wax

wax
[wæks]
sustantivo
1cera (f) (for candles, polishing); cera (f) cerumen (m) (in ear)
verbo transitivo
2encerar (polish)
también:
  • to have one's legs waxed -> hacerse la cera en las piernas
1crecer (moon)
2(become)
  • to wax lyrical -> ponerse lírico(a)

wax [uak-sen]
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Crecer, aumentarse (to grow, increase). (n)
2Cundir; hacerse; ponerse, irse haciendo. (n)
  • To wax warm -> acalorarse, encenderse en cólera
  • This opinion is waxing stronger every day -> esta opinión se va haciendo más fuerte de día en día
va. Encerar con cera alguna cosa.

wax [wæks]
noun
cera; (f) (in ear) cera (de los oídos); (f) cerumen; (m) cerilla; (f)
adjective
de cera
verb:transitive
[+furniture, car] encerar
modifier
wax paper (n) papel encerado; (m)
wax seal (n) sello de lacre; (m)
wax [wæks]
verb:intransitive
[+moon] crecer
to wax and wane crecer y decrecer; to wax enthusiastic (literary) entusiasmarse; to wax eloquent about sth ponerse elocuente acerca de algo

Verb Conjugation for "wax"

Imperative
  • wax
  • you wax
  • he/she waxes
  • we wax
  • you wax
  • they wax
Preterite
  • I waxed
  • you waxed
  • he/she waxed
  • we waxed
  • you waxed
  • they waxed
Present Continuous
  • I am waxing
  • you are waxing
  • he/she is waxing
  • we are waxing
  • you are waxing
  • they are waxing
Present Perfect
  • I have waxed
  • you have waxed
  • he/she has waxed
  • we have waxed
  • you have waxed
  • they have waxed
Past Continuous
  • I was waxing
  • you were waxing
  • he/she was waxing
  • we were waxing
  • you were waxing
  • they were waxing
Past Perfect
  • I had waxed
  • you had waxed
  • he/she had waxed
  • we had waxed
  • you had waxed
  • they had waxed
Future
  • I will wax
  • you will wax
  • he/she will wax
  • we will wax
  • you will wax
  • they will wax
Future Perfect
  • I will have waxed
  • you will have waxed
  • he/she will have waxed
  • we will have waxed
  • you will have waxed
  • they will have waxed
Future Continuous
  • I will be waxing
  • you will be waxing
  • he/she will be waxing
  • we will be waxing
  • you will be waxing
  • they will be waxing
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been waxing
  • you have been waxing
  • he/she has been waxing
  • we have been waxing
  • you have been waxing
  • they have been waxing
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been waxing
  • you will have been waxing
  • he/she will have been waxing
  • we will have been waxing
  • you will have been waxing
  • they will have been waxing
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been waxing
  • you had been waxing
  • he/she had been waxing
  • we had been waxing
  • you had been waxing
  • they had been waxing
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