralla China n propio f |
| A lot of people go to China just to see the Great Wall. |
| Mucha gente va a China solo para ver la Gran Muralla China. |
the handwriting on the wall (US),
the writing on the wall (UK) n | (clear indication) | los indicios nmpl |
| todo parece indicar que expr |
| hanging wall n | (mining: underside of wall) | techo nm |
| have your back to the wall v expr | figurative (be in a difficult situation) | estar entre la espada y la pared loc verb |
| estar arrinconado loc verb |
hit a brick wall,
hit a wall v expr | figurative, informal (meet an obstacle) (figurado) | toparse con un obstáculo expr |
| (figurado) | toparse con una pared, dársela contra una pared expr |
| bloquearse⇒ v prnl |
| If I hit a brick wall while writing, I find a thirty-minute run helps me to refocus. |
| hit the wall v expr | figurative (reach a mental or physical limit) (maratón) | llegar al muro, llegar a la pared loc verb |
| (general) | llegar al límite loc verb |
| The marathon runner's endurance hit the wall around the 20th mile. |
| Los corredores de maratón llegan al muro alrededor de la milla 20. |
| hole in the wall n | UK, informal (ATM, cashpoint) | cajero automático nm |
| I need to go to the hole in the wall to get some cash. |
| hole in the wall n | US, figurative, informal (small unprepossessing place) | cuchitril nm |
| (AR, coloquial) | sucucho nm |
| No estaba nada bien; vivía en un sucucho oscuro y mal ventilado, al lado de la estación de trenes. |
| (coloquial) | antro nm |
| (coloquial) | tugurio nm |
| (CR, figurado) | hueco nm |
| ¿Ese barcillo? ¡Es un hueco! Ahí yo no entro. |
| (PR, figurado) | recoveco nm |
| No era ni una casita, era un recoveco. |
| hole-in-the-wall n as adj | (shop, etc.: small, hard to notice) | escondido adj |
off the wall,
off-the-wall adj | figurative, informal (unusual, unconventional) | raro/a adj |
| extraño/a adj |
| Note: Hyphens are used when the adjective precedes the noun it modifies. |
| It's an off-the-wall theory and I'll be amazed if it turns out to be true! |
| party wall | (between two buildings) | medianera nf |
| retaining wall n | (wall preventing landslide) | muro de contención nm |
| Gracias al muro de contención que frenó la avalancha, no hubo grandes pérdidas económicas. |
| muro de retención nm |
| rock wall | (wall of stones) | muro de piedra nm + loc adj |
| pared rocosa nf + adj |
screw anchor (US),
wall plug (UK),
Rawlplug ® (UK) n | (small reinforcing rod) | espiche nm |
| (ES) | taco nm |
| (AR) | tarugo nm |
seawall,
sea wall,
sea-wall n | (groyne: wave barrier) | rompeolas nm inv |
| dique marino grupo nom |
| shear wall n | (construction: reinforced wall) | muro reforzado nm |
| stone wall n | (barrier made from stone slabs or blocks) (AmL) | pirca nf |
| Throughout the ages, people have made stone walls to protect themselves from enemies. |
| A lo largo de los años la gente ha construido pircas para protegerse de los enemigos. |
| muro de piedras grupo nom |
| A lo largo de los años la gente ha construido muros de piedras para protegerse de los enemigos. |
| training wall | (to direct stream) (deporte) | pared de entrenamiento loc nom f |
the Wailing Wall,
the Western Wall n | (Judaism: sacred wall in Jerusalem) | Muro de los Lamentos n propio m |
| Muro de las Lamentaciones n propio m |
| The Wailing Wall is a very holy place for observant Jews. |
| El Muro de los Lamentos es un lugar muy sagrado para los practicantes judíos. |
| wall bars npl | (gym equipment) (gimnasio) | barra fija de pared nf + loc adj |
wall bed,
pull-down bed n | (bed: pulls down from wall) | cama abatible nf + adj mf |
| cama rebatible nf + adj mf |
| wall bracket n | (support fitted to a wall) | soporte nm |
| During the earthquake the wall brackets failed, dumping a shelf of books on my head. |
| Durante el terremoto, los soportes se rompieron y un estante de libros se me cayó en la cabeza. |
| wall calendar n | (table of dates hung on a wall) | horario, calendario nm |
| wall clock n | (timepiece mounted on a wall) | reloj de pared grupo nom |
| This classroom needs a wall clock so that the teacher can stay on schedule. |
| El aula necesita un reloj de pared para que el docente pueda seguir el horario. |
| wall hanging n | (decorative fabric piece hung on a wall) | tapiz nm |
| We bought several beautiful wall hangings on our trip to Peru. |
| Compramos un tapiz artesanal muy bonito para adornar la pared de la sala. |
| wall lamp n | (wall-mounted light) | aplique nm |
| The Victorian home has beautiful wall lamps made of bronze. |
| La casa victoriana tiene hermosos apliques hechos de bronce. |
| wall light n | (lamp set into or hung from a wall) | aplique nm |
| wall painting n | (mural) | mural nm |
| The CEO commissioned a wall painting for the reception area. |
| ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. La municipalidad encargó la creación de un mural en el centro de la ciudad. |
| wall plate n | (construction) | soporte de techo nm + loc adj |
| The builder fixed the wall plate to the top of the wall. |
| wall plate n | (cover for electrical outlet) | tapa de tomacorriente nf + loc adj |
| These wall plates provide an easy connection for telephones. |
| wall plug n | (screw fixing) | taco nm |
| tarugo nm |
| wall plug n | (electrical outlet) | enchufe de pared nm + loc adj |
| wall socket n | (electrical power outlet) | toma de corriente loc nom f |
| If you have an infant or toddler, it's a good idea to put covers on all the wall sockets. |
| Si tienes un bebé o un niño pequeño en casa es buena idea colocar protectores en todos las tomas de corriente. |
| (España) | enchufe nm |
| Si tienes un bebé o un niño pequeño en casa es buena idea colocar protectores en todos los enchufes. |
| (Chile) | enchufe mural, enchufe de pared loc nom m |
| Si tienes un bebé o un niño pequeño en casa es buena idea colocar protectores en todos los enchufes mural (or: de pared). |
| Wall Street n | (New York financial district) | Wall Street n propio m |
| He works on Wall Street in New York. |
| Trabaja en Wall Street, en Nueva York. |
| Wall Street n | figurative (New York stock exchange) (figurado) | Wall Street n propio m |
| Wall Street greeted the news as evidence that inflation is under control. |
| Wall Street recibió la noticia como una prueba de que la inflación está controlada. |
| wall tile n | (square or slab for covering walls) | azulejo nm |
wall-mounted,
wall mounted adj | (hung on a wall) | de pared loc adj |
| Note: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| En ese espacio voy a colgar un reloj de pared. |
| wall-to-wall adj | (filling space between walls) | de pared a pared loc prep |
| We have wall-to-wall carpeting in our flat. |
| Tenemos alfombras de pared a pared en nuestro apartamento. |
| wall-to-wall adj | figurative (ubiquitous, extensive) (figurativo) | omnipresente adj mf |
| wall-to-wall carpet n | (fitted woven floor covering) | alfombra nf |
| (ES) | moqueta nf |
| (AR) | moquette nf |
| Every day she vacuumed the wall-to-wall carpet in the foyer. |
| Ella aspira todos los días la alfombra del recibidor. |
| Ella aspira todos los días la moqueta del recibidor. |
whitewall,
white-wall adj | (tyre: having white sidewalls) | de banda blanca loc adj |
| window wall n | (side of a room that is glass panelled) | pared de cristal nm + loc adj |
