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trick

el truco

noun

trick
[trɪk]
sustantivo
1. truco (m) (ruse, deceitful behavior, by magician); broma (f) (practical joke)
  • to play a trick on somebody -> gastar una broma a alguien
  • to obtain something by a trick -> conseguir algo con engaños
  • a nasty trick -> una jugarreta
  • trick photography -> fotografía (f) trucada
  • trick question -> pregunta (f) con trampa
2. mano (f) baza (f) (in cardgame)
  • to take or make a trick -> ganar una mano
3. (idioms)
  • he's been up to his old tricks again -> ha vuelto a las andadas
  • that should do the trick -> esto debería servir
  • she knows all the tricks -> se las sabe todas
  • the tricks of the trade -> los trucos del oficio
  • she doesn't miss a trick -> no se le pasa una
  • how's tricks? (familiar) -> ¿qué pasa?, ¿cómo lo llevas? (español de España)
verbo transitivo
4. engañar (person)
  • to trick somebody into doing something -> engañar a alguien para que haga algo
  • to trick something out of somebody -> quitar or sacarle algo a alguien a base de engaños (Am)

trick [tri-ka-trit]
1. Engañar, defraudar, jugar una pieza, pegar un pachazo.
2. Ataviar, componer, asear; por lo común, con out.
sustantivo & verbo neutro (intransitivo)
3. em> Trampear, vivir de trampa (n)
sustantivo
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trick [trɪk]
noun
1 (joke, hoax) broma (f); (mischief) travesura (f); (ruse) truco (m); ardid (m)
dirty or mean trick mala pasada (f); jugada (f) sucia; the tricks of the trade los trucos del oficio; to play a trick on sb gastar una broma a algn; unless my eyes are playing tricks on me si los ojos no me engañan; his memory played a trick on him le falló la memoria
trick or treat When the costumes were finished and the boys prepared for their night out for trick or treat they appeared comical and oddly mismatched
trick or treat! frase amenazante que pronuncian en tono jocoso los niños que rondan las casas en la noche de Halloween; quiere decir: —¡danos algo o te hacemos una trastada!
note See culture box in entry Hallowe'en.
he's up to his old tricks again ha vuelto a hacer de las suyas
how's tricks? ¿cómo te va?
2 (card trick) baza (f); (conjuring trick) truco (m); (in circus) número (m)
to take all the tricks ganar or hacer todas las bazas
he/she knows a trick or two se lo sabe todo
I know a trick worth two of that yo me sé algo mucho mejor
that should do the trick esto servirá
he/she doesn't miss a trick no se pierde nada
to try every trick in the book emplear todos los trucos
they tried every trick in the book
that's the oldest trick in the book eso es un viejo truco
That's the oldest trick in the book — to blame someone else for your problems That beggar's just collecting enough money to get drunk on. Using the children to persuade the gullible to part with their money. Oldest trick in the book
the whole bag of tricks todo el rollo (informal)
3 (special knack) truco (m)
there's a trick to opening this door esta puerta tiene truco para abrirla; to get the trick of it coger el truco; aprender el modo de hacerlo
4 (peculiarity, strange habit) manía (f); peculiaridad (f)
certain tricks of style ciertas peculiaridades estilísticas; ciertos rasgos del estilo; it's just a trick he has es una manía suya; to have a trick of doing sth tener la manía de hacer algo; history has a trick of repeating itself la historia tiene tendencia a repetirse; it's a trick of the light es una ilusión óptica
5 (catch) trampa (f)
there must be a trick in it aquí seguro que hay trampa
6 [of prostitute] cliente (m)
to turn tricks ligarse clientes (informal)
verb:transitive
(deceive) engañar; (swindle) estafar; timar
I've been tricked! ¡me han engañado!; to trick sb into doing sth engañar a algn para que haga algo; conseguir con engaños que algn haga algo; to trick sb out of sth quitar algo a algn con engaños
modifier
trick cyclist (n) ciclista (m) acróbata
trick photography (n) trucaje (m)
trick question (n) pregunta (f) de pega
trick riding (n) acrobacia (f) ecuestre

Verb Conjugation for "trick" (go to el truco)

Imperative
  • trick
  • you trick
  • he/she tricks
  • we trick
  • you trick
  • they trick
Preterite
  • I tricked
  • you tricked
  • he/she tricked
  • we tricked
  • you tricked
  • they tricked
Present Continuous
  • I am tricking
  • you are tricking
  • he/she is tricking
  • we are tricking
  • you are tricking
  • they are tricking
Present Perfect
  • I have tricked
  • you have tricked
  • he/she has tricked
  • we have tricked
  • you have tricked
  • they have tricked
Past Continuous
  • I was tricking
  • you were tricking
  • he/she was tricking
  • we were tricking
  • you were tricking
  • they were tricking
Past Perfect
  • I had tricked
  • you had tricked
  • he/she had tricked
  • we had tricked
  • you had tricked
  • they had tricked
Future
  • I will trick
  • you will trick
  • he/she will trick
  • we will trick
  • you will trick
  • they will trick
Future Perfect
  • I will have tricked
  • you will have tricked
  • he/she will have tricked
  • we will have tricked
  • you will have tricked
  • they will have tricked
Future Continuous
  • I will be tricking
  • you will be tricking
  • he/she will be tricking
  • we will be tricking
  • you will be tricking
  • they will be tricking
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been tricking
  • you have been tricking
  • he/she has been tricking
  • we have been tricking
  • you have been tricking
  • they have been tricking
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been tricking
  • you will have been tricking
  • he/she will have been tricking
  • we will have been tricking
  • you will have been tricking
  • they will have been tricking
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been tricking
  • you had been tricking
  • he/she had been tricking
  • we had been tricking
  • you had been tricking
  • they had been tricking
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