trap

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la trampa

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trap
[træp]
sustantivo
1trampa (f) (in hunting) (& sentido figurado)(for a)
  • to set a trap -> tender or poner una trampa
  • to walk or fall straight into the trap -> caer en la trampa
2(familiar) (mouth)
  • shut your trap! -> ¡cierra el pico!
verbo transitivo (pt & pp trapped)
3atrapar (animal, person)
  • to trap somebody into saying/doing something -> engañar a alguien para que diga/haga algo

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trap [trap]
sustantivo
1Trampa (snare), cepo, armadijo para coger ladrones o animales dañinos.
  • Mouse-trap -> ratonera
  • To be caught in the trap -> caer en el garlito, o en la trampa
2Entre tiradores, aparato que en un momento dado deja salir un animal u objeto destinado a servir de blanco, (México)
sustantivo & verbo
3gr. (Familiar & plural) (m)
4Válvula de sumidero, construcción que sirve para retener en un punto fijo una cantidad de líquido que sólo permite el paso a las inmundicia (m)
sustantivo
5 (Familiar & plural) (m)
6Un carruaje. (Familiar) (m)
7 (plural) (m)
8Juego del palo corvo. (m)
2. Garlito, red, lazo.(Mex.) Caer en la ratonera. un pichón vivo a una bola de vidrio. TRAP-DOOB. Efectos personales.
1Hacer caer en el lazo, en la trampa o en el garlito; atrapar (catch, snare), armar lazos o asechanza
sustantivo
2Enjaezar, adornar.
va.

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trap [træp]
noun
1 trampa; (f)
it's a trap! ¡es una trampa!; he was caught in his own trap cayó en su propia trampa; we were caught like rats in a trap estábamos atrapados como en una ratonera
to be [caught] in a trap he failed to keep a rendezvous after sensing a police trap he was trying to decide whether the question was some sort of trap I knew perfectly well it was a trap I couldn't help feeling my job was a trap they had rigged up a ring of trip-wired booby-traps all round them They walked right into a booby-trap and got blown to smithereens
that car is a death trapdeath ese coche es una bomba tiene mucho peligro;or
he described the Jordan to Baghdad highway as a death trap
curtains are a natural dust trapdust en las cortinas se suele acumular mucho el polvo
to fall into a trapfall caer en una trampa
many people fall into the trap of believing that... the government has found it has fallen into a trap of its own making to fall into [the] trap of (doing sth)
to lay a trap (for sb)lay tender una trampa (a algn)
to lure sb into a traplure hacer que algn caiga en una trampa
Had someone deliberately fed them the information to lure them into a trap? a student was lured into a trap and raped by two youths
to set a trap (for sb)set tender una trampa (a algn)
the farmer was glad that he had set the traps snake catchers had to set traps for 16 pet snakes abandoned by their owner Gorbachev had laid a trap to lure the unprepared Americans into a sweeping renegotiation Anti-terrorist officers decided to set a trap. They replaced the Semtex with dummy explosives
they walked straight into our trapwalked cayeron de lleno en nuestra trampa
poverty speed tourist
2 (very_informal) (mouth) boca; (f)
shut your trap!shut ¡cierra el pico!; (informal) ¡cállate la boca!; (informal)
to keep one's trap shut cerrar el pico; (informal) callar la boca; (informal) you keep your trap shut about this de esto no digas ni pío; (informal)
now get moving and keep your trap shut the lawyer might well succeed in convincing his client that he would be wise to keep his trap shut
3 (carriage) coche ligero de dos ruedas
the farmer went ahead in his trap
4 (in greyhound racing) caseta de salida; (f)
5 (for clay pigeon shooting) lanzaplatos; (m)
6 (Golf) búnker; (m)
the no. 3 dog was quickest out of the traps
7 (Téc) sifón; (m) bombillo; (m)
8 (also trapdoor) trampilla; (f) (Teat) escotillón; (m)
verb:transitive
1 (snare) [+animal] atrapar; cazar con trampa; [+criminal] atrapar; coger; agarrar; (LAm)
my father doesn't like the idea of trapping otters he began to trap animals, setting the traps by night and emptying them the next day witnesses could provide the clue that helps trap the killer
2 (dupe) hacer caer en la trampa; engañar
you're not going to trap me like that con esas no me vas a hacer caer en la trampa; con esas no me vas a engañar
she had trapped him so neatly that he wanted to slap her
to trap sb into sth tender una trampa a algn para que haga algo; he felt he had been trapped into marriage le parecía que le habían cazado al casarse; le parecía que le habían tendido una trampa para que se casara; they trapped her into confessing le tendieron una trampa y confesó
to trap sb into saying sth to trap sb into an admission she had trapped him into marriage by getting pregnant to trap sb into [doing] sth
3 (hold fast, confine) atrapar
survivors are trapped in the rubble los supervivientes están enterrados atrapados bajo los escombros;or the miners are trapped underground los mineros están atrapados bajo tierra; heavy snowfalls had trapped us in the village las fuertes nevadas nos habían dejado incomunicados aislados en el pueblo;or they tied a rope around his body, trapping his arms le ataron una cuerda alrededor del cuerpo, inmovilizándole los brazos
we were trapped in the snow the delegates were trapped by bad weather and cancelled trains \several hundred thousand people have been trapped by the fighting\ with very little food and no power many people trapped in buildings died before they could be rescued
to trap one's finger in sthfinger pillarse cogerse atraparse el dedo con algo;oror (LAm)
I trapped my fingers in the piano lid
to trap a nervenerve pillar coger un nervio;or (Esp)
he thought that the whiplash might have trapped a nerve
4 (retain) [+heat, gas, water] retener
greenhouse gases which are capable of trapping heat in the lower atmosphere \wool traps your body heat\, keeping the chill at bay the gas is trapped by the layer of rock above moisturisers trap water present in the skin a structure that traps solar energy
5 (Dep) [+ball] parar (con el pie)
he trapped the ball with his stick and passed it back to a defender
modifier
trap door (n) trampilla; (f) (Teat) escotillón; (m)

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Verb Conjugation for "trap"

Imperative
  • trap
  • you trap
  • he/she traps
  • we trap
  • you trap
  • they trap
Preterite
  • I trapped
  • you trapped
  • he/she trapped
  • we trapped
  • you trapped
  • they trapped
Present Continuous
  • I am trapping
  • you are trapping
  • he/she is trapping
  • we are trapping
  • you are trapping
  • they are trapping
Present Perfect
  • I have trapped
  • you have trapped
  • he/she has trapped
  • we have trapped
  • you have trapped
  • they have trapped
Past Continuous
  • I was trapping
  • you were trapping
  • he/she was trapping
  • we were trapping
  • you were trapping
  • they were trapping
Past Perfect
  • I had trapped
  • you had trapped
  • he/she had trapped
  • we had trapped
  • you had trapped
  • they had trapped
Future
  • I will trap
  • you will trap
  • he/she will trap
  • we will trap
  • you will trap
  • they will trap
Future Perfect
  • I will have trapped
  • you will have trapped
  • he/she will have trapped
  • we will have trapped
  • you will have trapped
  • they will have trapped
Future Continuous
  • I will be trapping
  • you will be trapping
  • he/she will be trapping
  • we will be trapping
  • you will be trapping
  • they will be trapping
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been trapping
  • you have been trapping
  • he/she has been trapping
  • we have been trapping
  • you have been trapping
  • they have been trapping
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been trapping
  • you will have been trapping
  • he/she will have been trapping
  • we will have been trapping
  • you will have been trapping
  • they will have been trapping
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been trapping
  • you had been trapping
  • he/she had been trapping
  • we had been trapping
  • you had been trapping
  • they had been trapping
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to beat; to overcome, to surpass, to overtake