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1 muelle real
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3 muelle
adj.1 easy, comfortable (vida).2 soft, bland, fluffy, attenuated.3 easy-going, easy.m.1 spring (resorte).2 dock, quay.3 box spring.* * *► adjetivo1 (vida) cushy2 (blando) soft, springy1 (elástico) spring\colchón de muelles spring mattress————————* * *noun m.1) dock, wharf2) spring* * *I1.SM (=resorte) spring2. ADJ1) (=blando) soft; (=delicado) delicate; (=elástico) springy, bouncy2) [vida] soft, easyIISM1) (Náut) (=puerto) wharf, quay; (=malecón) piermuelle de atraque — (Náut) mooring quay; (Aer) docking bay
2) (Ferro) (tb: muelle de carga) loading bay* * *Iadjetivo comfortableII1)a) (Náut) ( saliente) pier, mole; (rústico, más pequeño) jetty; ( sobre la costa) quay, wharfb) (Ferr) freight platform; ( para camiones) loading bay2) ( resorte) spring•* * *= spring, wharf [wharves, -pl.], dock, pier.Ex. There is a film on the camera for a hundred exposures, and the spring for operating its shutter and shifting its film is wound once for all when the film is inserted.Ex. Entries beginning with a place name may have corporate body, subject, or geographical qualifiers: London -- London wharves.Ex. It is a project that has been incubating since he lost the space for his privately run museum in Gloucester docks two years ago.Ex. Finally, the upkeep of these bridges was a massive task requiring the constant removal of sediment from river beds, piers and abutments.----* industria de la fabricación de muelles, la = spring industry, the.* muelle de carga = loading dock, loading bay.* muelle de juguete = slinky.* que se cierra automáticamente mediante un muelle = spring-loaded.* * *Iadjetivo comfortableII1)a) (Náut) ( saliente) pier, mole; (rústico, más pequeño) jetty; ( sobre la costa) quay, wharfb) (Ferr) freight platform; ( para camiones) loading bay2) ( resorte) spring•* * *= spring, wharf [wharves, -pl.], dock, pier.Ex: There is a film on the camera for a hundred exposures, and the spring for operating its shutter and shifting its film is wound once for all when the film is inserted.
Ex: Entries beginning with a place name may have corporate body, subject, or geographical qualifiers: London -- London wharves.Ex: It is a project that has been incubating since he lost the space for his privately run museum in Gloucester docks two years ago.Ex: Finally, the upkeep of these bridges was a massive task requiring the constant removal of sediment from river beds, piers and abutments.* industria de la fabricación de muelles, la = spring industry, the.* muelle de carga = loading dock, loading bay.* muelle de juguete = slinky.* que se cierra automáticamente mediante un muelle = spring-loaded.* * *1 ‹sillón/almohadón› comfortable2 ‹vida› comfortable, easyA2 ( Ferr) freight platform; (para camiones) loading bayB (resorte) springCompuestos:coil springmainspring* * *
muelle sustantivo masculino
1 (Náut) ( saliente) pier, mole;
(rústico, más pequeño) jetty;
( sobre la costa) quay, wharf
2 ( resorte) spring
muelle 1 sustantivo masculino spring
muelle 2 m Náut dock
' muelle' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ceder
- espiral
- resorte
English:
bay
- dock
- loading
- pier
- quay(side)
- spring
- switchblade
- wave off
- wharf
- quay
* * *♦ adj1. [asiento] comfortable2. [vida] easy, comfortable♦ nm1. [resorte] spring2. [en puerto] dock, quay;[en el río] wharf3. [de carga y descarga] loading zone o Br baymuelle de carga loading platform* * *m1 TÉC spring2 MAR wharf* * *muelle adj: soft, comfortable, easymuelle nm1) : wharf, dock2) resorte: spring* * *muelle n1. (en el puerto) dock2. (pieza elástica) spring
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