- resorte
- m.1 spring (muelle).2 means (medio).tocar todos los resortes to pull out all the stops3 elastic (elástico). (Mexican Spanish)4 responsibility, duty, obligation.* * *resorte► nombre masculino1 spring2 figurado means plural\FRASEOLOGÍAconocer todos los resortes de algo figurado to know all the ins and outs of somethingtocar todos los resortes figurado to pull all the strings* * *SM1) (=muelle) spring2) (=medio) means, expedient; (=enchufe) contact; (=influencia) influence
tocar resortes — to pull strings
tocar todos los resortes — to use all one's influence, pull all the strings one can
3) LAm * (=incumbencia) concern; (=competencia) provinceno es de mi resorte — it's not my concern o province
* * *masculino1) (muelle) spring; (medio, influencia)los resortes del poder — the reins of power
tocó todos los resortes — she used all her influence
2) (AmC, Col, Méx) (elástico) elastic* * *= spring.Ex. There is a film on the camera for a hundred exposures, and the spring for operating its shutter and shifting its film is wound once for all when the film is inserted.----* resorte de espiral = slinky.* * *masculino1) (muelle) spring; (medio, influencia)los resortes del poder — the reins of power
tocó todos los resortes — she used all her influence
2) (AmC, Col, Méx) (elástico) elastic* * *= spring.Ex: There is a film on the camera for a hundred exposures, and the spring for operating its shutter and shifting its film is wound once for all when the film is inserted.
* resorte de espiral = slinky.* * *resortemasculineA1 (muelle) springsaltó como movida por un resorte she sprang up2(medio, influencia): los resortes del poder the reins of powertocó todos los resortes para llegar a verlo she used all her influence o she pulled all the strings she could to get to see himB (AmC, Col, Méx) (elástico) elasticC (Arg, Méx) (responsabilidad) responsibility; (autoridad) authority, remit (BrE)* * *
resorte sustantivo masculinoa) (muelle) springb) (AmC, Col, Méx) (elástico) elastic
resorte sustantivo masculino
1 Mec spring
2 (para lograr un fin) means pl
'resorte' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fleje
- muelle
English:
spring
- spring-loaded
- jack
- ribbed
* * *resorte nm1. [muelle] spring2. [medio] means;tocar todos los resortes to pull out all the stops3. Méx [elástico] elastic4. Méx [órbita] responsibility;ese delito es del resorte de la justicia penal that crime falls under the jurisdiction of criminal law* * *resortem spring;tocar todos los resortes fig pull all the strings one can* * *resorte nm1) muelle: spring2) : elasticity3) : influence, means pltocar resortes: to pull strings
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.