cable

∗

cable
[ˈkeɪbəl]
sustantivo
1cable (m) (electrical); cable(grama) (m) (comunicaciones)
  • cable car -> teleférico (m) , funicular (m)
  • cable television -> televisión (f) por cable
verbo transitivo
2cablegrafiar (message)

Copyright © 2006 Chambers Harrap Publishers Limited

cable [kei-bol]
sustantivo
1Cable, maroma muy gruesa que se asegura al ancla para dar fondo. (Marina)
2Cable, medida longitudinal.
3Cualquier maroma pesada de alambre.
4Cable, conductor eléctrico, subacuático, aéreo o subterráneo, envuelto en una cubierta aisladora.
  • Best bower cable -> cable del ayuste
  • Small bower cable -> cable sencillo o de leva
  • Sheet cable -> cable de esperanza
  • Stream cable -> calabrote
  • Cable-bit -> bitadura o media bitadura
  • Weather-bit of a cable -> bitadura entera de cable
  • To bit the cable -> tomar la bitadura con el cable
  • To clap a messenger on the cable -> tomar margarita sobre el cable
  • To heave in the cable -> virar el cable para abordo
  • To pay away the cable -> arriar cable para afuera
  • To part the cables -> partir los cables
  • To serve the cable -> aforrar el cable
  • To slip the cable -> alargar el cable por ojo o por el chicote
  • Cable-car -> carro o vagón que corre sobre carriles movido por tracción de cable
  • Cable grip -> grapa, fiador de cable
  • Cable-laid -> guindareza acalabrotada
  • Cable’s-length -> cable, medida longitudinal equivalente al décimo de una milla marina o 120 brazas
  • Cable rail-road -> ferrocarril en el cual la fuerza motriz, producida por una máquina fija, se communica a un cable continuo que está situado debajo del pavimento o en una depresión del mismo
  • Submarine cable -> cable telegráfico submarino
V. CABLE’S-LENGTH.(Telec.) Cable, telegrama. Los carros toman o sueltan el cable por medio de una grapa especial que pasa por una muesca en la calzada. Fué inventado en San Francisco de California.
  • She cabled me $2,000 -> me envió un giro telegráfico de 2.000 dólares
va. (Telec.) Cablegrafiar, telegrafiar (message, news).

Velazquez® Spanish and English Dictionary. Copyright © 2007 by Velazquez® Press. All rights reserved.

cable [ˈkeɪbl]
noun
1 (wire, rope, cablegram, pattern) cable; (m)
2
cable television See culture box in entry cable.
verb:transitive
1 [+news, money] mandar por cable; cablegrafiar
She had to decide whether or not to cable the news to Louis
 [+person] mandar un cable a
"Don't do it again," Franklin cabled her when he got her letter
2 (TV) [+city, homes] instalar la televisión por cable en
In France 27 major cities are soon to be cabled In the UK 254,000 homes are cabled
modifier
cable address (n) dirección cablegráfica; (f)
cable car (n) teleférico; (m) funicular; (m)
cable railway (n) (aerial) teleférico; (m) (funicular) funicular aéreo; (m)
cable stitch (n) punto de trenza; (m)
cable television (n) televisión por cable; (f)
cable transfer (n) (Economics) transferencia por cable; (f)

Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Verb Conjugation for "cable"

Imperative
  • cable
  • you cable
  • he/she cables
  • we cable
  • you cable
  • they cable
Preterite
  • I cabled
  • you cabled
  • he/she cabled
  • we cabled
  • you cabled
  • they cabled
Present Continuous
  • I am cabling
  • you are cabling
  • he/she is cabling
  • we are cabling
  • you are cabling
  • they are cabling
Present Perfect
  • I have cabled
  • you have cabled
  • he/she has cabled
  • we have cabled
  • you have cabled
  • they have cabled
Past Continuous
  • I was cabling
  • you were cabling
  • he/she was cabling
  • we were cabling
  • you were cabling
  • they were cabling
Past Perfect
  • I had cabled
  • you had cabled
  • he/she had cabled
  • we had cabled
  • you had cabled
  • they had cabled
Future
  • I will cable
  • you will cable
  • he/she will cable
  • we will cable
  • you will cable
  • they will cable
Future Perfect
  • I will have cabled
  • you will have cabled
  • he/she will have cabled
  • we will have cabled
  • you will have cabled
  • they will have cabled
Future Continuous
  • I will be cabling
  • you will be cabling
  • he/she will be cabling
  • we will be cabling
  • you will be cabling
  • they will be cabling
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been cabling
  • you have been cabling
  • he/she has been cabling
  • we have been cabling
  • you have been cabling
  • they have been cabling
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been cabling
  • you will have been cabling
  • he/she will have been cabling
  • we will have been cabling
  • you will have been cabling
  • they will have been cabling
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been cabling
  • you had been cabling
  • he/she had been cabling
  • we had been cabling
  • you had been cabling
  • they had been cabling

cable
masculine noun
1cable, lead (Elec & computing) (para conectar); wire (dentro de aparato)
  • se le cruzaron los cables (informal figurative) -> he got mixed up (se confundió)
  • se le cruzaron los cables y la pegó -> in a moment of madness, he hit her
  • echar un cable (informal figurative) -> to help out, to lend a hand
2cable (de puente)
3cable (de fibra óptica)
  • televisión por cable -> cable television
  • cable de fibra óptica -> fiber-optic cable

Copyright © 2006 Chambers Harrap Publishers Limited

cable [cah’-blay]
noun
1Cable; rope, hawser. (m)
  • Cable sencill -> or de leva, small bower cable
  • Cable de alambre -> wire cable
  • Cable submarino -> submarine cable
  • Cable telegrafico -> telegraphic cable
  • Echar un cable a uno -> to give somebody a helping hand
2Cable’s length, a measure of 120 fathoms. (m)

Velazquez® Spanish and English Dictionary. Copyright © 2007 by Velazquez® Press. All rights reserved.

cable
sustantivo:masculino
1 (Electricidad y Eléctronica) (hilo) wire; (con cubierta aislante) cable
tiene varios cables sueltos there are several loose wires; el cable del micrófono/amplificador the microphone/amplifier cable lead;o
se le cruzaron los cables (familiar) he totally flipped; (familiar)
se le pelaron los cables (Centroamérica) (familiar) he got all mixed up
cable de alta tensión high-voltage cable
cable de cobre copper wire
2 (Mecánica) [de acero] cable
echar un cable a algn (familiar) to give sb a helping hand
cable de remolque towline; towrope
3 (Telec) cable; wire
televisión por cable cable television; cable TV
cable coaxial coaxial cable
cable de fibra óptica fibreoptic cable; optical fibre; optical fiber; (EEUU)
cable óptico optical cable
4 (cablegrama) cable
enviar un cable a algn to cable sb

Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Paid English to Spanish translation

Word of the Day: superar

∗

to beat; to overcome, to surpass, to overtake