resorte

m.

1 spring (muelle).

2 means (medio).

tocar todos los resortes to pull out all the stops

3 elastic (elástico). (Mexican Spanish)

4 responsibility, duty, obligation.

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resorte

► nombre masculino

1 spring

2 figurado means plural

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FRASEOLOGÍA

conocer todos los resortes de algo figurado to know all the ins and outs of something

tocar todos los resortes figurado to pull all the strings

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SM

1) (=muelle) spring

2) (=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) province

no es de mi resorte — it's not my concern o province

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masculino

1) (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

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= 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.

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* resorte de espiral = slinky.

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masculino

1) (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

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= 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.

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resorte

masculine

A

1 (muelle) spring

saltó como movida por un resorte she sprang up

2

(medio, influencia): los resortes del poder the reins of power

tocó todos los resortes para llegar a verlo she used all her influence o she pulled all the strings she could to get to see him

B (AmC, Col, Méx) (elástico) elastic

C (Arg, Méx) (responsabilidad) responsibility; (autoridad) authority, remit (BrE)

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resorte sustantivo masculino

a) (muelle) spring

b) (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

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resorte nm

1. [muelle] spring

2. [medio] means;

tocar todos los resortes to pull out all the stops

3. Méx [elástico] elastic

4. Méx [órbita] responsibility;

ese delito es del resorte de la justicia penal that crime falls under the jurisdiction of criminal law

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resorte

m spring;

tocar todos los resortes fig pull all the strings one can

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resorte nm

1) muelle: spring

2) : elasticity

3) : influence, means pl

tocar resortes: to pull strings