Palabra Inglés del Día

Definiciones

inglés > español
wood
1. s. Madera.
2. s. Cualquier instrumento de viento hecho de madera.
3. s. Bosque.
4. adj. Hecho de madera.
5. adj. Propio o relacionado con la madera.
6. Cubrir con plantas o arboles.
7. Suministrar madera.
inglés > inglés
wood
1. s. The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
This table is made of wood.
There was lots of wood on the beach.
2. s. The wood of a particular species of tree.
Teak is much used for outdoor benches, but a number of other woods are also suitable, such as ipé, redwood, etc.
3. s. A forested or wooded area.
He got lost in the woods beyond Seattle.
4. s. Firewood.
We need more wood for the fire.
5. s. (golf) A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
6. s. (music) A woodwind instrument.
7. s. (slang) An erection of the penis.
That girl at the strip club gave me wood.
8. s. (chess, slang) Chess pieces.
9. v. To cover or plant with trees.
10. v. (reflexive, intransitive) To hide behind trees.
11. v. To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
to wood a steamboat or a locomotive
12. v. (intransitive) To take or get a supply of wood.
13. adj. (obsolete) Mad, insane, crazed.
14. s. (US, sometimes offensive chiefly prison slang) A peckerwood.
español > inglés
madera
1. n-f. wood
2. n-f. wooden plank, board
3. n-f. makings
No tiene madera de instigador. - He hasn't got the makings of an instigator.

Pronunciación

Ejemplos

Let's knock on wood so that our dream will come true.      Toquemos madera para que nuestro sueño pueda hacerse realidad. You must have foresight and cut the wood before winter comes.      Hay que ser previsor y cortar la leña antes de que llegue el invierno. Is it made of wood or metal?      ¿Esto está hecho de madera o de metal? She felt ashamed of her mother, a poorly clad woman, who picked up wood in the forest.      Se sentía avergonzada de su madre, una mujer pobremente vestida, que recogía madera en el bosque. Put some more wood on the fire.      Echa algo más de leña al fuego.

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