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1 pluck

1. [plʌk] n
1. дёрганье

to give a pluck at smth. - потянуть /дёрнуть/ за что-л.

she gave my sleeve a pluck - она потянула меня за рукав

2. ливер; потроха

3. смелость, отвага, мужество

he has plenty of pluck - у него много смелости

his pluck failed him - мужество изменило ему

4. фото жёсткость контура, чёткость изображения
2. [plʌk] v
1. срывать, собирать

to pluck flowers [fruit] - собирать цветы [фрукты]

to pluck a rose - сорвать розу

2. 1) щипать, выдёргивать; ощипывать ( птицу)

to pluck a fowl [a goose] - ощипывать птицу [гуся]

to pluck the eyebrows - выщипывать брови

2) (at, by) дёргать; тащить

to pluck (at) smb.'s sleeve, to pluck smb. by the sleeve - дёрнуть кого-л. за рукав

to pluck at one's hair - рвать на себе волосы

3. щипать или перебирать струны

to pluck a guitar - перебирать струны гитары

4. разг. обирать; обманывать

to pluck a bank - взять /грабануть/ банк

to pluck a pigeon - обобрать простака

5. разг. провалить на экзамене

to be plucked - провалиться на экзамене

6. тянуть, тащить

♢ to pluck the Proctor's gown - оспаривать присуждение учёной степени

a drowning man plucks at a straw - посл. утопающий хватается за соломинку

НБАРС > pluck
2 pluck

1. n

1) смикання; сіпання

to give a pluck at smth. — потягти (смикнути) за щось

2) лівер; потрух

3) сміливість, відвага, мужність

4) провал (на екзамені)

5) фот. чіткість зображення

2. v

1) зривати, збирати

to pluck fruit — збирати фрукти

2) щипати, висмикувати

3) сіпати, тягти (at, by)

to pluck at one's hair — рвати на собі волосся

4) перебирати, щипати (струни)

5) оббирати, ошукувати

to pluck a bank — пограбувати банк

6) обскубувати (птицю)

7) вискубувати (волосся)

8) розм. провалювати (на екзамені)

to be plucked — провалитися (на екзамені)

9) тягти, волокти

to pluck up (one's) courage (heart, spirits) — набратися хоробрості

drawing man plucks at a straw — потопаючий хапається й за соломинку

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I [plek] n
1) смикання

2) лівер; потрухи

3) сміливість, відвага, мужність

4) фoтo чіткість зображення
II [plek] v
1) зривати, збирати (квіти, ягоди)

2) щипати, висмикувати, вискубувати; патрати ( птаха); (at, by) смикати; тягти

3) щипати або перебирати струни

4) оббирати; обманювати, ошукувати

5) провалити на іспиті

6) тягти

English-Ukrainian dictionary > pluck
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pluck

A n

1 ( courage) courage m, cran ○ m ;

2 Culin fressure f.

B vtr

1 cueillir [flower, fruit] ; to pluck sth from sb's grasp arracher qch à qn ; to be plucked from obscurity être sorti de l'anonymat ;

2 Culin plumer [chicken] ;

3 Mus pincer [strings] ; pincer les cordes de [guitar] ;

4 to pluck one's eyebrows s'épiler les sourcils.

Idioms

to pluck up one's courage prendre son courage à deux mains ; to pluck up the courage to do sth trouver le courage de faire qch.

Phrasal verbs

■ pluck at: to pluck at sb's sleeve/arm tirer qn par la manche/le bras.

■ pluck off:

▶ pluck off [sth], pluck [sth] off arracher [feathers, hair] ; enlever [piece of fluff].

■ pluck out:

▶ pluck out [sth], pluck [sth] out arracher.

Big English-French dictionary > pluck
4 pluck

1. transitive verb
1) (pull off, pick) pflücken [Blumen, Obst]

pluck [out] — auszupfen [Federn, Haare]

2) (pull at, twitch) zupfen an (+ Dat.); zupfen [Saite, Gitarre]

3) (strip of feathers) rupfen
2. intransitive verb
pluck at something — an etwas (Dat.) zupfen
3. noun
Mut, der; Schneid, der (ugs.)

Phrasal Verbs:

- academic.ru/107965/pluck_up">pluck up

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1. verb
1) (to pull: She plucked a grey hair from her head; He plucked at my sleeve.) zupfen

2) (to pull the feathers off (a chicken etc) before cooking it.) rupfen

3) (to pick (flowers etc).) pflücken

4) (to pull hairs out of (eyebrows) in order to improve their shape.) zupfen

5) (to pull and let go (the strings of a musical instrument).) zupfen
2. noun
(courage He showed a lot of pluck.) der Schneid

- plucky
- pluckily
- pluckiness
- pluck up the courage
- pluck up courage
- energy
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pluck

[plʌk]

I. n Mut m, Schneid m o ÖSTERR f fam

to have [or show] [a lot of] \pluck [viel] Schneid [o Mumm] haben fam, mutig sein

II. vt

1. (pick)

▪ to \pluck sth [from [or off] sth] fruit, flower etw [von etw dat] abpflücken; grass, dead leaves, loose thread etw [von etw dat] abzupfen

2. (remove) feathers ausrupfen; hair entfernen; (with pincers) auszupfen

to \pluck a chicken/goose ein Huhn/eine Gans rupfen

a \plucked chicken ein gerupftes Huhn

to \pluck one's eyebrows sich dat die Augenbrauen zupfen

3. (pull)

▪ to \pluck sth/sb jdn/etw schnell nehmen akk

he \plucked the letter out of my hand er riss mir den Brief aus der Hand

she \plucked the ball out of the air sie fing den Ball in der Luft; (pull cautiously) zupfen

to \pluck sb's sleeve [or sb by the sleeve] jdn am Ärmel zupfen

4. (remove from situation)

▪ to \pluck sb from [or out of] sth jdn aus etw dat herausholen

5. MUS

▪ to \pluck sth etw zupfen

6.

▶ to \pluck sth out of the air etw [frei] erfinden [o aus der Luft greifen

III. vi

▪ to \pluck at sth an etw dat zupfen

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[plʌk]
1. n

1) (= courage) Schneid m (inf), Mut m

2) (of animal) Innereien pl

2. vt

1) fruit, flower pflücken; chicken rupfen; guitar, eyebrows zupfen

to pluck (at) sb's sleeve — jdn am Ärmel zupfen

he plucked a stray hair off his coat — er zupfte sich (dat) ein Haar vom Mantel

she was plucked from obscurity to become a film star — sie wurde von einer Unbekannten zum Filmstar gemacht

his rescuers had plucked him from the jaws of death — seine Retter hatten ihn den Klauen des Todes entrissen

he was plucked to safety — er wurde in Sicherheit gebracht

to pluck sth out of the air — etw aus der Luft greifen

to pluck up (one's) courage — all seinen Mut zusammennehmen

2) hair, feather auszupfen

if thy right eye offend thee pluck it out (Bibl) — wenn dir dein rechtes Auge zum Ärgernis wird, so reiß es aus

3. vi

to pluck at sth — an etw (dat) (herum)zupfen

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pluck [plʌk]

A s

1. Zupfen n

2. Ruck m, Zug m

3. GASTR Innereien pl

4. fig Mut m, Schneid m/f, Mumm m

B v/t

1. Obst, Blumen etc pflücken

2. a) auch pluck out Federn, Haar, Unkraut etc auszupfen

b) Geflügel rupfen: → crow¹ 1

3. zupfen an (dat):

pluck sb’s sleeve jemanden am Ärmel zupfen

4. → courage

5. Wolle verlesen

6. MUS Saiten, ein Saiteninstrument zupfen

7. umg

a) jemanden rupfen, ausnehmen

b) jemanden übers Ohr hauen

C v/i pluck at zupfen an (dat):

pluck at sb’s sleeve jemanden am Ärmel zupfen

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1. transitive verb
1) (pull off, pick) pflücken [Blumen, Obst]

pluck [out] — auszupfen [Federn, Haare]

2) (pull at, twitch) zupfen an (+ Dat.); zupfen [Saite, Gitarre]

3) (strip of feathers) rupfen
2. intransitive verb
pluck at something — an etwas (Dat.) zupfen
3. noun
Mut, der; Schneid, der (ugs.)

Phrasal Verbs:

- pluck up

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v.

pflücken v.

English-german dictionary > pluck
5 pluck

I [plʌk]
nome coraggio m., fegato m.
II [plʌk]
verbo transitivo

1) (remove) cogliere [flower, fruit]

to pluck sth. from sb.'s grasp — strappare di mano qcs. a qcn.

to pluck one's eyebrows — sfoltire le sopracciglia

2) gastr. spennare, spiumare [ chicken]

3) mus. pizzicare [ strings]

•

- pluck at

- pluck off

- pluck out

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to pluck up one's courage — prendere il coraggio a due mani

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1. verb
1) (to pull: She plucked a grey hair from her head; He plucked at my sleeve.) strappare

2) (to pull the feathers off (a chicken etc) before cooking it.) spennare

3) (to pick (flowers etc).) cogliere

4) (to pull hairs out of (eyebrows) in order to improve their shape.) depilare

5) (to pull and let go (the strings of a musical instrument).) pizzicare
2. noun
(courage He showed a lot of pluck.) coraggio

- plucky
- pluckily
- pluckiness
- pluck up the courage
- pluck up courage
- energy
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[plʌk]
1. n

(courage) coraggio, fegato

2. vt

(fruit, flower) cogliere, (also: pluck out) strappare, (Mus: strings) pizzicare, (guitar) pizzicare le corde di, (Culin: bird) spennare

to pluck one's eyebrows — depilarsi le sopracciglia

to pluck up (one's) courage — farsi coraggio, armarsi di coraggio

3. vi

to pluck at sb's sleeve — tirare qn per la manica

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pluck /plʌk/
n.

1 strappo; strattone; tirata

2 frattaglie (pl.)

3 (fig. fam.) fegato; coraggio; audacia; ardimento.
(to) pluck /plʌk/
v. t.

1 strappare; cogliere; sradicare; svellere: He plucked me back from the edge of the cliff, mi ha trascinato via dall'orlo del precipizio; to pluck up (o out) weeds from the garden, strappare le erbacce dal giardino; to pluck flowers, cogliere fiori

2 strappare le penne a; spennare; (fig. fam.) spogliare ( un giocatore): to pluck a goose, spennare un'oca; to pluck a gambler, spennare un giocatore d'azzardo

3 (mus.) pizzicare ( le corde di una chitarra, ecc.); suonare; strimpellare

4 (ind. tess.) sfeltrare

5 (fam. antiq.) bocciare ( un candidato)

● to pluck at, tirare: The sick boy plucked at the bed cover, il bambino malato tirava la coperta del letto □ to pluck sb. by the sleeve, tirare q. per la manica □ to pluck a drowning man out of the river, tirar fuori dal fiume uno che sta annegando □ to pluck one's eyebrows, depilarsi le sopracciglia □ to pluck up courage (o one's heart), farsi animo; farsi coraggio.

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I [plʌk]
nome coraggio m., fegato m.
II [plʌk]
verbo transitivo

1) (remove) cogliere [flower, fruit]

to pluck sth. from sb.'s grasp — strappare di mano qcs. a qcn.

to pluck one's eyebrows — sfoltire le sopracciglia

2) gastr. spennare, spiumare [ chicken]

3) mus. pizzicare [ strings]

•

- pluck at

- pluck off

- pluck out

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to pluck up one's courage — prendere il coraggio a due mani

English-Italian dictionary > pluck
6 pluck

1. verb
1) (to pull: She plucked a grey hair from her head; He plucked at my sleeve.) arrancar

2) (to pull the feathers off (a chicken etc) before cooking it.) desplumar

3) (to pick (flowers etc).) coger

4) (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

pluck

tr[plʌk]

noun

1 valor nombre masculino, ánimo, coraje nombre masculino, arrojo

transitive verb

1 (gen) arrancar; (flower, fruit) coger

2 (bird) desplumar

noun

1 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL puntear

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to pluck one's eyebrows depilarse las cejas

to pluck up courage armarse de valor, cobrar ánimo

pluck ['plʌk] vt

1) pick: arrancar

2) : desplumar (un pollo, etc.)

pluck vi

to pluck at : tirar de

pluck n

1) tug: tirón m

2) courage, spirit: valor m, ánimo m

pluck

n.

• 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.

I
1. plʌk
transitive verb

a) \<\<chicken\>\> desplumar

to pluck one's eyebrows — depilarse las cejas

b) \<\<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.

vi

to pluck at something — tirar de algo, jalar de algo (AmL exc CS)

II

mass noun valor m, coraje m

[plʌk]
1. N

1) (=tug) tirón m

2) (=courage) valor m, ánimo m ; (=guts) agallas fpl

it takes pluck to do that — hace falta mucho valor para hacer eso

he's got plenty of pluck — tiene muchas agallas

I didn't have the pluck to own up — no tuve el valor para confesar

2.

VT [+ fruit, flower] liter arrancar; [+ bird] desplumar; [+ guitar] pulsar, puntear

to pluck one's eyebrows — depilarse las cejas

the helicopter plucked him from the sea — el helicóptero lo recogió del mar

it's an idea I've just plucked out of the air — es una idea que he tenido al vuelo

he was plucked from obscurity to star in the show — fue rescatado del anonimato para protagonizar el espectáculo

3.

VI

to pluck at — tirar de, dar un tirón a

to pluck at sb's sleeve — tirar a algn de la manga

- pluck off

- pluck up

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I
1. [plʌk]
transitive verb

a) \<\<chicken\>\> desplumar

to pluck one's eyebrows — depilarse las cejas

b) \<\<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.

vi

to pluck at something — tirar de algo, jalar de algo (AmL exc CS)

II

mass noun valor m, coraje m

English-spanish dictionary > pluck
7 pluck

plʌk
1. сущ.
1) а) дерганье, рывок, дергающее усилие Syn: tug
1., jerk
1., twitch
1. б) мор. буксировка( судна)
2) а) ливер;
потроха( животных) Syn: giblets, bowels б) разг. внутренности, внутренние органы человека
3) смелость, отвага;
бесстрашие, мужество, храбрость All men agree I have shown pluck. ≈ Все согласились с тем, что я проявил храбрость. Syn: courage, audacity, boldness
4) разг. провал( на экзамене) The proportion of the plucks to the passes is very sad. ≈ Отношение числа сдавших экзамен к числу тех, кто его не сдал, очень неутешительно.
5) разг., фото четкость, контрастность изображения
6) разг., амер. красное вино
2. гл.
1) а) собирать, срывать Plucking a flower from the garden, he gave it to her. ≈ Он сорвал с клумбы цветок и подарил ей. Syn: pick off, pick out, pull
2. б) выдергивать, выщипывать to pluck one's eyebrows ≈ выщипывать брови Those birds have plucked all the flower heads off the roses. ≈ Эти птицы поклевали все розовые бутоны.
2) а) перен. щипать, перебирать( струны) б) ощипывать( птицу)
3) разг. обирать, грабить;
обманывать Syn: fleece
2., rob
4) силой утащить, выхватить( откуда-л.) I plucked the child from the middle of the road. ≈ Я утащил ребенка с самой середины дороги.
5) разг. проваливать( на экзамене) ∙ pluck at pluck out pluck up дерганье - to give a * at smth. потянуть /дернуть/ за что-л. - she gave my sleeve a * она потянула меня за рукав ливер;
потроха смелость, отвага, мужество - he has plenty of * у него много смелости - his * failed him мужество изменило ему( фотографическое) жесткость контура, четкость изображения срывать, собирать - to * flowers собирать цветы - to * a rose сорвать розу щипать, выдергивать;
ощипывать (птицу) - to * a fowl ощипывать птицу - to * the eyebrows выщипывать брови (at, by) дергать;
тащить - to * (at) smb.'s sleeve, to * smb. by the sleeve дернуть кого-л. за рукав - to * at one's hair рвать на себе волосы щипать или перебирать струны - to * a guitar перебирать струны гитары (разговорное) обирать;
обманывать - to * a bank взять /грабануть/ банк - to * a pigeon обобрать простака (разговорное) провалить на экзамене - to be *ed провалиться на экзамене тянуть, тащить > to * the Proctor's gown оспаривать присуждение ученой степени > a drowning man *s at a straw (пословица) утопающий хватается за соломинку pluck выдергивать (волос, перо) ~ дерганье, дергающее усилие ~ ливер;
потроха ~ разг. обирать;
обманывать;
to pluck a pigeon обобрать простака ~ ощипывать (птицу) ~ разг. провал (на экзамене) ~ разг. проваливать (на экзамене) ;
pluck at дергать;
хватать(ся) ;
pluck out: to pluck out the eye выбить глаз ~ смелость, отвага;
мужество ~ срывать, собирать (цветы) ~ щипать, перебирать (струны) ~ разг. проваливать (на экзамене) ;
pluck at дергать;
хватать(ся) ;
pluck out: to pluck out the eye выбить глаз ~ разг. проваливать (на экзамене) ;
pluck at дергать;
хватать(ся) ;
pluck out: to pluck out the eye выбить глаз ~ разг. проваливать (на экзамене) ;
pluck at дергать;
хватать(ся) ;
pluck out: to pluck out the eye выбить глаз ~ up: to ~ up one's heart (или courage, spirits) собираться с духом, набраться храбрости ~ up: to ~ up one's heart (или courage, spirits) собираться с духом, набраться храбрости

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > pluck
8 hair

[heə]
n

1) (только в единственном числе) волосы

Her hair is slightly frosted. — У нее волосы с сединой.

The wind blows (ruffles) smb's hair. — Ветер треплет (шевелит) волосы.

Her hair needs trimming. — Ей надо подравнять волосы.

I must have my hair cut (done). — Мне надо постричься (сделать прическу).

My hair is short. — У меня короткие волосы.

What colour is her hair? — Какого цвета у нее волосы?

His wiry hair stood up on his head. — Его жесткие волосы стояли дыбом.

- glossy hair
- wavy hair
- long hair
- tousled hair
- curly hair
- straight hair
- matted hair
- bobbed hair
- dark hair

- salf-and-pepper hair
- straw-coloured hair
- snow-white hair
- silken hair
- unkempt hair
- braided hair
- flexed hair
- bleached hair
- hair on the head
- fine crop
- strand of hair
- lock of hair
- let one's hair grow
- let one's hair down
- wear one's hair loose
- have one's hair cut
- wear one's hair long
- do one's hair

- comb one's hair

- braid one's hair
- curl one's hair
- lose one's hair
- put one's hair up
- comb one's hair

- brush one's hair

- wash one's hair
- get one's hair clean
- part one's hair in the middle
- tidy one's disordered hair
- rumple one's hair
- tousle smb's hair
- toss one's hair
- wind one's hair around one's finger
- toss the hair back from one's forehead
- tuck one's hair under one's hat
- pat one's hair back into place
- smooth one's hair
- dry one's hair
- stroke smb's hair
- pass one's hand over one's hair
- sleek one's hair
- run one's hands though one's hair
- bury one's hands in one's hair
- seize smb by the hair
- trim one's hair
- have a fine head of hair
- dye the hair black
- tear one's hair
- smb's hair curls
- smb's hair is spread out over the pillow
- smb's hair is streaming in the wind
- smb's hair bristled up
- hair falls out
2) волосок

There is not a single grey hair on his head. — У него нет нединого седого волоса.

He found two long hairs on his coat. — Он нашел у себя на пальто два длинных волоса.

There is a hair on your sleeve. — У тебя на рукаве волос.

- pluck out a hair
- find a hair in the soup
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USAGE:

(1.) В отличие от русского существительного волосы английское существительное hair 1. - неисчисляемое, имеет форму только единственного числа, соответственно согласуется с глаголом в единственном числе и определяется словами some, much, little. (2.) Существительное hair 1. обычно употребляется с притяжательными местоимениями: to wash one's hair мыть голову; to do smb's (one's) hair делать прическу; to wear one's hair long носить длинные волосы; His hair is falling out. У него выпадают волосы. В русском языке в отношении первого лица притяжательное местоимение не употребляется. (3.) Hair 2. в отличие от hair 1. - исчисляемое существительное и соответственно имеет формы как единственного, так и множественного числа: There was not a single grey hair on his head. У него не было ни единого седого волоса. He found two long hairs on his sleeve. Он нашел у себя на рукаве два длинных волоса. There is a hair on your coat. У тебя на пальто волос. (4.) For hair 1.; See money, n

English-Russian combinatory dictionary > hair
9 pluck

1. verb
1) (to pull: She plucked a grey hair from her head; He plucked at my sleeve.) plukke, nappe ut

2) (to pull the feathers off (a chicken etc) before cooking it.) plukke, ribbe

3) (to pick (flowers etc).) plukke

4) (to pull hairs out of (eyebrows) in order to improve their shape.) plukke, nappe ut

5) (to pull and let go (the strings of a musical instrument).) klimpre på
2. noun
(courage He showed a lot of pluck.) (pågangs)mot

- plucky
- pluckily
- pluckiness
- pluck up the courage
- pluck up courage
- energy

innmat
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nappe

I
subst. \/plʌk\/

1) ( hverdagslig) mot, styrke

2) rykk, napp

3) forklaring: hjerte, lever og lunger på dyr brukt som mat

4) ( om strengeinstrument) klimpring
II
verb \/plʌk\/

1) plukke, rykke, nappe, dra

• pluck a flower

• pluck a fruit

• pluck out weeds

rykke opp ugress

2) ( om fjær) plukke, ribbe

• pluck a bird

• pluck a chicken

3) ( på gitar e.l.) klimpre

4) ( hverdagslig) plyndre

5) ( hverdagslig) svindle

6) ( slang) stryke (til eksamen)

pluck away plukke av, rykke av

pluck down ( om bygning) rive ned

pluck somebody down ydmyke noen

pluck up rykke opp med roten, utrydde ta mot til seg, fatte mot

pluck up (one's) courage ta mot til seg, fatte mot

English-Norwegian dictionary > pluck
10 pluck

1. verb
1) (to pull: She plucked a grey hair from her head; He plucked at my sleeve.) izpuliti; povleči

2) (to pull the feathers off (a chicken etc) before cooking it.) skubsti

3) (to pick (flowers etc).) trgati

4) (to pull hairs out of (eyebrows) in order to improve their shape.) puliti

5) (to pull and let go (the strings of a musical instrument).) prebirati strune
2. noun
(courage He showed a lot of pluck.) pogum

- plucky
- pluckily
- pluckiness
- pluck up the courage
- pluck up courage
- energy
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I [plʌk]
noun

poteg, trzaj, trzanje; skubljenje; drobovje, notranji organi (hrana); srčnost, hrabrost, pogum; British English padec pri izpitu

to give a pluck — povleči

to have pluck — biti pogumen
II [plʌk]
1.

transitive verb

trgati, odtrgati (sadje, cvetje); puliti, izpuliti (perje, lase, plevel); skubsti, oskubiti (perutnino); potegniti, vleči (za roko); music prebirati strune; colloquially oskubsti koga, nasankati koga; slang vreči pri izpitu;

2.

intransitive verb

puliti, vleči (at za); loviti, grabiti po čem

slang to be plucked — pasti pri izpitu

to pluck down — ponižati

to have a crow to pluck with — imeti s kom obračun

to pluck up one's courage ( —ali heart, spirits) — zbrati pogum

to pluck up a crow — ukvarjati se z jalovim delom

to pluck a pigeon — nasankati budalo

English-Slovenian dictionary > pluck
11 pluck

1. verb
1) (to pull: She plucked a grey hair from her head; He plucked at my sleeve.) puxar

2) (to pull the feathers off (a chicken etc) before cooking it.) depenar

3) (to pick (flowers etc).) apanhar

4) (to pull hairs out of (eyebrows) in order to improve their shape.) arrancar

5) (to pull and let go (the strings of a musical instrument).) puxar
2. noun
(courage He showed a lot of pluck.) coragem

- plucky
- pluckily
- pluckiness
- pluck up the courage
- pluck up courage
- energy
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[pl∧k] n 1 arranca, arrancada. 2 puxão, safanão. 3 fressura. 4 coragem, determinação. • vt+vi 1 arrancar, desarraigar. 2 colher, apanhar. 3 depenar, deplumar. 4 puxar, safar. 5 tanger (instrumento de cordas). 6 sl afanar, roubar. he has a crow to pluck with you ele tem contas a ajustar com você. to pluck a pigeon depenar um pato, extorquir dinheiro de um otário. to pluck away arrebatar. to pluck down 1 derrubar, deitar abaixo. 2 humilhar. to pluck one’s eyebrows Braz coll depilar as sobrancelhas. to pluck up 1 arrancar, extirpar. 2 recobrar o ânimo. to pluck up courage criar coragem. she plucked up courage / ela criou coragem.

English-Portuguese dictionary > pluck
12 pluck

[plʌk] n

Mut m, Schneid m o ( ÖSTERR) f ( fam)

to have [or show] [a lot of] \pluck [viel] Schneid [o Mumm] haben ( fam), mutig sein vt

1) ( pick)

to \pluck sth [from [or off] sth] fruit, flower etw [von etw dat] abpflücken; grass, dead leaves, loose thread etw [von etw dat] abzupfen

2) ( remove) feathers ausrupfen; hair entfernen;

( with pincers) auszupfen;

to \pluck a chicken/ goose ein Huhn/eine Gans rupfen;

a \plucked chicken ein gerupftes Huhn;

to \pluck one's eyebrows sich dat die Augenbrauen zupfen

3) ( pull)

to \pluck sth/sb jdn/etw schnell nehmen akk;

he \plucked the letter out of my hand er riss mir den Brief aus der Hand;

she \plucked the ball out of the air sie fing den Ball in der Luft;

( pull cautiously) zupfen;

to \pluck sb's sleeve [or sb by the sleeve] jdn am Ärmel zupfen

4) ( remove from situation)

to \pluck sb from [or out of] sth jdn aus etw dat herausholen

5) mus

to \pluck sth etw zupfen

PHRASES:

to \pluck sth out of the air etw [frei] erfinden [o aus der Luft greifen] vi

to \pluck at sth an etw dat zupfen

English-German students dictionary > pluck
13 τίλλω

τίλλω, Il.22.78, etc.: [tense] fut. τῐλῶ ([etym.] ἀπο-) Cratin.123, ([etym.] παρα-) Ar.Eq. 373: [tense] aor.

A ἔτῑλα Theoc.3.21
, ([etym.] ἀπ-) Ar.Lys. 578. Fr. 686: [tense] pf. τέτιλκα PCair.Zen. 782
(b.). 121 (iii B.C.):—[voice] Med., [dialect] Ep. [tense] impf. τιλλέσθην Il.24.711
: [tense] fut. τῐλοῦμαι ([etym.] παρα-) Men.363.5:—[voice] Pass., [tense] aor. ἐτίλθην Ar.Nu. 1083
: 2 [tense] aor. ἐτίλην [ῐ] LXX Da.7.4; [ per.] 3sg. imper. τιλήτωι PFay.131.18
(iii/iv A.D.); part. τειλείς (i.e. τιλ-) PFlor.322.36 (iii A.D.): [tense] pf. τέτιλμαι LXXIs.18.7
, ([etym.] ἐκ-) Anacr.21.10, ([etym.] ἀπο-) Anaxil.22.20, ([etym.] παρα-) Ar.Ra. 516:— pluck or pull outhair, etc., πολιὰς δ' ἄρ' ἀνὰ τρίχας ἕλκετο χερσί, τίλλων ἐκ κεφαλῆς Il.22.78
; τίλλε κόμην ib. 406; τρίχας Men. Epit. 271
, Her.5; ἐρέβινθον PCair.Zen.719.6
(iii B.C.); τ. στάχυας καὶ ἐσθίειν Ev.Matt.12.1
; τ. χόρτον τοῖς κτῆσι PFlor.321.47
(iii A.D.):— [voice] Med., Χαίτας τίλλεσθαι pluck out one's hair, Od.10.567.

2 with acc. of that from which the hair or feathers are plucked, τίλλειν πέλειαν, of birds of prey, 15.527, cf. Hdt.3.76; κίρκον εἰσορῶ.. χηλαῖς κάρα τίλλοντα A.Pers. 209
; τίλλουσι τὴν γλαῦκα, of small birds attacking the owl, Arist.HA 609a15; so of the cuckoo, ib. 618a29 ([voice] Pass.); as a description of an idle fellow, τίλλων ἑαυτόν Ar. Pax 546
, cf. Ra. 428; of a cook, pluck a fowl, Eub.150.5, cf. Plu.2.233a; also τ. λαγών Ar.Fr. 212
; τ. πλάτανον pluck its leaves off, Plu.Them. 18; τὸν στέφανον τῖλαί με κατ' αὐτίκα λεπτὰ ποησεῖς Theoc.
l.c.; κῴδια τ. PPetr.2p.108 = 3p.78 (iii B.C.); also, pluck live sheep, instead of shearing, τοῖς τίλλουσιν τὰ ὑποδίφθερα (sc. πρόβατα) PCair.Zen.430.3 (iii B.C.), cf. Suid. s.v. πεκτῆρες:—[voice] Pass., have one's hair plucked out, Ar.Th. 593; τέφρᾳ τιλθῆναι, as a punishment of adulterers, Id.Nu. 1083; v. παρατίλλω, τέφρα.

3 c. acc. cogn., τίλματα τ. Plu.2.48b, cf. Herod.2.70.

4 τ. μέλη pluck the harp-strings, play harp-tunes, Cratin.256 (lyr.).

5 pick so as to extract fibre, τετίλκασι στιππύου δέσμας σ PCair.Zen.l.c.

6 νεφέλιον παρατεταμένον καὶ τιλλόμενον cirrous, Thphr.Sign.43.

II since tearing the hair was a usual expression of sorrow, τίλλεσθαί τινα tear one's hair in sorrow for any one, τόν γ' ἄλοχός τε φίλη καὶ πότνια μήτηρ τιλλέσθην Il.24.711
: without acc., τιλλόμενοι καὶ κλαίοντες Phld.Ir. p.36
W.

III metaph., pluck, vex, annoy, Anacr.13B; στέφανον τ., = τοὺς νόμους λυμαίνεσθαι, Pythag. ap. Porph.VP42:—[voice] Pass., ὑπὸ συκοφαντῶν τίλλεσθαι, with allusion to a bird's feathers, Ar.Av. 285. (Not found in [dialect] Att. Prose.)

Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > τίλλω
14 REYTA

pluck

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(-tta, -ttr), v. to pluck, pick (S. hleypr á hús upp ok reytir gras); r. sik, to tear one’s hair.

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t, [Ulf. raupjan = τίλλειν; cp. Germ. rupfen]:—to pluck, pick; reyta gras, Nj. 119; þeir reyttu á sik mosa, 267; sumir reyttu ok rifu af honum þá vánda leppa, Fms. ii. 161, Stj. 71; r. ok rupla, 163; þá hnykktu þær af sér faldinum ok reyttu sik, Orkn. 182; þeir hrífa upp í höfuð sér ok reyta sik, Fb. ii. 25; leysir hón hár sitt ok reytir sik sárliga, Mar.

Íslensk-ensk orðabók > REYTA
15 pelar

v.

1 to cut the hair of (person).

2 to peel (fruta, patatas).

3 to pluck (aves).

pelar la pava to flirt, to have a lovey-dovey conversation (novios)

4 to fleece (informal) (dejar sin dinero).

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pelar

► verbo transitivo

1 (persona) to cut somebody's hair

2 (animal - quitar las plumas) to pluck; (- quitar la piel) to skin

3 (fruta, patata, etc) to peel

► verbo pronominal pelarse

1 (cortarse el pelo) to get one's hair cut

2 (piel) to be peeling

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FRASEOLOGÍA

correr que se las pela familiar to run like mad

pelarse de frío familiar to freeze

ser duro,-a de pelar familiar to be a tough nut to crack

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verb

to peel

- pelarse

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1. VT

1) (=rapar)

lo han pelado al cero o al rape — they've cropped his hair *, they've completely shaved his hair off

2) [+ fruta, patata] to peel; [+ habas, mariscos] to shell

3) (=despellejar) to skin; (=desplumar) to pluck

4) † (=criticar) to flay, criticize

5) † (=quitar el dinero a) to clean out *, fleece *

6) † (=matar) to do in **, bump off **

7) LAm (=azotar) to beat up *

8)

pelarla — And * (=morir) to kick the bucket **, die

2. VI

1) Cono Sur (=cotillear) to gossip

2) Esp
*
que pela: hace un frío que pela — it's bitterly cold

la sopa está que pela — this soup is piping hot

3.

See:

pelarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <fruta/zanahoria> to peel; <habas/marisco> to shell; < caramelo> to unwrap

b) < ave> to pluck

2) ( rapar)

lo pelaron al cero or al rape or (Méx) a jícara — they cropped his hair very short

3) (fam) ( en el juego) to clean... out (colloq)

4) (Chi fam) < persona> to badmouth (AmE colloq), to slag off (BrE colloq)
2.
pelar vi

a)

que pela — (fam)

hace un frío que pela — it's freezing (cold) (colloq)

b) (Chi fam) ( chismear) to gossip (maliciously)
3.
pelarse v pron

a) ( a causa del sol) persona to peel; cara/hombros (+ me/te/le etc) to peel

se te están pelando los brazos — your arms are peeling

b) (caus) (fam) ( cortarse el pelo) to get o have one's hair cut

que se las pela — (fam) <ir/corner> like the wind (colloq)

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= peel apart, peel off, peel, shell, shuck, peeling, husk.

Ex. The databases allows the user to peel apart a digital human body like the layers of an onion to reveal the organs within.

Ex. If you encounter an unlabeled document during charge-out, peel off one of the preprinted labels and put it in the document.

Ex. In seeking an answer the data were approached, after the manner of peeling an onion, from a number of perspectives: the sociological, the cultural, and the psychological.

Ex. At harvest, plants were separated into three sections and all pods were removed by hand from each of the three sections and then hand shelled.

Ex. All ears were harvested, shucked and dried on 24 October.

Ex. The installation of a peel remover for the peeling of tomatoes is described.

Ex. For this reason screening is necessary before husking the seed.

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* correr que se las pela = run for + Posesivo + life.

* hacer un frío que pela = be brass monkey weather, be (so) cold (enough) to freeze the balls off/of a brass monkey.

* pelarse = flake off, flake.

* posibilidad de pelarse = flakiness.

* que pela = piping hot, baking hot.

* que se está pelando = flaking.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <fruta/zanahoria> to peel; <habas/marisco> to shell; < caramelo> to unwrap

b) < ave> to pluck

2) ( rapar)

lo pelaron al cero or al rape or (Méx) a jícara — they cropped his hair very short

3) (fam) ( en el juego) to clean... out (colloq)

4) (Chi fam) < persona> to badmouth (AmE colloq), to slag off (BrE colloq)
2.
pelar vi

a)

que pela — (fam)

hace un frío que pela — it's freezing (cold) (colloq)

b) (Chi fam) ( chismear) to gossip (maliciously)
3.
pelarse v pron

a) ( a causa del sol) persona to peel; cara/hombros (+ me/te/le etc) to peel

se te están pelando los brazos — your arms are peeling

b) (caus) (fam) ( cortarse el pelo) to get o have one's hair cut

que se las pela — (fam) <ir/corner> like the wind (colloq)

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= peel apart, peel off, peel, shell, shuck, peeling, husk.

Ex: The databases allows the user to peel apart a digital human body like the layers of an onion to reveal the organs within.

Ex: If you encounter an unlabeled document during charge-out, peel off one of the preprinted labels and put it in the document.

Ex: In seeking an answer the data were approached, after the manner of peeling an onion, from a number of perspectives: the sociological, the cultural, and the psychological.

Ex: At harvest, plants were separated into three sections and all pods were removed by hand from each of the three sections and then hand shelled.

Ex: All ears were harvested, shucked and dried on 24 October.

Ex: The installation of a peel remover for the peeling of tomatoes is described.

Ex: For this reason screening is necessary before husking the seed.

* correr que se las pela = run for + Posesivo + life.

* hacer un frío que pela = be brass monkey weather, be (so) cold (enough) to freeze the balls off/of a brass monkey.

* pelarse = flake off, flake.

* posibilidad de pelarse = flakiness.

* que pela = piping hot, baking hot.

* que se está pelando = flaking.

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pelar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹fruta/zanahoria› to peel; ‹guisantes/marisco› to shell; ‹caramelo› to unwrap

¿te pelo la manzana? shall I peel your apple for you?

2 (desplumar) ‹ave› to pluck pavo² (↑ pavo (2))

B

1

(rapar): lo pelaron al cero or al rape or ( Méx) a jícara they cropped his hair very short, they scalped him ( colloq)

2

( Esp fam) (peluquear): el que me pela a mí es Diego Diego cuts my hair

C ( fam) (en el juego) to clean … out ( colloq)

me pelaron they cleaned me out o left me without a cent o a penny ( colloq)

D ( Chi fam) ‹persona› to badmouth ( AmE colloq), to slag off ( BrE colloq)

■ pelar

vi

1

que pela ( fam): hace un frío que pela it's freezing (cold) ( colloq)

el agua está que pela the water's boiling (hot) ( colloq)

duro¹ (↑ duro (1))

2 ( Chi fam) (chismear) to gossip (maliciously)

■ pelarse

v pron

1 (a causa del sol) «persona» to peel; «cara/espalda/hombros» (+ me/te/le etc) to peel

me estoy pelando I'm peeling

se te están pelando los brazos your arms are peeling

2 ( caus) ( fam) (cortarse el pelo) to get o have one's hair cut, to have a haircut

voy a pelarme I'm going to get my hair cut

… que se las pela ( fam): miente que se las pela he lies like anything o like nobody's business ( colloq)

corre que se las pela she runs like the wind ( colloq)

pelársela ( vulg); to jerk off ( vulg), to wank ( BrE vulg)

pelárselas (CS fam); to go off ( colloq)

se las peló para Argentina he went off to Argentina ( colloq)

yo me las pelo I'm off ( colloq)

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pelar ( conjugate pelar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹fruta/zanahoria› to peel;

‹habas/marisco› to shell;
‹ caramelo› to unwrap
b) ‹ ave› to pluck

2 ( rapar): lo pelaron al cero or al rape they cropped his hair very short
3 (fam) ( en el juego) to clean … out (colloq)
4 (Chi fam) ‹ persona› to badmouth (AmE colloq), to slag off (BrE colloq)
pelarse verbo pronominal ( a causa del sol) [ persona] to peel;
[cara/hombros] (+ me/te/le etc) to peel;
◊ se te está pelando la nariz your nose is peeling

pelar verbo transitivo
1 (piel, fruta) to peel
2 (un ave) to pluck
3 fam (cortar el pelo a) to cut the hair of
♦ Locuciones: hace un frío que pela, it's freezing cold
duro de pelar, a hard nut

' pelar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ser
English:
exfoliate
- for
- peel
- shell
- skin
- pare
- scrape

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pelar

♦ vt

1. [fruta, patatas] to peel;
[guisantes, marisco] to shell
2. [cable] to strip;
[caramelo] to unwrap
3. [aves] to pluck;
[conejos] to skin;
Comp
Fam
pelar la pava [novios] to flirt, to have a lovey-dovey conversation;

Comp

pelar el diente CAm, Col [coquetear] to flirt;
Carib [adular] to flatter
4. Fam [persona] to scalp;

me han pelado I've been scalped;

lo pelaron al cero he had his head shaved

5. Fam Fig [dejar sin dinero] to clean out, to fleece

6. Méx Fam [hacer caso]
no me pela he doesn't pay any attention to me

♦ vi

Comp
Fam
hace un frío que pela it's freezing cold;
RP Fam
está que pela [caliente] it's boiling (hot);
Ven Fam
estar pelando to be broke o Br skint

♦ See also the pronominal verb pelarse

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pelar

v/t manzana, patata etc peel;

hace un frío que pela fam it’s freezing

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pelar vt

1) : to peel, to shell

2) : to skin

3) : to pluck

4) : to remove hair from

5) fam : to clean out (of money)

♦ See also the reflexive verb pelarse

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pelar vb

1. (fruta, patata, zanahoria) to peel

¿te pelo la naranja? shall I peel your orange for you?

2. (guisantes, frutos secos, huevo) to shell

nueces peladas shelled walnuts

Spanish-English dictionary > pelar
16 pelo

m.

1 hair (cabello).

la bañera estaba llena de pelos the bathtub was full of hair

2 fur.

3 down.

4 nap.

5 hairbreadth, narrow margin, small margin.

6 head of hair, tresses.

7 thrix.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: pelar.

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pelo

► nombre masculino

1 hair

■ tiene un pelo muy bonito she has beautiful hair

■ siempre he llevado el pelo corto I've always had short hair

2 (de animal) coat, fur

3 familiar bit

■ faltó un pelo para que lo pegara I came to within an inch of hitting him

■ perdí el tren por un pelo I missed the train by seconds

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a pelo (sin montura) bareback 2 (sin ayuda) without help 3 (sin nada) without anything

caérsele el pelo a alguien familiar to cop it, be for it

con pelos y señales in great detail, down to the last detail

de medio pelo second-rate

estar hasta los pelos familiar to be fed up (de, with)

no tener pelos en la lengua to speak one's mind, not mince words

no tener un pelo de tonto,-a familiar to be nobody's fool

no verle el pelo a alguien to see neither hide nor hair of somebody

poner los pelos de punta to make one's hair stand on end

por los pelos by the skin of one's teeth

ser un hombre de pelo en pecho familiar to be a real man

soltarse el pelo to let one's hair down

tirarse de los pelos (estar furioso) to be furious 2 (arrepentirse) to kick oneself

tocarle un pelo a alguien to lay a finger on somebody

tomar el pelo a alguien to pull somebody's leg

venir al pelo familiar to be just the thing

pelo de camello camelhair

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noun m.

1) hair

2) fur

3) pile

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SM

1) (=filamento) [de persona, animal] hair; [de barba] whisker; (Téc) fibre, fiber (EEUU), strand

un pelo rubio — a blond hair

2) [en conjunto] [de persona] hair; (=piel) fur, coat; [de fruta] down; [de jersey] fluff; [de tejido] nap, pile

tiene el pelo rubio — she has blond hair

tiene el pelo rizado — he has curly hair

tienes mucho pelo — you have thick hair

tiene poco pelo — his hair is thin

se me está cayendo el pelo — I am losing my hair

cortarse el pelo — to have one's hair cut

dos caballos del mismo pelo — two horses of the same colour

pelo de camello — camel-hair, camel's hair (EEUU)

3) [de reloj] hairspring

4) [de diamante] flaw

5) (=grieta) hairline crack

6) (=sierra) hacksaw blade

7)

a pelo * —

cabalgar o montar a pelo — to ride bareback

cantar a pelo — to sing unaccompanied

hacerlo a pelo — [sexualmente] to have unprotected sex

está más guapa a pelo que con maquillaje — she's prettier just as she is, without her make-up on

ir a pelo — (=sin sombrero) to go bareheaded; (=desnudo) to be stark naked

pasar el mono a pelo — [de drogas] to go through cold turkey

- agarrarse a un pelo

al pelo * —

te queda al pelo — it looks great on you, it fits like a glove

este regalo me viene al pelo — this present is just what I needed o wanted

viene al pelo el comentario — that comment is spot on

un tema que viene muy al pelo en esta discusión — a subject which is highly relevant to this debate

caérsele el pelo a algn esp Esp * —

¡se te va a caer el pelo! — you're (in) for it now!

- cortar un pelo en el aire

- dar a algn para el pelo

con estos pelos * —

¡Juan viene a cenar y yo con estos pelos! — Juan is coming to dinner and look at the state I'm in!

- ser de dos pelos

- echar el pelo

lucirle el pelo a algn * —

así nos luce el pelo — and that's the awful state we're in, that's why we're so badly off

- de medio pelo

- de pelo en pecho

un hombre de pelo en pecho — a real man

- hacer a pelo y pluma

- por los pelos

pasó el examen por los pelos — he passed the exam by the skin of his teeth, he scraped through the exam

parece traído por los pelos — it seems far-fetched

- con pelos y señales

- soltarse el pelo

- tener el pelo de la dehesa

- no tener pelos en la lengua

- no tocar un pelo de la ropa a algn

- tomar el pelo a algn

- no ver el pelo a algn

no se les ve el pelo desde hace mucho — there's been no sign of them for ages
punta 1., 2)
8)

un pelo * (=un poco) —

no se mueve un pelo de aire o viento — there isn't a breath of wind stirring

no me fío un pelo de ellos — I don't trust them an inch

me temo que te pasas un pelo — I am afraid you are going a bit too far

no afloja un pelo — Cono Sur he won't give an inch

no tiene un pelo de tonto — he's no fool

no perdí el avión por un pelo — I only just caught the plane

nos escapamos por un pelo — we had a close shave

* * *

masculino

1) ( de personas) hair

pelo rizado/liso or lacio — curly/straight hair

cortarse el pelo — to have one's hair cut

tiene un pelo divino — she has lovely o beautiful hair

tiene mucho pelo — he has really thick hair

llevar el pelo suelto — to wear one's hair down o loose

al pelo — (fam)

la falda le quedó al pelo — the skirt looked great on her

el dinero extra me viene al pelo — the extra money is just what I need

andar or estar con los pelos de punta — (CS fam) to be in a real state (colloq)

caérsele el pelo a alguien: se me cae el pelo my hair is falling out; se le está cayendo el pelo he's losing his hair; como te descubran se te va a caer el pelo if you get found out, you'll be for it o you've had it (colloq); con estos pelos (fam): y yo con estos pelos! look at the state I'm in!; con pelos y señales (fam) down to the last detail; de medio pelo (fam) <película/jugador> second-rate; echar el pelo (Chi fam) to live it up (colloq); no tiene pelos en la lengua (fam) he doesn't mince his words; no tienes/tiene (ni) un pelo de tonto (fam) you're/he's no fool; no verle el pelo a alguien (fam) not to see hide nor hair of somebody (colloq); ya no te vemos el pelo por aquí we never see you around here any more; ponerle a alguien los pelos de punta (fam) ( aterrorizar) to make somebody's hair stand on end (colloq); ( poner neurótico) (AmL) to drive somebody crazy o mad; por los pelos (fam) only just; se me/le ponen los pelos de punta (fam) it sends shivers down my/his spine, it makes my/his hair stand on end; tirarse de los pelos (fam): estaba que se tiraba de los pelos he was at his wit's end, he was tearing his hair out (in desperation); tocarle un pelo a alguien to lay a finger on somebody; tomarle el pelo a alguien (fam) ( bromeando) to pull somebody's leg (colloq); ( burlándose) to mess around with somebody (AmE), to mess somebody around (BrE); traído por or de los pelos — farfetched

2) (fam) ( poco)

se han pasado un pelo — they've gone a bit too far

no me fío (ni) un pelo de él — I don't trust him an inch

te queda un pelito corta — it's a tiny bit short for you

3) (Zool) ( filamento) hair; (pelaje - de perro, gato) hair, fur; (- de conejo, oso) fur

un perro de pelo largo — a long-haired dog

montar a or (CS) en pelo — to ride bareback

- pelo de camello

4) ( de alfombra) pile

una alfombra de pelo largo — a shag-pile carpet

* * *

= hair, bristle.

Ex. They are followed in turn by the see and see also references to the heading: HEAD see also BRAIN; EAR; EYE; FACE; hair; NOSE.

Ex. A linear equation system is derived to calculate the physical deflection of bristles according to the force exerted on them from the surface of the paper.

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* abundancia de pelo = hair coat.

* aclarar el pelo = lighten + Posesivo + hair.

* alisador del pelo = straightener, hair straightener.

* apartarse el pelo de los ojos = flick + Posesivo + hair out of + Posesivo + eyes.

* arrancarse el pelo a manojos = tear + Posesivo + hair out.

* arreglarse el pelo = primp.

* cable de pelos = stranded wire.

* caída de pelo = hair loss.

* champú para el pelo = hair shampoo.

* con forma de pelo = hair-like.

* con pelo cano = gray-haired, grey-haired.

* con pelos y señales = blow-by-blow.

* corte de pelo = hair cut.

* del grosor de un pelo = hairline.

* de medio pelo = small-time.

* de pelo cano = gray-haired, grey-haired.

* de pelo espeso y tieso = bushy-haired.

* de pelo negro = dark-haired.

* de pelo oscuro = dark-haired.

* erizar los pelos = bristle.

* escapar por los pelos = have + a close call, have + a narrow escape, have + a lucky escape, have + a close shave.

* escape por los pelos = close call, close shave.

* estilo de pelo = hairstyle.

* fisura del grosor de un pelo = hairline fracture.

* goma del pelo = hair bobble.

* grieta del grosor de un pelo = hairline crack.

* horquilla del pelo = hair grip.

* horquilla para el pelo = bobby pin.

* implante de pelo = hair implant.

* lavado de pelo = shampooing.

* lavarse el pelo = shampoo + Posesivo + hair, wash + Posesive + hair.

* lavarse el pelo con champú = shampoo + Posesivo + hair.

* manta de pelo = hair coat.

* nacimiento del pelo = hairline.

* no tener ni un pelo de tonto = there are no flies (on/about) + Pronombre.

* no tener pelos en lengua = call + a spade a spade.

* parecido a los pelos = hair-like.

* pelo de caballo = horsehair.

* pelo gris = grey hair [gray hair].

* pelo lacio = straight hair.

* pelo liso = straight hair.

* pelos y señales = chapter and verse.

* pérdida de pelo = hair loss.

* pinza del pelo = hair claw.

* pinzas del pelo = hair clip.

* poner los pelos de punta = bristle, scare + the living daylights out of, frighten + the living daylights out of, frighten + Nombre + to death, make + Posesivo + hair stand on end, scare + the hell out of.

* por los pelos = by the skin of + Posesivo + teeth, close call, close shave.

* redecilla para el pelo = hairnet.

* rizador del pelo = curler.

* salvado por los pelos = saved by the bell.

* salvarse por los pelos = have + a narrow escape, have + a lucky escape, have + a close call, have + a close shave.

* secador de pelo = hairdryer, blow-dryer.

* sexo a pelo = unprotected sex.

* sin pelo = hairless.

* sin pelos en la lengua = outspokenly.

* sin venir a pelo = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.

* suavizante del pelo = hair conditioner.

* tener pelos en la lengua = mince + words.

* tirarse de los pelos = tear + Posesivo + hair out.

* tocarle un pelo a = lay + a finger on.

* tomadura de pelo = ribbing.

* tomar el pelo = tease, twit, taunt.

* tomarle el pelo a = make + fun of.

* * *

masculino

1) ( de personas) hair

pelo rizado/liso or lacio — curly/straight hair

cortarse el pelo — to have one's hair cut

tiene un pelo divino — she has lovely o beautiful hair

tiene mucho pelo — he has really thick hair

llevar el pelo suelto — to wear one's hair down o loose

al pelo — (fam)

la falda le quedó al pelo — the skirt looked great on her

el dinero extra me viene al pelo — the extra money is just what I need

andar or estar con los pelos de punta — (CS fam) to be in a real state (colloq)

caérsele el pelo a alguien: se me cae el pelo my hair is falling out; se le está cayendo el pelo he's losing his hair; como te descubran se te va a caer el pelo if you get found out, you'll be for it o you've had it (colloq); con estos pelos (fam): y yo con estos pelos! look at the state I'm in!; con pelos y señales (fam) down to the last detail; de medio pelo (fam) <película/jugador> second-rate; echar el pelo (Chi fam) to live it up (colloq); no tiene pelos en la lengua (fam) he doesn't mince his words; no tienes/tiene (ni) un pelo de tonto (fam) you're/he's no fool; no verle el pelo a alguien (fam) not to see hide nor hair of somebody (colloq); ya no te vemos el pelo por aquí we never see you around here any more; ponerle a alguien los pelos de punta (fam) ( aterrorizar) to make somebody's hair stand on end (colloq); ( poner neurótico) (AmL) to drive somebody crazy o mad; por los pelos (fam) only just; se me/le ponen los pelos de punta (fam) it sends shivers down my/his spine, it makes my/his hair stand on end; tirarse de los pelos (fam): estaba que se tiraba de los pelos he was at his wit's end, he was tearing his hair out (in desperation); tocarle un pelo a alguien to lay a finger on somebody; tomarle el pelo a alguien (fam) ( bromeando) to pull somebody's leg (colloq); ( burlándose) to mess around with somebody (AmE), to mess somebody around (BrE); traído por or de los pelos — farfetched

2) (fam) ( poco)

se han pasado un pelo — they've gone a bit too far

no me fío (ni) un pelo de él — I don't trust him an inch

te queda un pelito corta — it's a tiny bit short for you

3) (Zool) ( filamento) hair; (pelaje - de perro, gato) hair, fur; (- de conejo, oso) fur

un perro de pelo largo — a long-haired dog

montar a or (CS) en pelo — to ride bareback

- pelo de camello

4) ( de alfombra) pile

una alfombra de pelo largo — a shag-pile carpet

* * *

= hair, bristle.

Ex: They are followed in turn by the see and see also references to the heading: HEAD see also BRAIN; EAR; EYE; FACE; hair; NOSE.

Ex: A linear equation system is derived to calculate the physical deflection of bristles according to the force exerted on them from the surface of the paper.

* abundancia de pelo = hair coat.

* aclarar el pelo = lighten + Posesivo + hair.

* alisador del pelo = straightener, hair straightener.

* apartarse el pelo de los ojos = flick + Posesivo + hair out of + Posesivo + eyes.

* arrancarse el pelo a manojos = tear + Posesivo + hair out.

* arreglarse el pelo = primp.

* cable de pelos = stranded wire.

* caída de pelo = hair loss.

* champú para el pelo = hair shampoo.

* con forma de pelo = hair-like.

* con pelo cano = gray-haired, grey-haired.

* con pelos y señales = blow-by-blow.

* corte de pelo = hair cut.

* del grosor de un pelo = hairline.

* de medio pelo = small-time.

* de pelo cano = gray-haired, grey-haired.

* de pelo espeso y tieso = bushy-haired.

* de pelo negro = dark-haired.

* de pelo oscuro = dark-haired.

* erizar los pelos = bristle.

* escapar por los pelos = have + a close call, have + a narrow escape, have + a lucky escape, have + a close shave.

* escape por los pelos = close call, close shave.

* estilo de pelo = hairstyle.

* fisura del grosor de un pelo = hairline fracture.

* goma del pelo = hair bobble.

* grieta del grosor de un pelo = hairline crack.

* horquilla del pelo = hair grip.

* horquilla para el pelo = bobby pin.

* implante de pelo = hair implant.

* lavado de pelo = shampooing.

* lavarse el pelo = shampoo + Posesivo + hair, wash + Posesive + hair.

* lavarse el pelo con champú = shampoo + Posesivo + hair.

* manta de pelo = hair coat.

* nacimiento del pelo = hairline.

* no tener ni un pelo de tonto = there are no flies (on/about) + Pronombre.

* no tener pelos en lengua = call + a spade a spade.

* parecido a los pelos = hair-like.

* pelo de caballo = horsehair.

* pelo gris = grey hair [gray hair].

* pelo lacio = straight hair.

* pelo liso = straight hair.

* pelos y señales = chapter and verse.

* pérdida de pelo = hair loss.

* pinza del pelo = hair claw.

* pinzas del pelo = hair clip.

* poner los pelos de punta = bristle, scare + the living daylights out of, frighten + the living daylights out of, frighten + Nombre + to death, make + Posesivo + hair stand on end, scare + the hell out of.

* por los pelos = by the skin of + Posesivo + teeth, close call, close shave.

* redecilla para el pelo = hairnet.

* rizador del pelo = curler.

* salvado por los pelos = saved by the bell.

* salvarse por los pelos = have + a narrow escape, have + a lucky escape, have + a close call, have + a close shave.

* secador de pelo = hairdryer, blow-dryer.

* sexo a pelo = unprotected sex.

* sin pelo = hairless.

* sin pelos en la lengua = outspokenly.

* sin venir a pelo = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.

* suavizante del pelo = hair conditioner.

* tener pelos en la lengua = mince + words.

* tirarse de los pelos = tear + Posesivo + hair out.

* tocarle un pelo a = lay + a finger on.

* tomadura de pelo = ribbing.

* tomar el pelo = tease, twit, taunt.

* tomarle el pelo a = make + fun of.

* * *

pelo

masculine

A [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ], [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] (de personas — filamento) hair; (— conjunto) hair

pelo rizado/liso or lacio curly/straight hair

tengo que ir a cortarme el pelo I have to go and have my hair cut

tiene un pelo divino she has lovely o beautiful hair

tiene mucho pelo he has really thick hair

siempre lleva el pelo suelto she always wears her hair down o loose

me encontré un pelo en la sopa I found a hair in my soup

al pelo ( fam); great ( colloq)

la falda le quedó al pelo the skirt looked great on her, she looked great in the skirt

el dinero extra me viene al pelo the extra money is just what I need

¿cómo se portó el coche? — al pelo ( Col); how did the car go? — just great o spot on ( colloq)

andar or estar con los pelos de punta (CS fam); to be in a real state ( colloq)

caérsele el pelo a algn: se le está cayendo el pelo he's losing his hair

como te descubran se te va a caer el pelo if you get found out, you'll be for it o you've had it ( colloq)

con estos pelos ( fam): ¡llegan dentro de media hora, y yo con estos pelos! they're arriving in half an hour and look at the state I'm in!

con pelos y señales ( fam): me contó su viaje con pelos y señales she gave me a blow-by-blow account of her trip, she described her trip down to the last detail

lo describió con pelos y señales she gave a very detailed description of him

de medio pelo ( fam); ‹película/jugador› second-rate

le regaló un anillo de medio pelo he gave her a rather tacky ring

echar el pelo ( Chi fam); to live it up ( colloq), to have a good time ( colloq)

no tiene pelos en la lengua ( fam); he doesn't mince his words

no tiene/tienes (ni) un pelo de tonto ( fam); you're/he's no fool, there are no flies on you/him ( colloq)

no verle el pelo a algn ( fam); not to see hide nor hair of sb ( colloq)

hace mucho que no se le ve el pelo nobody's seen hide nor hair of him for ages

ya no te vemos el pelo por aquí we never see you around here any more

ponerle a algn los pelos de punta ( fam) (aterrorizar) to make sb's hair stand on end ( colloq) (poner neurótico) ( AmL) to drive sb crazy o mad

una película que te pone los pelos de punta a spine-chilling movie

por los pelos ( fam); only just

se libró por los pelos de que lo detuvieran he narrowly o only just escaped being arrested

aprobó el examen por los pelos he just scraped through the exam (by the skin of his teeth)

por un pelo ( AmL); just

me salvé por un pelo I escaped by the skin of my teeth ( colloq)

perdí el autobús por un pelo I just missed the bus, I missed the bus by a few seconds

por un pelo no llego al banco I only just got to the bank in time

se me/le erizaron los pelos ( fam); it sent shivers down my/his spine, it made my/his hair stand on end

se me/le ponen los pelos de punta ( fam); it sends shivers down my/his spine, it makes my/his hair stand on end

tirado de los pelos ( fam); farfetched

tirarse de los pelos ( fam): estaba que se tiraba de los pelos he was at his wit's end, he was tearing his hair out (in desperation)

tirarse los pelos (de rabia) ( Chi fam); to be furious

tocarle un pelo a algn to lay a finger on sb

tomarle el pelo a algn ( fam): no va en serio, te están tomando el pelo they don't mean it, they're only joking o teasing o ( colloq) pulling your leg

me están tomando el pelo, ya me han cambiado la fecha cuatro veces they're messing me around, this is the fourth time they've changed the date

traído por or de los pelos farfetched

el argumento es de lo más traído de los pelos the plot is very farfetched

B ( fam)

(poco): se han pasado un pelo they've gone a bit too far o ( BrE colloq) a bit over the top

no me fío (ni) un pelo de ese tipo I don't trust that guy an inch

no quiso aflojar (ni) un pelo he refused to budge an inch

te queda un pelito corta it's a tiny o a wee bit short for you

C ( Zool) (filamento) hair; (pelaje — de un perro, gato) hair, fur; (— de un conejo, oso) fur

el gato va dejando pelos por toda la casa the cat leaves hairs all over the house

la perra me dejó llena de pelos I got covered with dog-hairs

un perro pequeño de pelo largo a small, long-haired dog

montar a or ( RPl) en pelo to ride bareback

ser pelos de la cola ( Chi fam); to be nothing

Compuestos:

● pelo de camello

camelhair

● pelo de conejo

angora, angora wool

● pelo de elefante

elephant hair

D (de una alfombra) pile

una alfombra de pelo largo a shag-pile carpet

este suéter suelta mucho pelo this sweater leaves a lot of fluff everywhere

* * *

Del verbo pelar: ( conjugate pelar)

pelo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

peló es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
pelar
pelo
pelar ( conjugate pelar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹fruta/zanahoria› to peel;

‹habas/marisco› to shell;
‹ caramelo› to unwrap
b) ‹ ave› to pluck

2 ( rapar): lo peloon al cero or al rape they cropped his hair very short
3 (fam) ( en el juego) to clean … out (colloq)
4 (Chi fam) ‹ persona› to badmouth (AmE colloq), to slag off (BrE colloq)
pelarse verbo pronominal ( a causa del sol) [ persona] to peel;
[cara/hombros] (+ me/te/le etc) to peel;
◊ se te está pelando la nariz your nose is peeling

pelo sustantivo masculino
1 ( de personas) hair;
pelo rizado/liso or lacio curly/straight hair;
◊ tiene mucho/poco pelo he has really thick/thin hair;

llevar el pelo suelto to wear one's hair down o loose;
se le está cayendo el pelo he's losing his hair;
con pelos y señales (fam) down to the last detail;
no tiene pelos en la lengua (fam) he doesn't mince his words;
se me/le ponen los pelos de punta (fam) it sends shivers down my/his spine, it makes my/his hair stand on end;
tomarle el pelo a algn (fam) ( bromeando) to pull sb's leg (colloq);

( burlándose) to mess around with sb (AmE), to mess sb around (BrE)
2 (Zool) ( filamento) hair;
( pelaje — de perro, gato) hair, fur;
(— de conejo, oso) fur;
◊ pelo de camello camelhair

3 ( de alfombra) pile
pelar verbo transitivo
1 (piel, fruta) to peel
2 (un ave) to pluck
3 fam (cortar el pelo a) to cut the hair of
♦ Locuciones: hace un frío que pela, it's freezing cold
duro de pelar, a hard nut
pelo sustantivo masculino
1 (de una persona) hair
2 (de un animal) coat, fur
♦ Locuciones: caérsele el pelo a alguien: si te pescan, se te va a caer el pelo, if they catch you, you'll get it
no tener un pelo de tonto, to be no fool
no tener pelos en la lengua, not to mince words
poner los pelos de punta, to give the creeps
tomarle el pelo a alguien, to pull sb's leg
venir al pelo, to come just right
con pelos y señales, in full detail
por los pelos, by the skin of one's teeth
' pelo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aclarado
- ahuecar
- alisarse
- arremolinarse
- barba
- caerse
- caída
- calva
- canosa
- canoso
- caracol
- castaña
- castaño
- cepillarse
- cepillo
- cerda
- cero
- cinta
- comer
- copete
- cortarse
- corte
- crespa
- crespo
- de
- decir
- decolorarse
- diadema
- el
- enjuagar
- enredar
- enredarse
- erizar
- estropajosa
- estropajoso
- fastidiar
- fijador
- fosca
- fosco
- ir
- gancho
- goma
- grasa
- grasienta
- grasiento
- graso
- horquilla
- laca
- lazada
- llevar
English:
applicant
- arrange
- artificial
- balding
- bareback
- bleach
- blow-dry
- bob
- body
- braid
- bristle
- brush
- bun
- bushy
- clip
- coat
- come out
- conditioner
- consent
- crew cut
- crop
- curl
- dark
- deceive
- disheveled
- dishevelled
- do
- dye
- fair
- fall out
- false
- flowing
- fly
- fool
- fringe
- frizzy
- fur
- fuzzy
- gel
- get
- ginger
- glossy
- greasy
- grey
- grey-haired
- grow
- hair
- hair-clippers
- hair-conditioner
- hair-restorer

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pelo nm

1. [cabello] hair;

hay un pelo en la sopa there's a hair in my soup;

la bañera estaba llena de pelos the bathtub was full of hairs;

se me está cayendo el pelo I'm losing my hair;

tiene un pelo rubio precioso she has lovely fair hair;

llevar o [m5] tener el pelo de punta to have spiky hair;

cortarse el pelo [uno mismo] to cut one's (own) hair;
[en peluquería] to have one's hair cut;
teñirse el pelo to dye one's hair;

llevar el pelo recogido/suelto to wear one's hair up/loose;

Comp

se le va a caer el pelo he'll be in big trouble;

Comp
Méx Fam
de pelos [muy bien] great;

Comp
Chile Fam
echar el pelo to chill;

Comp
Fam
estar hasta los pelos to be fed up;

Comp

así te luce el pelo: no estudias nada y así te luce el pelo en los exámenes you never study and it shows in your exam results;

Comp

de medio pelo second-rate;

Comp
Fam
te voy a dar para el pelo I'm going to give you what for;

Comp

ser un hombre de pelo en pecho to be a real man;

Comp

por los pelos, por un pelo by the skin of one's teeth, only just;

Comp
CSur Fam
andar o [m5] estar con los pelos de punta to be strung-out;

Comp

poner a alguien los pelos de punta to make sb's hair stand on end;

se me pusieron los pelos de punta it made my hair stand on end;

Comp

con pelos y señales with all the details;

Comp

no tiene pelos en la lengua she doesn't mince her words;

Comp

no tiene un pelo de tonto he's nobody's fool;

Comp

soltarse el pelo to let one's hair down;

Comp

tirarse de los pelos [de desesperación] to tear one's hair out;

Comp

tocar un pelo (de la ropa) a alguien [hacerle daño] to lay a finger on sb;

no le toqué un pelo I never touched her, I never laid a finger on her;

Comp

tomar el pelo a alguien to pull sb's leg;

Comp

traído por los pelos [argumento, hipótesis] farfetched;

Comp

venir a pelo [en la conversación, discusión] to be relevant;

venir al pelo a alguien to be just right for sb;

Comp

no ver el pelo a alguien not to see hide nor hair of sb;

Comp
Fam
¡y yo con estos pelos!: ¡mi novio ha llegado y yo con estos pelos! my boyfriend's arrived and I am in such a state o look such a mess!

2. [pelaje] [de oso, conejo, gato] fur;
[de perro, caballo] coat;
Comp

a pelo: montar (a caballo) a o RP [m5] en pelo to ride bareback;
Fam
presentarse a un examen a pelo to go to an exam unprepared;
Esp muy Fam
follar a pelo to ride bareback [have unprotected sex]

Comp
pelo de camello [tejido] camel hair
3. [de melocotón] down

4. [de una tela, tejido] nap;
[de alfombra] pile;
este jersey suelta mucho pelo o [m5] muchos pelos this jumper leaves a lot of hairs everywhere

5. Fam [pizca, poquito]
échame un pelo más de ginebra could I have a smidgin o tad more gin?;

pasarse un pelo to go a bit too far;

no me gusta (ni) un pelo ese tipo I don't like that guy at all

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pelo

m

1 de persona, de perro hair;

tiene el pelo muy largo he has very long hair;

por los pelos fam by a hair’s-breadth, by a whisker fam ;

por un pelo just, barely;

los pelos se me ponen de punta fig my hair stands on end;

tirarse de los pelos fig fam tear one’s hair out;

traído por los pelos fig far-fetched;

soltarse el pelo fig fam let one’s hair down fam

2 de animal fur;

a pelo fam ( sin preparación) unprepared;

montar a pelo ride bareback;

tomar el pelo a alguien fam pull s.o.’s leg fam ;

con pelos y señales in minute detail;

hombre de pelo en pecho real man;

(ni) un pelo not at all;

no cortarse (ni) un pelo not be shy;

no tiene un pelo de tonto fig fam there are no flies on him fam, he’s no fool;

no tener pelos en la lengua fig fam not mince one’s words fam

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pelo nm

1) : hair

2) : fur

3) : pile, nap

4)

a pelo : bareback

5)

con pelos y señales : in great detail

6)

no tener pelos en la lengua : to not mince words, to be blunt

7)

tomarle el pelo a alguien : to tease someone, to pull someone's leg

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pelo n

1. (en general) hair

tenía el pelo largo he had long hair

se ha cortado el pelo she's had her hair cut

2. (de animal) fur

los gatos tienen el pelo muy suave cats have got very soft fur

con pelos y señales in great detail

no tener un pelo de tonto to be nobody's fool

ponerte los pelos de punta to make your hair stand on end

por los pelos by the skin of your teeth

tomar el pelo to pull somebody's leg

Spanish-English dictionary > pelo
17 pelo

Del verbo pelar: ( conjugate pelar) \ \
pelo es: \ \
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

peló es: \ \
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries: pelar pelo
pelar ( conjugate pelar) verbo transitivo 1
a) ‹fruta/zanahoria› to peel;
‹habas/marisco› to shell; ‹ caramelo› to unwrap
b) ‹ ave› to pluck
2 ( rapar): lo peloon al cero or al rape they cropped his hair very short 3 (fam) ( en el juego) to clean … out (colloq) 4 (Chi fam) ‹ persona› to badmouth (AmE colloq), to slag off (BrE colloq) pelarse verbo pronominal ( a causa del sol) [ persona] to peel; [cara/hombros] (+ me/te/le etc) to peel;
◊ se te está pelando la nariz your nose is peeling

pelo sustantivo masculino 1 ( de personas) hair; pelo rizado/liso or lacio curly/straight hair;
◊ tiene mucho/poco pelo he has really thick/thin hair;
llevar el pelo suelto to wear one's hair down o loose; se le está cayendo el pelo he's losing his hair; con pelos y señales (fam) down to the last detail; no tiene pelos en la lengua (fam) he doesn't mince his words; se me/le ponen los pelos de punta (fam) it sends shivers down my/his spine, it makes my/his hair stand on end; tomarle el pelo a algn (fam) ( bromeando) to pull sb's leg (colloq); ( burlándose) to mess around with sb (AmE), to mess sb around (BrE) 2 (Zool) ( filamento) hair; ( pelaje — de perro, gato) hair, fur; (— de conejo, oso) fur;
◊ pelo de camello camelhair
3 ( de alfombra) pile
pelar verbo transitivo
1 (piel, fruta) to peel
2 (un ave) to pluck
3 fam (cortar el pelo a) to cut the hair of Locuciones: hace un frío que pela, it's freezing cold
duro de pelar, a hard nut
pelo sustantivo masculino
1 (de una persona) hair
2 (de un animal) coat, fur Locuciones: caérsele el pelo a alguien: si te pescan, se te va a caer el pelo, if they catch you, you'll get it
no tener un pelo de tonto, to be no fool
no tener pelos en la lengua, not to mince words
poner los pelos de punta, to give the creeps
tomarle el pelo a alguien, to pull sb's leg
venir al pelo, to come just right
con pelos y señales, in full detail
por los pelos, by the skin of one's teeth ' pelo' also found in these entries: Spanish: aclarado - ahuecar - alisarse - arremolinarse - barba - caerse - caída - calva - canosa - canoso - caracol - castaña - castaño - cepillarse - cepillo - cerda - cero - cinta - comer - copete - cortarse - corte - crespa - crespo - de - decir - decolorarse - diadema - el - enjuagar - enredar - enredarse - erizar - estropajosa - estropajoso - fastidiar - fijador - fosca - fosco - ir - gancho - goma - grasa - grasienta - grasiento - graso - horquilla - laca - lazada - llevar English: applicant - arrange - artificial - balding - bareback - bleach - blow-dry - bob - body - braid - bristle - brush - bun - bushy - clip - coat - come out - conditioner - consent - crew cut - crop - curl - dark - deceive - disheveled - dishevelled - do - dye - fair - fall out - false - flowing - fly - fool - fringe - frizzy - fur - fuzzy - gel - get - ginger - glossy - greasy - grey - grey-haired - grow - hair - hair-clippers - hair-conditioner - hair-restorer

English-spanish dictionary > pelo
18 arracher

arracher [aʀa∫e]

➭ TABLE 1

1. transitive verb

   a. [+ légume] to lift ; [+ plante] to pull up ; [+ cheveux, poil, clou] to pull out ; [+ dent] to take out

• je vais me faire arracher une dent I'm going to have a tooth out

• arracher des mauvaises herbes to pull up weeds

   b. ( = enlever) [+ chemise, membre] to tear off ; [+ affiche] to tear down ; [+ feuille, page] to tear out (de of)

• je vais lui arracher les yeux I'll scratch his eyes out

• ça arrache (la gueule) (inf!) [plat] it'll blow your head off! (inf) ; [boisson] it's really rough!

   c. ( = prendre) arracher à qn [+ portefeuille, arme] to snatch from sb

• arracher des larmes/un cri à qn to make sb cry/cry out

• ils ont arraché la victoire à la dernière minute they snatched victory at the last minute

• il lui arracha son sac à main he snatched her handbag from her

• je lui ai arraché cette promesse I dragged this promise out of him

   d. ( = soustraire) arracher qn à [+ famille, pays] to tear sb away from ; [+ passion, vice, soucis] to rescue sb from ; [+ sommeil, rêve] to drag sb out of ; [+ sort, mort] to snatch sb from

2. reflexive verb

► s'arracher

   a.

s'arracher les cheveux to tear one's hair out

   b. on s'arrache leur dernier CD everybody is desperate to get hold of their latest CD

• les cinéastes se l'arrachent film directors are falling over themselves to get him to act in their films

   c. s'arracher de or à [+ pays] to tear o.s. away from ; [+ lit] to drag o.s. from

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aʀaʃe
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( déraciner) [personne] to dig up [légumes]; to dig out [broussailles, souche, poteau]; to uproot [arbre]; [ouragan] to uproot [arbre, poteau]

arracher les mauvaises herbes — to weed

2) ( détacher vivement) [personne] to pull [something] out [poil, dent, ongle, clou] (de from); to tear [something] down [affiche]; to rip [something] out [page]; to tear [something] off [masque] (de from); [vent] to blow [something] off [feuilles]; to rip [something] off [toit] (de from)

l'obus lui a arraché le bras — the shell blew his/her arm off

3) ( ôter de force) to snatch [personne, objet] (de, à from)

arracher quelque chose des mains de quelqu'un — to snatch something out of somebody's hands

elle s'est fait arracher son sac — she had her bag snatched

arracher quelqu'un à la mort — to snatch somebody from the jaws of death

arracher quelqu'un à la misère — to rescue somebody from poverty

arracher quelqu'un à sa famille — to tear somebody from the bosom of his/her family

4) ( tirer brutalement)

arracher quelqu'un à — to rouse somebody from [rêve, torpeur, pensées]; to drag somebody away from [travail]

5) ( soutirer) to force [augmentation, compromis] ( à quelqu'un out of somebody); to extract [secret, précision, consentement] (de, à quelqu'un from somebody); to get [mot, sourire] (de, à quelqu'un from somebody)

ils leur ont arraché la victoire — they snatched victory from them

arracher un nul — Sport to manage to draw GB ou tie

la douleur lui a arraché un cri — he/she cried out in pain

2.

s'arracher verbe pronominal

1) ( s'ôter)

s'arracher les cheveux blancs — to pull out one's grey GB ou gray US hairs

s'arracher les poils du nez — to pluck the hairs from one's nose

2) ( se disputer pour) to fight over [personne, produit]

3) ( se séparer)

s'arracher à — to rouse oneself from [pensées, rêverie]; to tear oneself away from [travail, étreinte]

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arracher les yeux à or de quelqu'un — to scratch somebody's eyes out

c'est à s'arracher les cheveux! — (colloq) ( difficile) it's enough to make you tear your hair out!

s'arracher les yeux — to fight like cat and dog

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aʀaʃe vt
1) [page de livre] to pull out, to tear out, [page de bloc] to tear off, [affiche] to pull down, [masque] to pull off

Arrachez la page. — Tear the page out.

arracher qch à qn — to snatch sth from sb, figto wring sth out of sb, to wrest sth from sb

2) [légume] to lift, [herbe, souche] to pull up

Elle a arraché les mauvaises herbes. — She pulled up the weeds., She did the weeding.

3) [partie du corps] [explosion] to blow off, [accident] to tear off

Le dentiste m'a arraché une dent. — The dentist pulled one of my teeth out.

se faire arracher une dent — to have a tooth out, to have a tooth pulled USA

4) fig

arracher la victoire — to snatch victory

arracher qn à qch [solitude, rêverie] — to drag sb out of sth, [famille] to tear sb away from sth, to wrench sb away from sth

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arracher verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 ( déraciner) [personne] to dig up [légumes]; to dig out [broussailles, souche, poteau]; to uproot [arbre]; [ouragan] to uproot [arbre, poteau]; arracher les mauvaises herbes to weed;

2 ( détacher vivement) [personne] to pull [sth] out [poil, cheveu, dent, ongle, clou] (de from); to tear [sth] down [affiche]; to rip [sth] out [feuillet, page]; to tear [sth] off [bandeau, masque] (de from); [vent] to blow [sth] off [feuilles d'arbre]; to rip [sth] off [toit, tuiles] (de from); la machine/l'obus lui a arraché le bras the machine/the shell ripped his/her arm off;

3 ( ôter de force) to snatch [personne, objet] (de, à from); arracher qch des mains de qn to snatch sth out of sb's hands; elle s'est fait arracher son sac she had her bag snatched; arracher qn à la mort/au désespoir to snatch sb from the jaws of death/from despair; arracher qn à la misère to rescue sb from poverty; arracher qn à sa famille/à son pays to tear sb from the bosom of his/her family/from his/her native land;

4 ( tirer brutalement) arracher qn à to rouse sb from [rêve, torpeur, pensées]; to drag sb away from [travail];

5 ( soutirer) to force [augmentation, compromis] (à qn out of sb); to extract [secret, précision, consentement, confession] (de, à qn from sb); to get [mot, sourire] (de, à qn from sb); ils leur ont arraché la victoire they snatched victory from them; arracher un nul Sport to manage to draw GB ou tie; la douleur lui a arraché un cri he/she cried out in pain; la douleur lui a arraché des larmes the pain brought tears to his/her eyes.

B s'arracher vpr

1 ( ôter à soi-même) s'arracher les cheveux blancs to pull out one's grey GB ou gray US hairs; s'arracher les poils du nez to pluck the hairs from one's nose;

2 ( se disputer pour) to fight over [personne]; to fight over, to scramble for [produit]; on or tout le monde se les arrache everyone is crazy for them;

3 ( se séparer) s'arracher à to rouse oneself from [pensées, rêverie]; to tear oneself away from [travail, occupation, étreinte];

4 ○( partir) s'arracher d'un lieu to tear oneself away from a place ; viens, on s'arrache come on, let's split○.

Idiomes

arracher les yeux à or de qn to scratch sb's eyes out; c'est à s'arracher les cheveux○! ( difficile) it's enough to make you tear your hair out!; s'arracher les cheveux de désespoir to tear one's hair out in despair; s'arracher les yeux to fight like cat and dog.

[araʃe] verbe transitif

1. [extraire - clou, cheville] to pull ou to draw out (separable) ; [ - arbuste] to pull ou to root up (separable) ; [ - betterave, laitue] to lift ; [ - mauvaises herbes, liseron] to pull ou to root out (separable) ; [ - poil, cheveu] to pull out (separable) ; [ - dent] to pull out (separable), to draw, to extract

se faire arracher une dent to have a tooth out

il a eu un bras arraché dans l'explosion he had an arm blown off in the explosion

ça arrache la gorge (familier & figuré) it burns your throat

il t'arracherait les yeux s'il savait he'd tear ou scratch your eyes out if he knew

arracher son masque à quelqu'un to unmask somebody

2. [déchirer - papier peint, affiche] to tear ou to rip off (separable) ; [ - page] to tear out (separable), to pull out (separable)

3. [prendre - sac, billet] to snatch, to grab

j'ai réussi à lui arracher le pistolet des mains

a. [très vite] I managed to snatch the gun away ou to grab the gun from him

b. [après une lutte] I managed to wrest the gun from his grip

[obtenir - victoire] to snatch

arracher des aveux/une signature à quelqu'un to wring a confession/signature out of somebody

arracher des larmes à quelqu'un to bring tears to somebody's eyes

arracher un sourire à quelqu'un to force a smile out of somebody

pas moyen de lui arracher le moindre commentaire it's impossible to get him to say anything

4. [enlever - personne]

arracher quelqu'un à son lit to drag somebody out of ou from his bed

comment l'arracher à son ordinateur? how can we get ou drag him away from his computer?

arraché très jeune à sa famille torn from the bosom of his family at an early age (littéraire)

arracher un bébé à sa mère to take a child from its mother

arracher quelqu'un au sommeil to force somebody to wake up

5. [le sauver de]

arracher quelqu'un à to snatch ou to rescue somebody from

arracher quelqu'un à la mort to snatch somebody from (the jaws of) death

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s'arracher verbe pronominal transitif

1. [s'écorcher]

je me suis arraché la peau du genou en tombant I fell over and scraped my knee

c'est à s'arracher les cheveux (familier) it's enough to drive you crazy

s'arracher les yeux to scratch each other's eyes out

2. [se disputer - personne, héritage] to fight over (inseparable)

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s'arracher verbe pronominal intransitif

(très familier)

[partir]

allez, on s'arrache! come on, let's be off!

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s'arracher à verbe pronominal plus préposition,

s'arracher de verbe pronominal plus préposition

to tear oneself away from

s'arracher au sommeil to tear oneself from sleep

s'arracher à ses rêveries to snap out of one's daydreams

s'arracher à son travail/à son ordinateur/de son fauteuil to tear oneself away from one's work/computer/armchair

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > arracher
19 tirare

1. v/t pull

( tendere) stretch

( lanciare) throw

( sparare) fire

( tracciare) draw

tirare fuori take out

tirare su da terra pick up

bambino bring up

tirare giù take down

2. v/i pull

di abito be too tight

di vento blow

( sparare) shoot

tirare avanti ( arrangiarsi) get by, manage

( continuare) keep going

tirare dritto go straight on

tirare a sorte draw lots

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tirare v.tr.

1 to pull; to draw*; ( trascinare) to drag: tira, non spingere, pull, don't push; tirare una corda, to pull a rope; una carrozza tirata da quattro cavalli, a coach drawn by four horses; tirava un sacco pesante, he was dragging a heavy sack; tirò il tavolo vicino al muro, he drew the table near the wall; tirare la manica a qlcu., tirare qlcu. per la manica, to pull (o to pluck) s.o.'s sleeve; tirare il campanello, to pull the bell; tirare le reti, to haul in the nets // una parola tira l'altra, one thing leads to another // una ciliegia tira l'altra, cherries are moreish // il suo comportamento tira gli schiaffi, his behaviour gets my goat // tirare il fiato, to get one's breath back // tirarsi gente in casa, to bring people home // tirare qlcu. dalla propria parte, to bring s.o. round to one's point of view // tirare giù, to pull down, to let down; ( abbassare) to lower: tirare giù la saracinesca, to pull down the shutter (o to let the shutter down); tirare giù un libro da uno scaffale, to take down a book from a shelf; (comm.) tirare giù un prezzo, to lower (o to reduce) a price // tirare su, to pull up; ( raccogliere) to pick up: tira su quel pezzo di carta dal pavimento, pick up that piece of paper from the floor; tirarsi su le calze, to pull up one's socks; tirarsi su i capelli, to put up one's hair; tirare su un muro, to build a wall; tirare su un bambino, to bring up a child; le vacanze l'hanno tirato su, the holidays have set him up again // tirare dentro, to bring in; hanno tirato dentro anche me, they dragged me into it too // tirare fuori, to draw out: tirò fuori l'abito dalla valigia, she drew out the dress from the case; tira fuori le mani di tasca, take your hands out of your pockets; tira fuori tutto quello che hai da dire, spill the beans; tirare fuori la verità, to come out with the truth; tirare fuori qlcu., ( di prigione) to have (o to get) s.o. out (of prison) // tirare via, ( togliere) to take away; to pull out (o off o away): tira via la sedia, take away the chair; hanno tirato via l'etichetta, they have pulled off the label; tirò via un chiodo, he pulled out a nail; tirare via un lavoro, ( non farlo accuratamente) to finish off a job // tirarsi dietro, to draw (o to pull) after oneself; ( portare con sé) to drag after oneself: si tirò dietro la porta, he pulled the door to after him; devo sempre tirarmi dietro mio fratello, I always have to drag my brother around after me // tirarsi addosso le critiche di tutti, to make oneself the object of everybody's criticism

2 ( lanciare) to throw*: tirare un sasso a un cane, to throw a stone at a dog; tirare una freccia, to shoot an arrow; tirare ( il pallone) in porta, a rete, to shoot // tirare i dadi, to throw dice // tirare calci, pugni, to kick, to punch

3 ( tendere) to draw*: tirare le tende, to draw the curtains; tirare un filo, to put up a line, ( delle calze) to pull a thread (in one's stockings) // tirare una riga, to draw a line // tirare l'arco, to bend (o to draw) the bow // tirarla, ( vivere in ristrettezze) to have trouble making ends meet // tirare tardi, giorno, mattina, (region.) to stay up late; tirare notte, to pass the time

4 ( ricavare) to draw; ( fare) to make*: tirare una conclusione, to draw a conclusion; tirare le somme, to sum up (anche fig.) // tirare la paga, l'affitto, (antiq.) to draw (o to collect) one's wages, the rent

5 ( far diventare): tirare a lucido, a cera, to polish; essere tirato a lucido, (fig.) to be dolled up

6 ( stampare) to print, to run* off: tirare 1000 copie di un libro, to print (o to run off) 1000 copies of a book; tirare le bozze, to pull proofs

◆ v. intr.

1 to go* on, to carry on: ''Come va?'' ''Si tira avanti'', ''How are you?'' ''Not so bad'' (o ''Could be worse''); tirarono avanti per parecchi chilometri, they went on for many kilometres

2 ( mirare, tendere) to approach, to tend: un grigio che tira all'azzurro, a bluish grey // tirare ai soldi, to aim at money

3 (fig. fam.) ( avere inclinazione) to prefer (sthg.): tira più per la pallacanestro che per il calcio, he prefers basketball to football

4 ( sparare) to shoot*; ( far fuoco) to fire: sa tirare bene, he is a good shot; ordinò loro di tirare, he ordered them to fire; tirare a qlcu., to shoot (o to fire) at s.o. // tirare di scherma, di spada, to fence; tirare di boxe, to box

5 ( soffiare) to blow*: tira vento, the wind is blowing (o it is windy) // tira aria di tempesta, (fig.) a storm is in the air (o there is a stormy atmosphere)

6 ( avere tiraggio) to draw*: il camino non tira, the chimney doesn't draw; questo sigaro tira bene, this cigar draws well // (econ.): l'industria automobilistica tira, the car industry is thriving; questa azienda non tira, this firm is not doing well

7 ( esercitare un'attrazione): un genere di spettacolo che tira molto, a very popular type of show

8 ( di strada) to go* uphill, to run* uphill

9 ( di indumenti, stringere) to be tight: questo vestito tira sui fianchi, this dress is too tight on the hips

10 ( essere teso) to feel* tight: mi tira la pelle della faccia, the skin of my face feels tight

11 ( contrattare) to bargain: tirare sul prezzo, to bargain (o to haggle)

12 (non com.) ( somigliare) to take* after: tira dalla nonna, she takes after her grandmother.

◘ tirarsi v.rifl.

1 to draw*; to drag: si tirò da parte, he drew to one side // tirare su, ( alzarsi) to draw oneself up; ( riprendersi) to feel better: si tirò su quando mi vide, he drew himself up (o stood up) when he saw me // tirare indietro, to draw back, (fig.) to hold back

2 (ant.) to go*.

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[ti'rare]
1. vt

1) (gen) to pull, (slitta) to pull, drag, (rimorchio) to tow, (Culin : pasta) to stretch

tira! — pull!

tirare qn per la manica — to tug at sb's sleeve

tirare qn da parte — to take o draw sb aside

tirare gli orecchi a qn — to tweak sb's ears

mi ha tirato i capelli — she pulled my hair

tirare qn per i capelli — to pull sb's hair, fig to force sb

tirare qc per le lunghe — to drag sth out

tirare le somme fig — to draw a conclusion

tirare un sospiro di sollievo — to heave a sigh of relief

una cosa tira l'altra — one thing leads to another

tirare fuori — to pull out, take out

il vigile mi fece tirare fuori i documenti — the policeman made me produce my identification papers

alla fine ha tirato fuori tutta la verità — in the end he came out with the whole truth

tirare giù — to pull down

tirare su qn/qc — to pull sb/sth up

tirare su qn — (fig : rallegrare) to cheer sb up, (allevare) to bring sb up

tirarsi dietro qn — to bring o drag sb along

tirarsi su i capelli — to put one's hair up

tirarsi addosso qc — to pull sth down on top of o.s., fig to bring sth upon o.s.

2) (chiudere: tende) to draw, close, pull

tirare la porta — to close the door, pull the door to

3) (tracciare, disegnare) to draw, trace, (stampare) to print

4) (lanciare: sasso, palla) to throw, fling, (colpo, freccia) to fire, (fig : bestemmie, imprecazioni) to hurl, let fly

ha tirato un sasso e poi si è nascosto — he threw a stone and then hid

tirami la palla! — throw me the ball!

tirare un pugno a qn — to punch sb

gli ho tirato un pugno — I punched him

tirare uno schiaffo a qn — to slap sb

gli ho tirato uno schiaffo — I slapped him

tirare un calcio — to kick

tirare calci — to kick

tirare il pallone Calcio — to kick the ball

2. vi

(aus avere) (sogg : pipa, camino) to draw, (vestito, indumento) to be tight

tirare avanti — (fig : vivere) to get by, (proseguire) to struggle on

tirare diritto — to keep right on going

tirare tardi/mattina — to stay up late/till the early hours o dawn

tirare col fucile/con l'arco — to shoot with a rifle/with a bow and arrow

tirava un forte vento — a strong wind was blowing

che aria tira? fig — what are things like?, what's the situation like?

tirare a campare — to keep going as best one can

tirare a indovinare — to take a guess

tirare sul prezzo — to bargain

tirare di scherma — to fence

tirare in porta Calcio — to shoot (at goal)

la fantascienza è un genere che tira molto — science fiction is very popular

il mercato/l'economia tira — the market/the economy is thriving

3. vr (tirarsi)

tirarsi indietro — to draw o move back, fig to back out

aveva promesso di aiutarmi ma poi si è tirato indietro — he promised to help me and then backed out

tirarsi su — to pull o.s. up, fig to cheer o.s. up

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[ti'rare] 1.
verbo transitivo

1) (esercitare una trazione su) to pull [catena, corda, leva, freno a mano]; to pull, to tug [ capelli]; (per chiudere) to draw*, to pull [ tende]

tirare qcn. per il braccio — to pull sb. by the arm o sb.'s arm

tirare il collo a un pollo — to wring a chicken's neck

tirare le reti — to pull the nets (out)

2) (lanciare) to throw*, to toss, to fling* [ pallone]; to throw*, to cast* [sasso, dadi]; to shoot*, to fire [ freccia]; (sparare) to shoot*, to fire [proiettile, granata]; to fire, to take* [ colpo]

tirare qcs. a qcn. — to throw sth. at sb., to toss sb. sth

3) (sferrare)

tirare calci — [persona, animale] to kick (out)

tirare un pugno — to throw a punch

tirare un rigore — sport to kick a penalty

4) (tendere) to stretch, to tighten [ filo]; to draw* [ arco]; (stendere) gastr. to roll out [ pasta]

5) (trainare) to draw*, to pull [roulotte, carro, aratro, slitta]

6) (tracciare) to draw* [linea, tratto]

7) (portare con sé)

una parola tira l'altra — one word leads to another

8) (trarre, ricavare) to draw* [acqua, vino]

9) tip. to print [ libro]; to run* off [ copia]

10) tirare dentro (portare dentro) to bring* in(side); fig. (coinvolgere) to bring* into, to drag into

11) tirare dietro to throw* [sth.] behind

te li tirano dietro — fig. they are two o ten a penny, they are a dime a dozen

12) tirare fuori to take* out, to draw* out, to get* out, to pull out [documenti, ombrello, portafogli]; to get* out [ auto]; to bring* out, to get* out, to pull out [fazzoletto, pistola]; to come* up with [idea, risposta]; to come* out with [scusa, verità]; to poke out, to put* out, to stick* out [ lingua]

tirare fuori da qcs. — to take o draw [sth.] out of sth., to produce [sth.] from sth. [ oggetto]

tirami fuori di qui! — (fare uscire) get me out of this place!

cosa tirerà fuori adesso! — what (will he come out with) next!

tirare qcn. fuori dai guai — to get sb. out of trouble

13) tirare giù (abbassare) to take* down, to pull down [pantaloni, mutande]; to draw* down [tapparella, velo, tenda]; to let* down [ orlo]; to fold down [ lenzuolo]; to roll down [ maniche]; to wind* down, to put* down [ finestrino]; fig. to bring* down, to knock back [ prezzo]; (buttare per terra) to throw* [sb., sth.] to the ground; (abbattere) to shoot* down [ aereo]

tirare giù qcn. dal letto — to get o drag o haul sb. out of bed

14) tirare indietro to put* back, to throw* back [ spalle]; to slide* back [ sedile]; (pettinare) to push back [ capelli]

tirare indietro le lancette dell'orologio — to put the clock back

15) tirare in dentro to pull in [ pancia]

16) tirare su (alzare) to pull up, to lift, to hitch up [pantaloni, gonna, calze]; to raise, to draw* up [tenda, tapparella]; to take* up [ orlo]; to pull up, to hitch up [ coperte]; to turn up [ colletto]; to roll up [ maniche]; to wind* up, to put* up [ finestrino]; to raise, to lift, to put* up [testa, braccia, gambe]; to pin up, to put* up [ capelli]; fig. to put* up, to raise, to push up [ prezzo]; (sollevare) to pick up, to catch* up [bambino, borsa]; (costruire) to build* [parete, casa]; (allevare) to bring* up [bambino, figlio]; fig. (risollevare) to uplift, to cheer up [ persona]; to raise, to uplift, to boost [ morale]

tirami su! — lift me up!

tirare su qcs. dal pavimento — to pick sth. off the floor

tirare su col naso — to sniff(le), to snuffle

17) tirare via (togliere) to draw* away [mano, piede]; to pull off [ coperchio]; (strappare) to pull off [ adesivo]
2.
verbo intransitivo (aus. avere)

1) (esercitare una trazione) to pull

tira forte! — pull hard!

2) (soffiare) to blow*; (avere tiraggio) [camino, pompa] to draw*

oggi tira vento — it's windy o the wind is blowing today

sentire o vedere che aria tira fig. to see which way the wind blows; con l'aria che tira! — at the rate things are going!

3) (con un'arma) to shoot* (su, a at)

tirare con l'arco — to shoot with a bow and arrow

tirare di boxe — sport to box

tirare di scherma — sport to fence

4) (stringere)

tirare in vita — [ vestito] to be (too) tight around one's waist

5) fig. (aver successo) [ affari] to go* well; [ prodotto] to sell*

6) fig. (contrattare)

tirare sul prezzo — to haggle over the price, to bargain

7) gerg. (sniffare)

tirare di coca — to sniff coke

8) tirare avanti (continuare) to go* on, to carry on, to press on; (vivacchiare) to bear* up, to struggle along; (sopravvivere economicamente) to cope, to get* along, to scrape by

questo mi basta per tirare avanti — this is enough to keep me going

9) tirare d(i)ritto (andare oltre) to pass on
3.
verbo pronominale tirarsi

1) (esercitare una trazione)

- rsi i capelli — to pull at one's hair; (l'un l'altro) to pull at each other's hair

-rsi i baffi, il labbro — to tug at one's moustache, lip

2) (spostarsi)

- rsi in là — to budge up o over, to shove over

tirati da parte — step o move aside

3) (lanciarsi) to throw* [sth.] to each other [ pallone]; to throw* [sth.] at each other, to throw* [sth.] against each other [sassi, colpi]

4) tirarsi addosso to bring* (down) [sth.] upon oneself; fig. (attirarsi) to bring* down, to incur [dispiacere, collera]; to bring* [sth.] down [ critiche]

5) tirarsi dietro to bring* along [ persona]; fig. to bring* about [problemi, complicazioni]

tirati dietro la porta — close the door behind you

6) tirarsi fuori da to wriggle one's way out of, to clamber out of

- rsi fuori dai guai — fig. to wriggle off the hook

7) tirarsi indietro (scansarsi) to move aside, to step aside; (ritirarsi) to back down, to flinch, to hang* back; (pettinarsi)

- rsi indietro i capelli — to tie back one's hair

8) tirarsi su (alzarsi) to rise*, to draw* oneself up, to raise oneself up; (mettersi dritto) to rise*, to stand* up, to get* up; (mettersi seduto) to sit* upright, to raise oneself to a sitting position; fig. (risollevarsi) (moralmente) to cheer up; (fisicamente) to gather oneself, to recover, to bounce back; (economicamente) to bounce back; (raccogliere) to put* up, to pin up [ capelli]; to pull up, to hitch up [pantaloni, gonna, calze]

9) tirarsela colloq. to put* on airs, to get* above oneself

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tirare per le lunghe, in lungo — to spin out [storia, discussione]; to drag out [riunione, discorso]

tirarla per le lunghe — to drag one's feet o heels, to hang fire

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tirare

/ti'rare/ [1]

I verbo transitivo

1 (esercitare una trazione su) to pull [catena, corda, leva, freno a mano]; to pull, to tug [ capelli]; (per chiudere) to draw*, to pull [ tende]; tirare qcn. per il braccio to pull sb. by the arm o sb.'s arm; tirare il collo a un pollo to wring a chicken's neck; tirare le reti to pull the nets (out)

2 (lanciare) to throw*, to toss, to fling* [ pallone]; to throw*, to cast* [sasso, dadi]; to shoot*, to fire [ freccia]; (sparare) to shoot*, to fire [proiettile, granata]; to fire, to take* [ colpo]; tirare qcs. a qcn. to throw sth. at sb., to toss sb. sth.

3 (sferrare) tirare calci [persona, animale] to kick (out); tirare un pugno to throw a punch; tirare un rigore sport to kick a penalty

4 (tendere) to stretch, to tighten [ filo]; to draw* [ arco]; (stendere) gastr. to roll out [ pasta]

5 (trainare) to draw*, to pull [roulotte, carro, aratro, slitta]

6 (tracciare) to draw* [linea, tratto]

7 (portare con sé) una parola tira l'altra one word leads to another

8 (trarre, ricavare) to draw* [acqua, vino]

9 tip. to print [ libro]; to run* off [ copia]

10 tirare dentro (portare dentro) to bring* in(side); fig. (coinvolgere) to bring* into, to drag into

11 tirare dietro to throw* [sth.] behind; te li tirano dietro fig. they are two o ten a penny, they are a dime a dozen

12 tirare fuori to take* out, to draw* out, to get* out, to pull out [documenti, ombrello, portafogli]; to get* out [ auto]; to bring* out, to get* out, to pull out [fazzoletto, pistola]; to come* up with [idea, risposta]; to come* out with [scusa, verità]; to poke out, to put* out, to stick* out [ lingua]; tirare fuori da qcs. to take o draw [sth.] out of sth., to produce [sth.] from sth. [ oggetto]; tirami fuori di qui! (fare uscire) get me out of this place! cosa tirerà fuori adesso! what (will he come out with) next! tirare qcn. fuori dai guai to get sb. out of trouble

13 tirare giù (abbassare) to take* down, to pull down [pantaloni, mutande]; to draw* down [tapparella, velo, tenda]; to let* down [ orlo]; to fold down [ lenzuolo]; to roll down [ maniche]; to wind* down, to put* down [ finestrino]; fig. to bring* down, to knock back [ prezzo]; (buttare per terra) to throw* [sb., sth.] to the ground; (abbattere) to shoot* down [ aereo]; tirare giù qcn. dal letto to get o drag o haul sb. out of bed

14 tirare indietro to put* back, to throw* back [ spalle]; to slide* back [ sedile]; (pettinare) to push back [ capelli]; tirare indietro le lancette dell'orologio to put the clock back

15 tirare in dentro to pull in [ pancia]

16 tirare su (alzare) to pull up, to lift, to hitch up [pantaloni, gonna, calze]; to raise, to draw* up [tenda, tapparella]; to take* up [ orlo]; to pull up, to hitch up [ coperte]; to turn up [ colletto]; to roll up [ maniche]; to wind* up, to put* up [ finestrino]; to raise, to lift, to put* up [testa, braccia, gambe]; to pin up, to put* up [ capelli]; fig. to put* up, to raise, to push up [ prezzo]; (sollevare) to pick up, to catch* up [bambino, borsa]; (costruire) to build* [parete, casa]; (allevare) to bring* up [bambino, figlio]; fig. (risollevare) to uplift, to cheer up [ persona]; to raise, to uplift, to boost [ morale]; tirami su! lift me up! tirare su qcs. dal pavimento to pick sth. off the floor; tirare su col naso to sniff(le), to snuffle

17 tirare via (togliere) to draw* away [mano, piede]; to pull off [ coperchio]; (strappare) to pull off [ adesivo]

II verbo intransitivo

(aus. avere)

1 (esercitare una trazione) to pull; tira forte! pull hard!

2 (soffiare) to blow*; (avere tiraggio) [camino, pompa] to draw*; oggi tira vento it's windy o the wind is blowing today; sentire o vedere che aria tira fig. to see which way the wind blows; con l'aria che tira! at the rate things are going!

3 (con un'arma) to shoot* (su, a at); tirare con l'arco to shoot with a bow and arrow; tirare di boxe sport to box; tirare di scherma sport to fence

4 (stringere) tirare in vita [ vestito] to be (too) tight around one's waist

5 fig. (aver successo) [ affari] to go* well; [ prodotto] to sell*

6 fig. (contrattare) tirare sul prezzo to haggle over the price, to bargain

7 gerg. (sniffare) tirare di coca to sniff coke

8 tirare avanti (continuare) to go* on, to carry on, to press on; (vivacchiare) to bear* up, to struggle along; (sopravvivere economicamente) to cope, to get* along, to scrape by; questo mi basta per tirare avanti this is enough to keep me going

9 tirare d(i)ritto (andare oltre) to pass on

III tirarsi verbo pronominale

1 (esercitare una trazione) - rsi i capelli to pull at one's hair; (l'un l'altro) to pull at each other's hair; -rsi i baffi, il labbro to tug at one's moustache, lip

2 (spostarsi) - rsi in là to budge up o over, to shove over; tirati da parte step o move aside

3 (lanciarsi) to throw* [sth.] to each other [ pallone]; to throw* [sth.] at each other, to throw* [sth.] against each other [sassi, colpi]

4 tirarsi addosso to bring* (down) [sth.] upon oneself; fig. (attirarsi) to bring* down, to incur [dispiacere, collera]; to bring* [sth.] down [ critiche]

5 tirarsi dietro to bring* along [ persona]; fig. to bring* about [problemi, complicazioni]; tirati dietro la porta close the door behind you

6 tirarsi fuori da to wriggle one's way out of, to clamber out of; - rsi fuori dai guai fig. to wriggle off the hook

7 tirarsi indietro (scansarsi) to move aside, to step aside; (ritirarsi) to back down, to flinch, to hang* back; (pettinarsi) - rsi indietro i capelli to tie back one's hair

8 tirarsi su (alzarsi) to rise*, to draw* oneself up, to raise oneself up; (mettersi dritto) to rise*, to stand* up, to get* up; (mettersi seduto) to sit* upright, to raise oneself to a sitting position; fig. (risollevarsi) (moralmente) to cheer up; (fisicamente) to gather oneself, to recover, to bounce back; (economicamente) to bounce back; (raccogliere) to put* up, to pin up [ capelli]; to pull up, to hitch up [pantaloni, gonna, calze]

9 tirarsela colloq. to put* on airs, to get* above oneself

IDIOMS

tirare per le lunghe, in lungo to spin out [storia, discussione]; to drag out [riunione, discorso]; tirarla per le lunghe to drag one's feet o heels, to hang fire.

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20 raccogliere

( tirar su) pick up

( radunare) gather, collect

agriculture harvest

raccogliere i frutti di qualcosa reap the benefits of something

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raccogliere v.tr.

1 to pick up; ( fiori, cotone ecc.) to pick: raccogli quel fazzoletto, quel pezzo di carta, pick up that handkerchief, that piece of paper; raccogliere cotone, to pick cotton; il treno si ferma per raccogliere i passeggeri, the train stops to pick up passengers; raccogliere i feriti, i naufraghi, to pick up the wounded, the shipwrecked men; raccogliere un punto, ( a maglia) to pick up a stitch; (elettr.) raccogliere impulsi, to pick up impulses // raccogliere l'allusione, to take the hint

2 ( radunare, mettere insieme) to gather, to get* together; to assemble, to collect: devi raccogliere tutti gli studenti in questa sala, you must assemble all the students in this hall; raccolse una ventina di uomini, he got together about twenty men (o he collected about twenty men); hanno raccolto le sue lettere in un volume, they have collected his letters in one volume; ogni settimana raccolgo alcuni amici a casa mia, every week I get a few friends together at my house; raccolse le sue carte e se ne andò, he gathered (up) his papers and went away; raccogliere i capelli in una crocchia, to gather (up) one's hair into a knot; raccogliere informazioni, notizie su qlco., to gather information, news about sthg.; il fiume che raccoglie le acque da molti affluenti, the river that receives the waters of many tributaries; raccogliere legna, to gather wood; raccogliere le offerte in chiesa, to collect offerings in church; stanno raccogliendo fondi per la Croce Rossa, they are raising (o collecting) funds for the Red Cross // (econ.): raccogliere sottoscrizioni, to take up contributions; raccogliere capitali, to borrow (o to raise) capital // raccogliere le idee, le proprie energie, to collect (o to gather) one's ideas, one's energies // raccogliere lodi, to gain (o to win) praise

3 ( collezionare) to collect, to make* a collection of (sthg.): raccogliere francobolli, monete, to collect stamps, coins

4 ( ottenere) to receive: la proposta raccolse molti voti, the proposal received many votes // raccolse molta simpatia, he was well liked by everybody // raccogliere un'eredità, to receive an inheritance; raccogliere l'eredità di qlcu., to inherit from s.o.

5 ( avere come raccolto) to reap, to harvest: spero di raccogliere più dell'anno scorso, I hope to reap a bigger crop than last year // raccogliere il frutto del proprio lavoro, to reap the harvest of one's work // si raccoglie quel che si semina, (prov.) as ye sow, so shall ye reap

6 ( accogliere, dar rifugio a) to take* in, to shelter: istituto che raccoglie l'infanzia abbandonata, institute which takes in abandoned children

7 ( accettare) to accept: raccogliere un invito, una richiesta, to accept an invitation, a request // non raccogliere un insulto, to ignore an insult; il suo capo continuava a provocarlo ma lui non raccoglieva, his boss continued to tease (o to provoke) him but he paid no attention

8 ( ripiegare): raccogliere le ali, ( di uccello) to fold its wings; raccogliere le vele, to furl the sails

9 ( tirare a sé) raccogliere le reti, to draw (o to pull) in the nets.

◘ raccogliersi v.intr.pron.

1 ( radunarsi) to gather, to assemble: si raccolsero tutti intorno a lui, they all gathered around him

2 (ammassarsi, di nuvole ecc.) to gather

◆ v.rifl.

1 ( di membra) to gather oneself: raccogliere prima di tuffarsi, to gather oneself before diving

2 ( concentrarsi) to collect one's thoughts, to concentrate, to be engrossed: raccogliere in preghiera, in meditazione, to be engrossed (o concentrated) in prayer, in meditation; si raccolse in silenzio riflettendo sulla situazione, he collected his thoughts in silence reflecting on the situation.

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1. [rak'kɔʎʎere]
vb irreg vt
1) (raccattare) to pick up

puoi raccogliere i tuoi giocattoli? — can you pick up your toys?

mi ero chinato a raccogliere la penna — I had bent down to pick up the pen

l'istituto raccoglie molti bambini abbandonati — the institution takes in many abandoned children

non ha raccolto il guanto fig — he didn't take up the gauntlet

non ha raccolto — (allusione) he didn't take the hint, (frecciata) he took no notice of it

2) (frutta, fiori) to pick, pluck, Agr to harvest, (fig : onori, successo) to reap, (approvazione, voti) to win

abbiamo raccolto un mazzetto di fiori — we picked a bunch of flowers

raccogliere il grano — to harvest the wheat

raccogliere l'uva — to pick grapes

raccogliere i frutti del proprio lavoro fig — to reap the benefits of one's work

3) (radunare: persone) to assemble, (notizie, denaro, firme) to gather, collect

stiamo raccogliendo libri usati per la biblioteca — we're collecting second-hand books for the library

raccogliere fondi — to raise funds

ho raccolto le mie cose e me ne sono andata — I took my things and went

raccogliere le idee fig — to gather o collect one's thoughts

4) (collezionare: francobolli, monete, cartoline) to collect

5) (ripiegare: ali) to fold, (gambe) to draw up, (vele) to furl, (capelli) to put up

2. vip (raccogliersi)

(radunarsi) to gather

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[rak'kɔʎʎere] 1.
verbo transitivo

1) (prendere da terra) to collect, to pick up [conchiglie, sassi]; to gather [ legna]; to clean up, to clear up [ immondizia]

2) (cogliere) to pick, to harvest, to crop [frutta, verdura]; to pick, to gather [fiori, funghi]; to harvest, to reap [uva, grano]; [ ape] to collect [ polline]

raccogliere i frutti del proprio lavoro — fig. to reap the fruit of one's labour

3) (radunare, mettere assieme) to collect, to get* together, to gather [ oggetti sparsi]; (ritirare) to collect [giornali vecchi, immondizia]; scol. to take* in, to collect [quaderni, compiti]

raccogliere le idee — to collect o gather one's thoughts

raccogliere le proprie forze — to gather o collect o muster one's strength

4) (piegando, arrotolando)

raccogliere i capelli in uno chignon — to put o wear o gather (up) one's hair in a bun

5) (accumulare) to collect, to raise [ somma]; to collect [ firme]; to gather (together), to collect [testimonianze, informazioni, dati]; (collezionare) to collect [monete, francobolli]

6) (ricevere, ottenere) to obtain [ voti]; to win*, to gain [applausi, lodi]

raccogliere consensi — to meet with approval

7) (convogliare) to collect [ acqua]

8) (accettare) to take* up, to respond to [ sfida]; to respond to, to react to [ provocazione]; to accept [ invito]; (accogliere) to shelter, to house [ profughi]; to take* in [ animale abbandonato]

9) (capire) to take*, to catch* [ allusione]
2.
verbo pronominale raccogliersi

1) (radunarsi) to collect, to gather

2) (con centrarsi, meditare) to concentrate, to collect one's thoughts

- rsi in preghiera — to collect one's thoughts in prayer, to compose one's thoughts for prayer

3) (rannicchiarsi) to crouch

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raccogliere

/rak'kɔλλere/ [28]

I verbo transitivo

1 (prendere da terra) to collect, to pick up [conchiglie, sassi]; to gather [ legna]; to clean up, to clear up [ immondizia]

2 (cogliere) to pick, to harvest, to crop [frutta, verdura]; to pick, to gather [fiori, funghi]; to harvest, to reap [uva, grano]; [ ape] to collect [ polline]; raccogliere i frutti del proprio lavoro fig. to reap the fruit of one's labour

3 (radunare, mettere assieme) to collect, to get* together, to gather [ oggetti sparsi]; (ritirare) to collect [giornali vecchi, immondizia]; scol. to take* in, to collect [quaderni, compiti]; raccogliere le idee to collect o gather one's thoughts; raccogliere le proprie forze to gather o collect o muster one's strength

4 (piegando, arrotolando) raccogliere i capelli in uno chignon to put o wear o gather (up) one's hair in a bun

5 (accumulare) to collect, to raise [ somma]; to collect [ firme]; to gather (together), to collect [testimonianze, informazioni, dati]; (collezionare) to collect [monete, francobolli]

6 (ricevere, ottenere) to obtain [ voti]; to win*, to gain [applausi, lodi]; raccogliere consensi to meet with approval

7 (convogliare) to collect [ acqua]

8 (accettare) to take* up, to respond to [ sfida]; to respond to, to react to [ provocazione]; to accept [ invito]; (accogliere) to shelter, to house [ profughi]; to take* in [ animale abbandonato]

9 (capire) to take*, to catch* [ allusione]

II raccogliersi verbo pronominale

1 (radunarsi) to collect, to gather

2 (con centrarsi, meditare) to concentrate, to collect one's thoughts; - rsi in preghiera to collect one's thoughts in prayer, to compose one's thoughts for prayer

3 (rannicchiarsi) to crouch.

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теребить — ТЕРЕБИТЬ1, несов., кого что. Приводить кого , что л. или их отдельные части в легкое, разнонаправленное непоступательное движение с помощью незначительных толчков, щипков и т.п.; Син.: Разг. тормошить [impf. to pull (at, about), keep pulling (at) … Большой толковый словарь русских глаголов
Yang Zhu — (zh cpw|c=楊朱/杨朱|p=Yáng Zhū|w=Yang Chu; 370 319 BCE), was a Chinese philosopher during the Warring States period. An early Hedonist, Epicurean, or Sophist alternative to Confucian thought, Yang Zhu s surviving ideas appear primarily in chapter… … Wikipedia
tear — tear1 /tear/, n. 1. a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. 2. this fluid … Universalium
перебирать — ПЕРЕБИРАТЬ1, несов. (сов. перебрать), что. Касаясь руками чего л. и разбирая одно за другим, поочередно рассортировывать (рассортировать), пересматривать (пересмотреть) все, многое [impf. to sort out]. Бывшие супруги перебирали общие фотографии и … Большой толковый словарь русских глаголов
trichotillomania — noun an irresistible urge to pull out your own hair • Hypernyms: ↑mania, ↑passion, ↑cacoethes * * * /trik euh til euh may nee euh/, n. Psychiatry. a compulsion to pull out one s hair. [1900 05; TRICHO + Gk tíll(ein) to pluck, pull out + O +… … Useful english dictionary

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