- tuerca
- f.1 nut.apretar las tuercas a alguien to tighten the screws on somebody2 screw nut, nut, lug nut, lug.* * *tuerca► nombre femenino1 nut* * *noun f.nut* * *SF nut
tuerca mariposa — wing nut
* * *femenino nutapretarle a alguien las tuercas — (fam) to clamp down on somebody (colloq)
* * *= hose, nut.Ex. Further down still the shank of the spindle, rounded again, entered the hose, which was an oblong rectangular wooden box, 25 cm. long by 12.5 cm. square bored with a hole to take the spindle down its long axis.Ex. The movement of the bar turned the spindle through about ninety degrees, and the screw working in the nut caused it to descend about 15 mm.----* tuerca de la rueda = lug nut.* tuerca de mariposa = thumb-screw.* tuerca hexagonal = hexagonal nut.* * *femenino nutapretarle a alguien las tuercas — (fam) to clamp down on somebody (colloq)
* * *= hose, nut.Ex: Further down still the shank of the spindle, rounded again, entered the hose, which was an oblong rectangular wooden box, 25 cm. long by 12.5 cm. square bored with a hole to take the spindle down its long axis.
Ex: The movement of the bar turned the spindle through about ninety degrees, and the screw working in the nut caused it to descend about 15 mm.* tuerca de la rueda = lug nut.* tuerca de mariposa = thumb-screw.* tuerca hexagonal = hexagonal nut.* * *tuerca1adjective(RPl): es un tipo muy tuerca he's fanatical about carsuna revista tuerca a car o (AmE) an auto magazine, a magazine for motor enthusiaststuerca2femininenutapretarle a algn las tuercas (fam); to put the screws on sb (colloq)Compuesto:tuerca mariposawingnut* * *
tuerca sustantivo femenino
nut
tuerca sustantivo femenino nut
'tuerca' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
holgura
- rosca
- aflojar
- palomilla
- soltar
- zafar
English:
nut
- screw on
- screw up
- tight
- tighten
* * *tuerca♦ nfnut;Compapretar las tuercas a alguien to tighten the screws on sb;Compotra o [m5]una nueva vuelta de tuerca: la subida de los carburantes ha supuesto otra vuelta de tuerca para los ya sufridos agricultores the rise in the price of fuel puts further pressure on the already suffering farmers;la respuesta del gobierno es una nueva vuelta de tuerca en el contencioso pesquero the government's response has raised the stakes in the fishing disputeComptuerca mariposa wing nut, butterfly nut♦ adjRP Fam car-mad* * *tuercaf TÉC nut;dar una vuelta de tuerca fig tighten the screw* * *tuerca nf: nuttuercas y tornillos: nuts and bolts* * *tuerca n nut
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.