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1. noun1) (a piece of wood or metal, thick at one end and sloping to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood etc or in fixing something tightly in place: She used a wedge under the door to prevent it swinging shut.) cuña2) (something similar in shape: a wedge of cheese.) porción, pedazo
2. verb(to fix or become fixed by, or as if by, a wedge or wedges: He is so fat that he got wedged in the doorway.) acuñar; apretarwedge n cuñatr[weʤ]2 (of cake, cheese) trozo grande3 (golf) wedge nombre masculino1 (force apart) acuñar, calzar2 (pack tightly) apretar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLthe thin edge of the wedge solo el principioto be wedged tight estar completamente trabado,-ato wedge something open mantener algo abierto,-a mediante una cuña1) : apretar (con una cuña)to wedge open: mantener abierto con una cuña2) cram: meter, embutirwedge n1) : cuña f2) piece: porción f, trozo mv.• apretar v.• atarugar v.• calzar v.• encajar v.n.• alzaprima s.f.• apretador s.m.• calce s.m.• calza s.f.• calzo s.m.• cuña s.f.
I wedʒa) ( for securing) cuña f, calce m, calzo mb) ( for splitting) cuña fto drive a wedge between two people/groups — abrir* una brecha entre dos personas/grupos
c) ( shape)a wedge of cheese/cake — un trozo grande de queso/pastel
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a) ( secure)[wedʒ]to wedge a door open — ponerle* una cuña or un calce a una puerta para que no se cierre
1. N2) (=piece) [of cheese, cake] porción f, pedazo m (grande)3) (Golf) wedge m, cucharilla f4) (=shoe) zapato m de cuña2.VTto wedge a door open — mantener abierta una puerta con una cuña or una calza
I was wedged between two other passengers — me estuve apretado or inmovilizado entre otros dos pasajeros
3.CPDwedge heel N — (=heel) tacón m de cuña; (=shoe) zapato m de cuña
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I [wedʒ]a) ( for securing) cuña f, calce m, calzo mb) ( for splitting) cuña fto drive a wedge between two people/groups — abrir* una brecha entre dos personas/grupos
c) ( shape)a wedge of cheese/cake — un trozo grande de queso/pastel
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a) ( secure)to wedge a door open — ponerle* una cuña or un calce a una puerta para que no se cierre
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