knee |
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la rodilla |
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noun |
knee [niː]
sustantivo
1. rodilla (f)
- to go down on one's knees -> arrodillarse, ponerse de rodillas
- to bring somebody to his knees (sentido figurado) -> hacer que alguien hinque la rodilla or se arrodille
verbo transitivo
2. dar un rodillazo a (hit with knee)
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knee [ni]
sustantivo
1. Rodilla, la parte de la pierna que la une con el muslo.
2. Curva, pieza de madera o de metal que por la parte exterior forma un ángulo y por la interior una línea curva. (Marina)
- Knee of the head -> (Mar.) curva capuchina
- Upper part of the knee -> (Mar.) brazo superior de la curva
- Hanging knees -> (Mar.) curvas de peralto o de abajo
- Wing-transom-knees -> (Mar.) curvas del yugo principal
- Deck-transom-knees -> (Mar.) curvas de la cubierta
- Small-knees -> (Mar.) curvatones
- Knee-crooking -> obsequioso
- Knee-deep -> metido hasta las rodilla, subido hasta las rodillas
- Knee-high -> hasta la rodilla
- Knee-high to a grasshopper -> (Fest. E.U.) muy corto, muy pequeño
- Knee-joint -> (a) juntura, articulación de la rodilla
3. Art. y Of.) Codo, ángulo, escuadra.
- Knee-jointed -> encorvado o angular como la rodilla
- Knee-timber -> madera a propósito para hacer piezas curvas o rodillas
- Knee-tribute -> genuflexión, la acción de ponerse de rodillas para mostrar obediencia o respeto
- To go down on one’s knees -> arrodillarse
(b) (c) Junta de codillo.
sustantivo & verbo neutro (intransitivo)
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1. Arrodillarse para pedir. (n)
va. Suplicar algo de rodilla
"knee" in the Answers forum
| Q: | how do you say, '" my knee is sore and bruised from the basketball game"? |
| A: | Mi rodilla esta adolorida y magullada de jugar al baloncesto. |
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