pila

battery

noun

pila
feminine noun
1battery (generador)
  • funciona a o con pilas -> it works o runs off batteries
  • ponerse las pilas (informal figurative) -> to get moving o cracking
  • pila alcalina -> alkaline battery
  • pila atómica -> atomic pile
  • pila recargable -> rechargeable battery
  • pila solar -> solar cell
2pile (montón)
  • tiene una pila de deudas -> he's up to his neck in debt
3sink (fregadero)
  • pila bautismal -> (baptismal) font
4pile (architecture)

pila [pee'-lah]
noun
1A large (stone) trough containing water for cattle. (f)
2Baptismal font. (f)
3Pile, heap of things thrown together (montón). (f)
  • Una pila de -> a heap of
4Pile of shorn wool belonging to one owner. (f)
5Parish. (f)
6A holy-water basin. (f)
  • Nombre de pila -> Christian name
7Buttress of an arch of a bridge. (Architecture) (f)
8Galvanic or voltaic pile. (f)
  • Pila de agua bendita -> holy water stoup
9Battery; cell. (f)
  • Aparato a pilas -> battery-run apparatus

pila
sustantivo:femenino
1 [de libros, juguetes] pile; stack
2 (familiar) [de deberes, trabajo] heap
una pila de heaps of; piles of; tengo una pila de cosas que hacer I have heaps piles of things to do;o una pila de años ages; una pila de ladrones a bunch of thieves
3 (Archit) pile
pila
sustantivo:femenino
1 (fregadero) sink; (artesa) trough; (abrevadero) drinking trough; [de fuente] basin; (Latinoamérica) (public) fountain
pila de cocina kitchen sink
2 (Religión) (also pila bautismal) font
nombre de pila Christian name; first name
sacar de pila a algn to act as godparent to sb
pila de agua bendita holy water stoup
3 (Electricidad y Eléctronica) battery
aparato a pilas battery-run apparatus; battery-operated apparatus
cargar las pilas to recharge one's batteries
pila alcalina alkaline battery; alkaline cell
pila atómica atomic pile
pila (de) botón watch battery; calculator battery
pila seca dry cell
pila solar solar battery
4
ponerse las pilas (familiar) to get one's act together; put one's skates on
5 (Caribe) (grifo) tap; faucet; (EEUU)

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