tack

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tack
[tæk]
sustantivo
1tachuela (f) (small nail)
2bordada (f) (Naut)
  • to change tack (sentido figurado) -> cambiar de enfoque
verbo transitivo
3(fasten)
  • to tack (down) -> clavar
  • to tack something on (sentido figurado) -> añadir algo a posteriori (add)
4(in sewing)
  • to tack up a hem -> hilvanar un dobladillo
verbo intransitivo
5dar bordadas (Naut)

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tack [tak]
1Atar, afianzar como con tachuelas; clavar ligeramente.
2Pegar, coser o unir una cosa a otra; añadir como suplementario, anexar.
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
3Virar, dar vuelta la nave para tomar otro rumbo; virar por avante, cambiar de bordada. (n)
  • To tack something on to a letter -> añadir algo a una carta
va.V. APPEND.
sustantivo
1Tachuela, clavito con cabeza; puntilla.
2Lo que asegura; hilván.
31. (Marina)
4De aquí, un cambio de política; nuevo plan de acción.
  • On the port amurado a babor -> On the starboard amurado a estribor
  • To stand on the other cambiar de amura -> To be on wrong estar equivocado
Amura, jarcia para fijar el ángulo de ciertas velas; 2. Bordada, virada, el giro que hacen las embarcaciones a un lado y a otro alternativamente para ganar el viento.

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tack [tæk]
noun
1 (nail) tachuela; (f) (US)(also thumbtack) chincheta; (f) chinche; (m) (f)
to get down to brass tacks
brass
2 (Náut) (course) bordada; (f) (turn) virada; (f)
3 rumbo; (m) dirección; (f)
to change tack cambiar de rumbo sentido;or
to try a different tack abordar un problema desde otro punto de partida
to be on the right tack ir por buen camino
to be on the wrong tack estar equivocado
4 (Cos) hilván; (m)
5 (for horse) arreos; (m)
6 (informal) (cheap shoddy objects) baratijas; (f) chucherías; (f) horteradas; (f) (Esp) (informal)
It's like an art exhibit filled with cheap tack from five decades of working-class consumption Halloween — a gruesome evening of tack, high spirits and more cheap tricks than treats
verb:transitive
1 (nail) clavar con tachuelas
2 (Cos) (also tack up) hilvanar
verb:intransitive
(Náut) dar bordadas; (change course) virar; cambiar de bordada;

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Verb Conjugation for "tack"

Imperative
  • tack
  • you tack
  • he/she tacks
  • we tack
  • you tack
  • they tack
Preterite
  • I tacked
  • you tacked
  • he/she tacked
  • we tacked
  • you tacked
  • they tacked
Present Continuous
  • I am tacking
  • you are tacking
  • he/she is tacking
  • we are tacking
  • you are tacking
  • they are tacking
Present Perfect
  • I have tacked
  • you have tacked
  • he/she has tacked
  • we have tacked
  • you have tacked
  • they have tacked
Past Continuous
  • I was tacking
  • you were tacking
  • he/she was tacking
  • we were tacking
  • you were tacking
  • they were tacking
Past Perfect
  • I had tacked
  • you had tacked
  • he/she had tacked
  • we had tacked
  • you had tacked
  • they had tacked
Future
  • I will tack
  • you will tack
  • he/she will tack
  • we will tack
  • you will tack
  • they will tack
Future Perfect
  • I will have tacked
  • you will have tacked
  • he/she will have tacked
  • we will have tacked
  • you will have tacked
  • they will have tacked
Future Continuous
  • I will be tacking
  • you will be tacking
  • he/she will be tacking
  • we will be tacking
  • you will be tacking
  • they will be tacking
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been tacking
  • you have been tacking
  • he/she has been tacking
  • we have been tacking
  • you have been tacking
  • they have been tacking
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been tacking
  • you will have been tacking
  • he/she will have been tacking
  • we will have been tacking
  • you will have been tacking
  • they will have been tacking
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been tacking
  • you had been tacking
  • he/she had been tacking
  • we had been tacking
  • you had been tacking
  • they had been tacking
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