horca

f.

1 gallows.

2 pitchfork (tool).

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: horcar.

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horca

► nombre femenino

1 (patíbulo) gallows plural, gibbet

2 AGRICULTURA hayfork, pitchfork

3 (de ajos, cebollas) string

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SF

1) [de ejecución] gallows, gibbet

condenar a algn a la horca — to condemn sb o send sb to the gallows

2) (Agr) pitchfork

3) [de ajos] string

4) Caribe (=regalo) birthday present, present given on one's saint's day

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femenino

1) (patíbulo) gallows (pl); (juego)

la horca — hangman

2) (Agr) pitchfork, hayfork

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= hay fork, noose.

Ex. This is no doubt the only library that is entered through a silo with hay forks hanging through original barn beams overhead.

Ex. There was something inexpressibly poignant about the sight of the once powerful Roger Balzac sitting quiescently like a victim in a noose across the desk from him.

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femenino

1) (patíbulo) gallows (pl); (juego)

la horca — hangman

2) (Agr) pitchfork, hayfork

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= hay fork, noose.

Ex: This is no doubt the only library that is entered through a silo with hay forks hanging through original barn beams overhead.

Ex: There was something inexpressibly poignant about the sight of the once powerful Roger Balzac sitting quiescently like a victim in a noose across the desk from him.

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horca

feminine

A

1 (patíbulo) gallows (pl)

lo condenaron a la horca he was sentenced to hang, he was condemned to the gallows

pasar (por) las horcas caudinas: tendrán que pasar por las horcas caudinas del referéndum the referendum will be a stern test for them

fue pasar las horcas caudinas tener que pedírselo it was a terrible ordeal having to ask him for it

2

(juego): la horca hangman

B (Agr) pitchfork, hayfork

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horca sustantivo femenino
1 (patíbulo) gallows (pl);
(juego):

◊ la horca hangman

2 (Agr) pitchfork, hayfork
horca sustantivo femenino gallows pl
'horca' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cadalso
- patíbulo
- verdugo
English:
fork
- gallows
- pitchfork
- hang
- hanging
- pitch

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horca nf

1. [patíbulo] gallows;

condenar a alguien a la horca to sentence sb to be hanged

2. [herramienta] pitchfork

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horca

f gallows pl

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horca nf

1) : gallows pl

2) : pitchfork