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1 pluck
1. verb1) (to pull: She plucked a grey hair from her head; He plucked at my sleeve.) arrancar2) (to pull the feathers off (a chicken etc) before cooking it.) desplumar3) (to pick (flowers etc).) coger4) (to pull hairs out of (eyebrows) in order to improve their shape.) depilar (las cejas)5) (to pull and let go (the strings of a musical instrument).) puntear
2. noun(courage He showed a lot of pluck.) valor, ánimo- plucky- pluckily
- pluckiness
- pluck up the courage
- pluck up courage
- energy
tr[plʌk]1 valor nombre masculino, ánimo, coraje nombre masculino, arrojo1 (gen) arrancar; (flower, fruit) coger2 (bird) desplumar1 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL puntear\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto pluck one's eyebrows depilarse las cejasto pluck up courage armarse de valor, cobrar ánimopluck ['plʌk] vt1) pick: arrancar2) : desplumar (un pollo, etc.)pluck vito pluck at : tirar depluck n1) tug: tirón m2) courage, spirit: valor m, ánimo mn.• redaños s.m.pl.• tirón s.m.• valor (Coraje) s.m.• ánimo s.m.v.• arrancar v.• coger v.• desplumar v.• pisar v.• puntear v.• rasguear v.
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1. plʌka) \<\<chicken\>\> desplumarb) \<\<fruit/flower\>\> arrancar*to pluck something/somebody from something — arrancar* algo/a alguien de algo
to pluck up (one's) courage — armarse de valor or de coraje
to pluck up courage to + inf —; armarse de valor or de coraje para + inf
c) ( Mus) \<\<string/guitar\>\> puntear
2.
vito pluck at something — tirar de algo, jalar de algo (AmL exc CS)
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mass noun valor m, coraje m[plʌk]1. N1) (=tug) tirón m2.VT [+ fruit, flower] liter arrancar; [+ bird] desplumar; [+ guitar] pulsar, puntearhe was plucked from obscurity to star in the show — fue rescatado del anonimato para protagonizar el espectáculo
3.VIto pluck at — tirar de, dar un tirón a
- pluck up* * *
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1. [plʌk]a) \<\<chicken\>\> desplumarb) \<\<fruit/flower\>\> arrancar*to pluck something/somebody from something — arrancar* algo/a alguien de algo
to pluck up (one's) courage — armarse de valor or de coraje
to pluck up courage to + inf —; armarse de valor or de coraje para + inf
c) ( Mus) \<\<string/guitar\>\> puntear
2.
vito pluck at something — tirar de algo, jalar de algo (AmL exc CS)
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mass noun valor m, coraje m -
2 bone
adj.óseo, ahuesado.s.1 hueso (de persona, animal); espina (de pez)I feel it in my bones tengo una corazonadabone of contention manzana de la discordiato have a bone to pick with somebody (familiar) tener que arreglar o ajustar cuentas con alguienhe made no bones about it no trató de disimularloclose to the bone fuera de tono (tactless, risqué)vt.1 deshuesar (fillet) (chicken); quitar las espinas a (pez)2 follarse o tirarse a (vulgar) (have sex with) (Estados UnidosEsp), cogerse a (Am.), chingarse a (México)3 rigidizar, poner ballenas a, emballenar.4 robar. (pt & pp boned)
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