nick

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nick
[nɪk]
sustantivo
1muesca (f) (in wood); corte (m) (on face)
también:
  • in the nick of time -> justo a tiempo
2(familiar) (condition)
  • in good/bad nick -> en buen/mal estado (británico)
3cárcel (f) (familiar) (prison) (británico)trullo (m) (español de España)cana (f) (Andes, RP)bote (m) (español de México); comisaría (f) (police station)
verbo transitivo
4hacer un corte or una muesca en (cut) (object)
  • to nick one's face (police station) -> cortarse la cara
5detener (familiar) (arrest) (británico), trincar (español de España)
6afanar (familiar) (steal) (británico), mangar (español de España)

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nick [nik]
sustantivo
1Punto crítico, ocasión oportuna, tiempo preciso.
2Muesca.
3Escote.
4Tarja.
  • In the nick of time -> al tiempo preciso, a buen tiempo a punto fijo
  • In good nick -> en buenas condiciones (fam)
sustantivo
1(abreviatura de Nicholas). (n)
  • Old Nick -> el diablo
1Acertar, dar en el clavo; llegar a tiempo.
2Cortar en mueca
sustantivo
3Tarjar, señalar números en tarja (Desusado)
sustantivo
4Engañar, pegársela a uno. (Desusado)
5Arrestar, trincar (arrest).
  • You’re nicked -> ¡queda detenido
va.

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nick [nɪk]
noun
1 (cut) muesca; (f) mella; (f) (crack) hendedura; (f)
2 (Britain) (informal) (prison) chirona; (informal) (f) trullo; (m) (Esp) (very_informal) (police station) comisaría; (f)
3
in the nick of time justo a tiempo
4 (informal) (condition)
in good nick en buen estado
verb:transitive
1 (cut) hacer una muesca en; mellar
he nicked his chin shaving se hizo un corte en la barbilla afeitándose; the bullet had nicked the bone la bala le había hendido el hueso; the film does no more than nick the surface of this thorny issue la película no hace más que tocar muy de refilón este espinoso asunto
the knife nicked the bone the bullet had nicked the garbage pail
to nick o.s. cortarse
2 (informal) (steal) robar; afanar; (informal) (arrest) agarrar; (informal) trincar; (Esp) (informal) apañar; (Méx) (informal)
you're nicked! ¡estás detenido!
The police nicked me for carrying an offensive weapon Keep quiet or we'll all get nicked

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Verb Conjugation for "nick"

Imperative
  • nick
  • you nick
  • he/she nicks
  • we nick
  • you nick
  • they nick
Preterite
  • I nicked
  • you nicked
  • he/she nicked
  • we nicked
  • you nicked
  • they nicked
Present Continuous
  • I am nicking
  • you are nicking
  • he/she is nicking
  • we are nicking
  • you are nicking
  • they are nicking
Present Perfect
  • I have nicked
  • you have nicked
  • he/she has nicked
  • we have nicked
  • you have nicked
  • they have nicked
Past Continuous
  • I was nicking
  • you were nicking
  • he/she was nicking
  • we were nicking
  • you were nicking
  • they were nicking
Past Perfect
  • I had nicked
  • you had nicked
  • he/she had nicked
  • we had nicked
  • you had nicked
  • they had nicked
Future
  • I will nick
  • you will nick
  • he/she will nick
  • we will nick
  • you will nick
  • they will nick
Future Perfect
  • I will have nicked
  • you will have nicked
  • he/she will have nicked
  • we will have nicked
  • you will have nicked
  • they will have nicked
Future Continuous
  • I will be nicking
  • you will be nicking
  • he/she will be nicking
  • we will be nicking
  • you will be nicking
  • they will be nicking
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been nicking
  • you have been nicking
  • he/she has been nicking
  • we have been nicking
  • you have been nicking
  • they have been nicking
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been nicking
  • you will have been nicking
  • he/she will have been nicking
  • we will have been nicking
  • you will have been nicking
  • they will have been nicking
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been nicking
  • you had been nicking
  • he/she had been nicking
  • we had been nicking
  • you had been nicking
  • they had been nicking

nick
sustantivo:masculino
(Internet) nickname; user name; nick

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