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triza
SPANISH-ENGLISH
turbar
- difficult Nos costó un triunfo conseguirlo. It cost us a lot of effort to get it. or It was no easy matter to get it.
- triza small piece.
○ hacer trizas to tear to bits Hizo trizas el papel. He tore the paper to bits. - trompa horn; elephant's trunk.
- trompeta [f] trumpet, bugle. ▲ [m] bugler.
- tronar [rad-ch I] to thunder Ha estado tronando durante toda la noche. It's been thundering all night long.
○ por lo que pueda tronar as a precaution Lo llevaré por lo que pueda tronar. I'll take it along as a precaution. - tronchado (see tronchar) broken.
○ estar tronchado to be all in. - tronchar to break.
○ troncharse to split one's sides with laughter [Slang]. - troncho stalk, stem (of garden plants).
- tronco trunk, stalk, stem El tronco del árbol es muy grueso. The tree has a large trunk. ▲ team Un hermoso tronco de caballos tiraba del carro. The carriage was drawn by a handsome team of horses. ▲ stock Procede de viejo tronco. He comes from very old stock.
- trono throne.
- tropa troop Las tropas desfilaron por la calle. The troops marched through the streets.
- tropel [m] bustle, confusion (of people) ¿Por qué hay tanto tropel en la calle? Why is there so much confusion in the street?
○ en tropel boisterously, in a throng Entraron en la casa en tropel. They entered the house boisterously. ○ tropel de caballos herd of horses. - tropelía excess, excessive act; outrage Los soldados cometieron tropelías. The troops committed many outrages.
- tropezar [rad-ch I] to stumble Tropezó y cayó al suelo. He stumbled and fell.
○ tropezar con to run into, come upon Tropecé con él en la calle. I came upon him in the street. ○ tropezar en to trip over Tropecé en el bordillo de la acera. I tripped over the curb. - tropical tropical.
- trópico tropic (al). ▲ [m] tropics.
- tropiezo obstacle, hitch.
- trotar to trot Los caballos trotaban a través del campo. The horses were trotting across the field. ▲ to hustle Me he pasado la mañana trotando. I've been on the go all morning.
- trote [m] trot El caballo tiene muy buen trote. The horse has a good trot.
○ al trote in haste Me llevaba al trote. He kept me on the run. - trozo piece Déme Ud. un trozo de pollo. Give me a piece of chicken. ▲ part Un trozo de la calle está en mal estado. ▲ part of the street is in bad shape. ▲ fragment Está hecho con trozos de tela. It's made out of odds and ends of cloth. ▲ selection, passage (of books) Léame un trozo de ese libro. Read me a selection from that book.
○ trozo de madera wooden block El niño juega con trozos de madera. The child is playing with wooden blocks. ○ trozo musical musical selection Es un lindo trozo musical. That's a beautiful piece of music. - trucha trout.
- trueno thunder Hubo truenos y relámpagos durante la tormenta. There was thunder and lightning during the storm.
○ trueno gordo big scandal Esa noticia será un trueno gordo. That news will create a big scandal. - trusa bathing suit [Antilles].
- tu pl tus [adj; Fam] your Aquí tienes tus guantes y tu bastón. Here are your gloves and your cane.
- tu [pron; Fam] you María, tu irás conmigo. Mary, you'll go with me.
○ tratar de tú to use tú in addressing, be on intimate terms with ¿Le trata Ud. de tú? Are you on intimate terms with him? - tubo tube, pipe.
- tuerca nut (hardware)
- tuerto one-eyed.
- tumba tomb.
- tumbar to knock down Lo tumbó al primer golpe. He knocked him down with the first punch.
○ tumbarse to tumble Se tumbó en la cama. He tumbled into bed. - tumbo tumble, somersault Andaba dando tumbos. He was turning somersaults.
- tumor [m] tumor.
- tumulto mob, noisy crowd.
- tuna prickly pear [Am].
- tunante [m] rake, rascal, rogue ¡Es un tunante! He's a rascal!
- túnel [m] tunnel.
- tupido (see tupir) thick; close-woven; stopped up, clogged.
- tupir to pack tight Se me han tupido las narices. My nose is stopped up.
- turba crowd, mob.
- turbación [f] confusion.
- turbar to disturb, upset; to confuse.
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