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tap
[tæp]
sustantivo
1grifo (m) (for water) (británicoEsp)llave (f) (español de Chile, español de Colombia, español de México)canilla (f) (RP)
  • on tap -> de barril (of beer)
  • to be on tap (sentido figurado) -> estar disponible (person, thing)
  • tap water -> agua (f) del grifo or de la llave or (español de Chile, español de Colombia, español de México) de la canilla (RP)
también:
  • to put a tap on the phone -> intervenir or pinchar el teléfono
verbo transitivo (pt & pp tapped)
2sangrar (tree); aprovechar, explotar (resources); intervenir, pinchar (phone)
  • to tap somebody for money (familiar) -> sacar dinero a alguien
sustantivo
1golpecito (m) (light blow)
  • to give something a tap -> darle un golpecito a algo
  • to give somebody a tap on the shoulder -> darle un golpecito en el hombro a alguien
también:
  • tap dancing -> claqué (m)
verbo transitivo (pt & pp tapped)
2dar un golpecito a
  • I tapped him on the shoulder -> le di un golpecito en el hombro
verbo intransitivo
también:
  • to tap at or on the door -> llamar suavemente a la puerta

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tap [tap-dans]
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Golpear o tocar ligeramente. (n)
2Remontar (el calzado). (n)
3Dar golpecitos. (n)
sustantivo
4Palmada suave, golpecito con una cosa pequeña.
5Remiendo echado al talón de un zapato.
6 (plural)
  • To tap at the door -> llamar dando golpecitos a la puerta
  • To tap for some information -> intentar obtener información, tratar de sacar información a alguien
  • To tap out -> enviar (message)
Toque militar de corneta o tambor para apagar las luces.

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tap [tæp]
noun
1 (knock) (on door) toque; (m) (on back, shoulder) golpecito; (m) toque; (m)
I felt a tap on my shoulder sentí un golpecito toque en el hombro;or there was a tap at on the dooror llamaron tocaron suavemente a la puerta;or I gave him a gentle tap on the back le di un golpecito en la espalda
2 (also tap dancing) claqué; (m)
she's been learning tap for years
3 (on dancing shoe) lámina de metal; (f) tapa de metal; (f)
verb:transitive
(hit lightly) [+table, surface] golpear suavemente; [+typewriter keys] pulsar
he was tapping his fingers on the steering wheelfingers estaba repiqueteando tamborileando sobre el volante con los dedos;or
to tap one's footfoot (impatiently) taconear (impacientemente)
they were tapping their feet in time to the music seguían el compás de la música con el pie
to tap sb on the back/shoulderon dar un golpecito toque a algn en la espalda/el hombro;or
I tapped him on the shoulder
she tapped a rhythm on the tablerhythm golpeó la mesa marcando un ritmo; repiqueteó un ritmo en la mesa
Irving leaned forward, tapping the table with an index finge
verb:intransitive
dar golpecitos
please, stop tapping! ¡haz el favor de dejar de dar golpecitos!
she tapped at the doorat llamó suavemente a la puerta
she tapped at the window dio unos golpecitos en la ventana
he was tapping away at his word processoraway estaba (tecleando) dale que te pego en su procesador de textos
others tap [away] at their typewriters he tapped on the table several times
I could hear sth tapping on the windowon oía que algo daba golpecitos en la ventana
modifier
tap dance (n) claqué; (m)
tap-dance
tap dancer (n) bailaríninabailarina de claqué;ina bailarina (m) (f)
tap dancing (n) claqué; (m)
tap [tæp]
noun
1 (Britain) (water tap) grifo; (m) canilla; (f) (S. Cone) (gas tap) llave; (f)
cold/hot water tap grifo de agua fría/caliente; (m)
the honey runs out of a tap at the bottom of the drum the hot tap was still running
you've left the tap running has dejado el grifo abierto; to turn the tap on/off abrir/cerrar el grifo
2 (stopper) [of barrel] espita; (f) canilla; (f)
on tap: beer on tap cerveza de barril; (f)
they have several well-known real ales on tap only low-alcohol lager was on tap at the 250th birthday celebration at Whitbread's Gloucester depot to be on tap filtered water is always on tap
to have sth on tap disponer de algo; he seems to have unlimited money on tap parece disponer de un caudal de dinero ilimitado
they have pop music, TV, videos on tap we have plenty of expertise and experience on tap
3 (Telec) micrófono; (m)
he's convinced there's a tap on his phone
to put a tap on sb's phone intervenir pinchar el teléfono de algn;or (informal)
4 (Med) punción; (f)
spinal tap punción lumbar; (f)
a tool for cutting female screw threads, consisting of a threaded steel cylinder with longitudinal grooves forming cutting threads. drill a 3/8in. hole and thread it with a 1/2in. tap
verb:transitive
1 (use) [+resource, situation] explotar
the company is trying to tap the Japanese market to tap sb [for] sth
to tap sb for information (informal) tratar de (son)sacar información a algn; he tried to tap me for £5 intentó sonsacarme cinco libras
he tapped the boss for information he was hoping to tap her for £30
2 [+barrel] espitar
3 (Telec) [+telephone] intervenir; pinchar; (informal) [+conversation] interceptar
my phone is tapped mi teléfono está intervenido pinchado;or (informal)
TAPPING mobile phone conversations is expensive and highly technical prosecutors played back tapes of their tapped phone conversations
4 (cut into) [+tree] sangrar
to tap the rubber from a tree sangrar un árbol para extraer el caucho
he used to tap rubber trees in the jungle to get the sap out
5 (Electricity and Electronics) [+electricity, current] derivar; [+wire] hacer una derivación en
6 (Med) [+spine] hacer una punción en
If you tap a thread, you cut a screw thread into a hole, so that a bolt or screw can be inserted into it the problem was cured by re-tapping the thread and fitting an oversize bolt
verb:intransitive
tap into
modifier
tap water (n) agua corriente; (f) agua del grifo; (f) (Esp)

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Verb Conjugation for "tap"

Imperative
  • tap
  • you tap
  • he/she taps
  • we tap
  • you tap
  • they tap
Preterite
  • I tapped
  • you tapped
  • he/she tapped
  • we tapped
  • you tapped
  • they tapped
Present Continuous
  • I am tapping
  • you are tapping
  • he/she is tapping
  • we are tapping
  • you are tapping
  • they are tapping
Present Perfect
  • I have tapped
  • you have tapped
  • he/she has tapped
  • we have tapped
  • you have tapped
  • they have tapped
Past Continuous
  • I was tapping
  • you were tapping
  • he/she was tapping
  • we were tapping
  • you were tapping
  • they were tapping
Past Perfect
  • I had tapped
  • you had tapped
  • he/she had tapped
  • we had tapped
  • you had tapped
  • they had tapped
Future
  • I will tap
  • you will tap
  • he/she will tap
  • we will tap
  • you will tap
  • they will tap
Future Perfect
  • I will have tapped
  • you will have tapped
  • he/she will have tapped
  • we will have tapped
  • you will have tapped
  • they will have tapped
Future Continuous
  • I will be tapping
  • you will be tapping
  • he/she will be tapping
  • we will be tapping
  • you will be tapping
  • they will be tapping
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been tapping
  • you have been tapping
  • he/she has been tapping
  • we have been tapping
  • you have been tapping
  • they have been tapping
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been tapping
  • you will have been tapping
  • he/she will have been tapping
  • we will have been tapping
  • you will have been tapping
  • they will have been tapping
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been tapping
  • you had been tapping
  • he/she had been tapping
  • we had been tapping
  • you had been tapping
  • they had been tapping
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