cadena

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chain

noun

cadena
feminine noun
1. chain (de eslabones)
  • reacción en cadena -> chain reaction
  • cadenas (automobiles) -> (tire) chains
  • rompió sus cadenas (figurative) -> he broke out of his chains
  • tirar de la cadena -> to flush the toilet, to pull the chain (de lavabo)
  • cadena alimentaria o alimenticia -> food chain
  • cadena hotelera -> hotel chain
  • cadena montañosa -> mountain range
  • cadena perpetua -> life imprisonment
  • cadena de tiendas -> chain of stores
2. channel (television); station (radio)
  • ¿en qué cadena dan la película? -> what channel is the movie on?
3. line (de proceso industrial)
  • cadena de montaje -> assembly line
  • cadena de producción -> production line
4. (aparato de música)
  • cadena (de música o musical) -> sound system

cadena [cah-day’-nah]
noun
1. Chain. (f)
  • Cadenas antideslizantes -> tire chains
2. Tie caused by passion or obligation. (Metaphorical) (f)
3. Mortice, a hole cut into wood. (f)
4. Series of events. (Metaphorical) (f)
5. Chain, link, any series linked together. (f)
6. Number of malefactors chained together to be conducted to the galleys: punishment next after the death penalty. (f)
  • Cadena perpetua -> life imprisonment
7. Bar of iron with which a way is strengthened. (f)
8. Frame of wood put round the hearth of a kitchen. (f)
9. Treadle of a ribbon, weaver’s loom. (f)
10. Turning handle which moves a wheel. (f)
11. Cadena alimenticia, food chain. (f)
  • Cadena de hoteles -> chain of hotels
  • Reacción en cadena -> chain reaction
12. (Jur.) Chain-gang. (f)

"cadena" in the Answers forum

Q: En un tejido la palabra ridge significa cadena?
A: Me parece que sí, pero no estoy 100% segura - tal vez 90% segura...lo siento.
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