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1 artificial waterway
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2 canal
kə'næl1) (a (usually narrow) man-made waterway: barges on the canal; the Panama Canal.) canal2) (a passage in the body carrying fluids, food etc.) tubocanal n canal
canal sustantivo masculino 1 (Náut) ( cauce artificial) canal; (Agr, Ing) channel; canal de Panamá Panama Canal; canal de San Lorenzo St Lawrence Seaway 2a) (Rad, Telec, TV) channel;◊ cambia de canal change o switch channels■ f or m ( canalón) gutter; ( ranura) groove
canal sustantivo masculino
1 (artificial) canal
el canal de la Mancha, the English Channel
el canal de Suez, the Suez Canal (natural) channel
2 TV Elec Inform channel
3 (vía, conducto) channel Locuciones: abrir en canal, to slit open ' canal' also found in these entries: Spanish: abrir - cauce - conducto - escorrentía - trazado - cambiar - desbordarse - distribuir - esclusa - Panamá - poner English: canal - change over - channel - choke - chunnel - irrigation - lock - Panama Canal - switch over - waterway - cross - deepen - on - Panama - sluice - station - switch - watertr[kə'næl]1 canal nombre masculinocanal [kə'næl] n1) : canal m, tubo malimentary canal: tubo digestivo2) : canal mPanama Canal: Canal de Panamán.• buzón s.m.• canal s.m.• caz s.m.• conducto s.m.kə'næl [kǝ'næl]1. N1) (for barge) canal m2) (Anat) tubo m2.CPDcanal boat N — barcaza f
the Canal Zone N — (US) (=Panama) (formerly) la zona del Canal de Panamá
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3 sluice
slu:s1) ((often sluice-gate) a sliding gate for controlling a flow of water in an artificial channel: We shall have to open the sluice.) esclusa, compuerta2) (the channel or the water which flows through it.) canaltr[slʊːs]1 (wash) lavar a chorro (down/out, -), regar (down/out, -), lavar con abundante agua (down/out, -)1 (water) correr a raudalessluice n: canal mn.• acequia s.f.• arbollón s.m.• boquera s.f.• canal s.m.• compuerta s.f.• esclusa s.f.• presa s.f.v.• lavar abriendo la compuerta v.
I sluːsa) ( barrier) presa f, represa f (AmS)b) ( sluicegate) compuerta f
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[sluːs]to sluice something down/out — lavar or enjuagar* algo con abundante agua
1.N (=gate) esclusa f, compuerta f ; (=waterway) canal m, conducto m ; (=barrier) dique m de contenciónto give sth a sluice down — regar algo, echar agua sobre algo (para lavarlo)
2.VTto sluice sth down or out — regar algo, echar agua sobre algo (para lavarlo)
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I [sluːs]a) ( barrier) presa f, represa f (AmS)b) ( sluicegate) compuerta f
II
to sluice something down/out — lavar or enjuagar* algo con abundante agua
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