drill

drill
[drɪl]
sustantivo
1taladradora (f) (electric tool); taladro (m) (manual) (manual tool); torno (m) (of dentist); martillo (m) neumático (pneumatic)
  • drill bit -> broca (f)
  • drill hole -> taladro (m) ; (in wood, brick) perforación (f) (for oil well)
2ejercicio (m) (training)
  • fire drill -> simulacro (m) de incendio
verbo transitivo
3perforar (well, road)
  • to drill a hole in something -> taladrar un agujero en algo
4entrenar (train) (soldiers)
  • to drill pupils in pronunciation -> hacer practicar la pronunciación a los alumnos
  • to drill something into somebody (familiar) -> meterle algo en la cabeza a alguien
verbo intransitivo
también:
  • to drill for oil -> hacer perforaciones en búsqueda or busca de petróleo (español de España)
5entrenar, practicar (troops)

drill [dril]
1Taladrar, barrenar, perforar (wood, metal); agujerear, perforar (hole); trabajar o limpiar con la fresa (tooth).
2Sembrar, plantar, en hileras o surcos.
3Disciplinar reclutas, enseñarles el ejercicio. (Militar)
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
4Estar ocupado en ejercicios militares u otros análogos. (n)
5Plantar en surcos. (n)
6Perforar, hacer perforaciones. (n)
  • To drill for oil/water -> perforar en busca de petróleo/agua
va.
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Hacer salir gota a gota; fluir lentamente. (n)
sustantivo
1Taladro, instrumento de varios tamaños, para agujerear o taladrar, terraja, parauso, taladro que usan los cerrajeros.
sustantivo
2Perforadora, barreno; broca (drill head). (n)
3Máquina para plantar y cubrir semillas menudas en hileras, sembradora de granos. (n)
4Hilera de semillas sembradas o surcos hechos con esa máquina. (n)
5Una especie de mono. (n)
6(Mil.) Instrucción de recluta (n)
sustantivo
  • Fire simulacro de incendio (rehearsal). Drill-plough -> arado sembrador, sementero
7Coloq.) What’s the drill? (Educación)
(Dent) Torno, fresa.(Educ.) Ejercicio. (GB) , ¿qué se hace? (correct procedure).

drill [drɪl]
noun
1 (for wood, metal) taladradora; (f) taladro; (m) (bit) broca; (f) (Min) (for oil etc) barrena; (f) perforadora; (f) (dentist's drill) fresa; (f) (pneumatic drill) martillo neumático; (m)
2 (Agr) (furrow) surco; (m) (machine) sembradora; (f)
verb:transitive
[+wood, road] taladrar; perforar; [+tooth] agujerear; [+oil well] perforar; (Agr) sembrar con sembradora
workmen were drilling the road outside
he drilled a hole in the wall hizo taladró un agujero en la pared;or
verb:intransitive
perforar;for en busca de;
drill [drɪl]
noun
(exercises) (Mil) instrucción; (f) (Educ) ejercicios; (m)
fire drill simulacro de incendio; (m) you all know the drill (informal) todos sabéis lo que hay que hacer; what's the drill? (informal) ¿qué es lo que tenemos que hacer?
verb:transitive
[+soldiers] ejercitar
to drill pupils in grammar hacer ejercicios de gramática con los alumnos; to drill good manners into a child enseñar buenos modales a un niño; I had it drilled into me as a boy me lo inculcaron de niño
verb:intransitive
(Mil) hacer instrucción
drill [drɪl]
noun
(fabric) dril; (m)

Verb Conjugation for "drill"

Imperative
  • drill
  • you drill
  • he/she drills
  • we drill
  • you drill
  • they drill
Preterite
  • I drilled
  • you drilled
  • he/she drilled
  • we drilled
  • you drilled
  • they drilled
Present Continuous
  • I am drilling
  • you are drilling
  • he/she is drilling
  • we are drilling
  • you are drilling
  • they are drilling
Present Perfect
  • I have drilled
  • you have drilled
  • he/she has drilled
  • we have drilled
  • you have drilled
  • they have drilled
Past Continuous
  • I was drilling
  • you were drilling
  • he/she was drilling
  • we were drilling
  • you were drilling
  • they were drilling
Past Perfect
  • I had drilled
  • you had drilled
  • he/she had drilled
  • we had drilled
  • you had drilled
  • they had drilled
Future
  • I will drill
  • you will drill
  • he/she will drill
  • we will drill
  • you will drill
  • they will drill
Future Perfect
  • I will have drilled
  • you will have drilled
  • he/she will have drilled
  • we will have drilled
  • you will have drilled
  • they will have drilled
Future Continuous
  • I will be drilling
  • you will be drilling
  • he/she will be drilling
  • we will be drilling
  • you will be drilling
  • they will be drilling
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been drilling
  • you have been drilling
  • he/she has been drilling
  • we have been drilling
  • you have been drilling
  • they have been drilling
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been drilling
  • you will have been drilling
  • he/she will have been drilling
  • we will have been drilling
  • you will have been drilling
  • they will have been drilling
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been drilling
  • you had been drilling
  • he/she had been drilling
  • we had been drilling
  • you had been drilling
  • they had been drilling
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