brick

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brick
[brɪk]
sustantivo
1ladrillo (m) (for building)
  • to drop a brick (sentido figurado) -> meter la pata
  • brick wall -> muro (m) de ladrillo(s)
  • you're banging your head against a brick wall -> te estás esforzando para nada
2(familiar Old-fashioned)
  • he's a brick -> es un gran tipo (británico)

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brick [brik]
sustantivo
1(Const.) Ladrillo, pedazo de tierra amasado y cocido.
2Ladrillo de pan; una clase de pan que tiene la figura de un ladrillo.
  • Sundried brick -> (Mex.) adobe
3Un buen sujeto, un real mozo. (Germania; Alemania)
  • Bat -> o Bristol brick, piedra hecha de arena muy fina, en forma de ladrillo, para limpiar cuchillos
(GB) To drop a brick, meter la pata.
  • To brick a floor -> enladrillar el suelo
  • Brick in, brick up -> tabicar, tapiar
va. Enladrillar, solar o cubrir alguna cosa con ladrillos.

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brick [brɪk]
noun
1 (Constr) ladrillo; (m) tabique; (m) (Méx)
bricks and mortar construcción; (f) edificios; (m)
to come down on sb like a ton of bricks (informal) echar una bronca de miedo a algn; (informal)
to drop a brick (Britain) (informal) meter la pata; (informal) tirarse una plancha; (Esp) (informal)
you can't make bricks without straw sin paja ho hay ladrillos
2 (Britain) (toy) cubo; (m)
3 [of ice cream] bloque; (m)
4 (old-fashioned) (informal) (person)
he's a brick es buen chico; be a brick and lend it to me préstamelo como buen amigo
modifier
de ladrillo(s)
brick kiln (n) horno de ladrillos; (m)
brick wall (n) pared de ladrillos; (f)
to beat one's head against a brick wall esforzarse en balde

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Verb Conjugation for "brick"

Imperative
  • brick
  • you brick
  • he/she bricks
  • we brick
  • you brick
  • they brick
Preterite
  • I bricked
  • you bricked
  • he/she bricked
  • we bricked
  • you bricked
  • they bricked
Present Continuous
  • I am bricking
  • you are bricking
  • he/she is bricking
  • we are bricking
  • you are bricking
  • they are bricking
Present Perfect
  • I have bricked
  • you have bricked
  • he/she has bricked
  • we have bricked
  • you have bricked
  • they have bricked
Past Continuous
  • I was bricking
  • you were bricking
  • he/she was bricking
  • we were bricking
  • you were bricking
  • they were bricking
Past Perfect
  • I had bricked
  • you had bricked
  • he/she had bricked
  • we had bricked
  • you had bricked
  • they had bricked
Future
  • I will brick
  • you will brick
  • he/she will brick
  • we will brick
  • you will brick
  • they will brick
Future Perfect
  • I will have bricked
  • you will have bricked
  • he/she will have bricked
  • we will have bricked
  • you will have bricked
  • they will have bricked
Future Continuous
  • I will be bricking
  • you will be bricking
  • he/she will be bricking
  • we will be bricking
  • you will be bricking
  • they will be bricking
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been bricking
  • you have been bricking
  • he/she has been bricking
  • we have been bricking
  • you have been bricking
  • they have been bricking
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been bricking
  • you will have been bricking
  • he/she will have been bricking
  • we will have been bricking
  • you will have been bricking
  • they will have been bricking
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been bricking
  • you had been bricking
  • he/she had been bricking
  • we had been bricking
  • you had been bricking
  • they had been bricking
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