inch [ɪntʃ] sustantivopulgada (f) - inch by inch (2,54 cm) -> palmo a palmo
- the car missed me by inches -> el coche no me atropelló por cuestión de centímetros
(idioms)- I know every inch of the town -> me conozco la ciudad como la palma de la mano
- he's every inch the gentleman -> es todo un caballero
- to be within an inch of doing something -> estar en un tris de hacer algo
- she won't give an inch -> no cederá ni un ápice
- give her an inch and she'll take a mile -> dale la mano y se tomará el brazo
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inch [inch]sustantivoPulgada, la duodécima parte de un pie: (=25.4 milímetros).
Pizca, una porción mínima o muy pequeña de alguna cosa.- Within an inch -> poco más o menos
- Within an inch of -> a dos dedos de
- Inch by inch, palmo a palmo o a pulgadas. By inche -> o inch by inch, (Fam.) a pedacitos
- Every inch -> cabalmente
- Every inch a man -> hombre hecho y derecho
- Miners’ inch -> pulgada de fontanero
- Inch-pound -> el esfuerzo necesario para elevar una libra de peso a una pulgada de altura en el espacio de un segundo
V. WATER-INCH.
sustantivoEn general este verbo va unido en su significación activa con la preposición out.
sustantivo
va. Arrojar o echar a uno de donde estaba poco a poco o a palmos; hacer valer una cosa todo lo posible; medir por pulgada -vn. Avanzar o retirarse poco a poco y haciendo parada
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inch [ɪntʃ]
noun
pulgada (f) = 2.54 cm; (= 2.54 cm) inches (height) [of person] estatura (f) not an inch of territory ni un palmo de territorio
the car missed me by inches faltó poco para que me atropellara el coche inch by inch palmo a palmo
we searched every inch of the room registramos todos los rincones del cuarto every inch of it was used se aprovechó hasta el último centímetro; he's every inch a soldier es todo un soldado
he didn't give an inch no hizo la menor concesión
to lose a few inches adelgazar un poco
to be within an inch of death/disaster estar a dos dedos de la muerte/del desastre
give him an inch and he'll take a mile dale un dedo y se toma hasta el codo
modifier
inch tape (n) cinta (f) en pulgadas (para medir)
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Verb Conjugation for "inch"
(go to la pulgada)
Imperative
- inch
- you inch
- he/she inches
- we inch
- you inch
- they inch
Preterite
- I inched
- you inched
- he/she inched
- we inched
- you inched
- they inched
Present Continuous
- I am inching
- you are inching
- he/she is inching
- we are inching
- you are inching
- they are inching
Present Perfect
- I have inched
- you have inched
- he/she has inched
- we have inched
- you have inched
- they have inched
Past Continuous
- I was inching
- you were inching
- he/she was inching
- we were inching
- you were inching
- they were inching
Past Perfect
- I had inched
- you had inched
- he/she had inched
- we had inched
- you had inched
- they had inched
Future
- I will inch
- you will inch
- he/she will inch
- we will inch
- you will inch
- they will inch
Future Perfect
- I will have inched
- you will have inched
- he/she will have inched
- we will have inched
- you will have inched
- they will have inched
Future Continuous
- I will be inching
- you will be inching
- he/she will be inching
- we will be inching
- you will be inching
- they will be inching
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been inching
- you have been inching
- he/she has been inching
- we have been inching
- you have been inching
- they have been inching
Future Perfect Continuous
- I will have been inching
- you will have been inching
- he/she will have been inching
- we will have been inching
- you will have been inching
- they will have been inching
Past Perfect Continuous
- I had been inching
- you had been inching
- he/she had been inching
- we had been inching
- you had been inching
- they had been inching
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