túnel

m.

tunnel, underground passage.

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túnel

► nombre masculino

1 tunnel

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FRASEOLOGÍA

hacer un túnel DEPORTE to slip the ball between an opposing player's legs

túnel aerodinámico wind tunnel

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noun m.

tunnel

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SM

1) (=paso) tunnel

túnel aerodinámico — wind tunnel

túnel de lavado — car wash

túnel del Canal de la Mancha — Channel Tunnel

túnel del tiempo — time warp

túnel de pruebas aerodinámicas — wind tunnel

túnel de vestuarios — tunnel leading to the changing rooms

túnel de viento — wind tunnel

2) (=crisis) bad time

3) (Dep) nutmeg

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masculino tunnel

hacerle el túnel a alguien — (Dep) to thread the ball through somebody's legs

- túnel de lavado

- túnel del tiempo

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= tunnel.

Ex. An underground stack, to hold 1,250,000 books and the cataloguing services, was constructed under the inner courtyard of the main university building, to which the stack is linked by a tunnel.

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* túnel de lavado = drive-through car wash.

* ver la luz al final del túnel = see + the light at the end of the tunnel.

* visión de túnel = tunnel vision, tunnel vision.

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masculino tunnel

hacerle el túnel a alguien — (Dep) to thread the ball through somebody's legs

- túnel de lavado

- túnel del tiempo

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= tunnel.

Ex: An underground stack, to hold 1,250,000 books and the cataloguing services, was constructed under the inner courtyard of the main university building, to which the stack is linked by a tunnel.

* túnel de lavado = drive-through car wash.

* ver la luz al final del túnel = see + the light at the end of the tunnel.

* visión de túnel = tunnel vision, tunnel vision.

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túnel

masculine

1 (Const, Ferr) tunnel

hacerle el túnel a algn to thread the ball through sb's legs, to nutmeg sb (BrE colloq)

2 (crisis) tunnel

ya estamos saliendo del túnel there's light at the end of the tunnel

Compuestos:

● túnel aerodinámico or de aire

wind tunnel

● túnel de lavado

car wash

● túnel del tiempo

time tunnel

si se pudiera viajar al pasado/futuro en un túnel del tiempo if you could go back/forward in time

● túnel de viento

wind tunnel

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túnel sustantivo masculino
tunnel;

◊ túnel de lavado car wash

túnel sustantivo masculino tunnel
túnel del tiempo, time tunnel

'túnel' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrir
- excavar
- subterránea
- subterráneo
- tapar
- apuntalar
- boca
- hacer
English:
car wash
- Channel Tunnel
- chunnel
- come through
- dig
- drive-through
- light
- mouth
- tunnel
- under
- car
- channel

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túnel nm

tunnel;

Dep

hacerle un túnel a alguien to nutmeg sb;

Comp

salir del túnel: a ver cómo conseguimos salir del túnel we'll have to see how we can get out of this fix;

estamos empezando a salir del túnel we are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel

Comp

túnel aerodinámico wind tunnel;

Túnel del Canal de la Mancha Channel Tunnel;

Aut túnel de lavado car wash;

túnel del tiempo time tunnel;

túnel de vestuarios [en estadio] tunnel;

túnel de viento wind tunnel

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túnel

m tunnel;

hacer un túnel a alguien fam

en fútbol nutmeg s.o.

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túnel nm

: tunnel

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túnel n tunnel