- hilar
- v.to spin (hilo).hilar delgado o muy fino (figurative) to split hairs* * *hilar► verbo transitivo1 to spin2 figurado to work out\FRASEOLOGÍAhilar muy fino / hilar muy delgado figurado to split hairs* * *verbto spin* * *VT1) (Cos) to spin2) (=relacionar) to reason, infer* * *1.verbo intransitivo to spin2.
hilar fino — to split hairs
hilar vta) <algodón/lana> to spin; araña to spinb) <ideas/hechos> to string together* * *= texture, spin.Ex. The play was an entrancing production that was textured with ideas, witty, and cunningly crafted.Ex. Then the fairies told them how happily the spiders lived among the green leaves spinning garments for their neigbbors.----* hilar demasiado fino = split + hairs.* rueda de hilar = spinning wheel.* * *1.verbo intransitivo to spin2.hilar fino — to split hairs
hilar vta) <algodón/lana> to spin; araña to spinb) <ideas/hechos> to string together* * *= texture, spin.Ex: The play was an entrancing production that was textured with ideas, witty, and cunningly crafted.
Ex: Then the fairies told them how happily the spiders lived among the green leaves spinning garments for their neigbbors.* hilar demasiado fino = split + hairs.* rueda de hilar = spinning wheel.* * *hilar [A1 ]vito spinhilar fino or (Col) hilar delgado to split hairs■ hilarvt1 ‹algodón/lana› to spin2 «araña» to spin3 ‹ideas/hechos› to string together* * *
hilar (conjugate hilar) verbo intransitivo
to spin;◊ hilar fino to split hairs
verbo transitivoa) ‹algodón/lana› to spin;
[araña] to spinb) ‹ideas/hechos› to string together
hilar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo
1 (hacer hilo) to spin
2 (relacionar datos) to string together, link
♦ Locuciones: hilar fino, to split hairs
'hilar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hilada
- hilado
English:
spin
- string
* * *hilar♦ vt1. [hilo] to spin;la araña hiló una telaraña the spider spun a web2. [ideas, planes] to think up♦ viComphilar delgado o [m5]muy fino: eso es hilar delgado o [m5]muy fino that's splitting hairs;voy a tener que hilar muy delgado o [m5]fino para que no rechace mi propuesta I'm going to have to tread very carefully so he doesn't reject my proposal* * *hilarI v/t spinII v/i:hilar delgado ofino fig split hairs* * *hilar vt1) : to spin (thread)2) : to consider, to string together (ideas)hilar vi1) : to spin2)hilar delgado : to split hairs* * *hilar vb to spin [pt. & pp. spun]
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.