axe

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axe [aks]
sustantivo
1Segur o hacha (tool).
sustantivo
  • To get the ax -> ser despedido
  • To have an ax to grind -> tener intereses personales
  • A battle-axe -> hacha de guerra
  • A pole-axe -> hacha de mano
  • A pick-axe -> zapapico, azadón, piqueta
  • Axe-head -> la cabeza o la parte cortante del hacha, destral
  • Broad-axe, Cooper’s axe -> doladera
(Fig.) Reducción (of prices).va. Cortar (to cut).(Fig.) Reducir (to reduce). Suprimir (to do away with). Despedir (personnel).

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axe
ax (US)
[æks]
noun
(tool) hacha; (f)
when the axe fell cuando se descargó el golpe
to have an axe to grind tener un interés creado
I have no axe to grind no tengo ningún interés personal
to get be given the axeor [+employee] ser despedido
...rumours that 500 workers at the plant are to get the axe
[+project] ser cancelado
It is one of four major projects to be given the axe in the last 6 months to give sb the axe despedir a algn dejar plantado a algn I got the axe me dejó plantado
verb:transitive
[+budget] recortar; [+project, service] cancelar; [+jobs] reducir
Community projects are being axed by hard-pressed social services departments The programme was axed after just three episodes
 [+staff] despedir;

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Verb Conjugation for "axe"

Imperative
  • axe
  • you axe
  • he/she axes
  • we axe
  • you axe
  • they axe
Preterite
  • I axed
  • you axed
  • he/she axed
  • we axed
  • you axed
  • they axed
Present Continuous
  • I am axing
  • you are axing
  • he/she is axing
  • we are axing
  • you are axing
  • they are axing
Present Perfect
  • I have axed
  • you have axed
  • he/she has axed
  • we have axed
  • you have axed
  • they have axed
Past Continuous
  • I was axing
  • you were axing
  • he/she was axing
  • we were axing
  • you were axing
  • they were axing
Past Perfect
  • I had axed
  • you had axed
  • he/she had axed
  • we had axed
  • you had axed
  • they had axed
Future
  • I will axe
  • you will axe
  • he/she will axe
  • we will axe
  • you will axe
  • they will axe
Future Perfect
  • I will have axed
  • you will have axed
  • he/she will have axed
  • we will have axed
  • you will have axed
  • they will have axed
Future Continuous
  • I will be axing
  • you will be axing
  • he/she will be axing
  • we will be axing
  • you will be axing
  • they will be axing
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been axing
  • you have been axing
  • he/she has been axing
  • we have been axing
  • you have been axing
  • they have been axing
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been axing
  • you will have been axing
  • he/she will have been axing
  • we will have been axing
  • you will have been axing
  • they will have been axing
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been axing
  • you had been axing
  • he/she had been axing
  • we had been axing
  • you had been axing
  • they had been axing
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