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"Thread" is a noun which is often translated as "el hilo", and "yarn" is a noun which is also often translated as "el hilo". Learn more about the difference between "thread" and "yarn" below.
thread(
threhd
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (sewing)
a. el hilo (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I can't find thread that is the same color as the button I want to sew.No puedo encontrar un hilo que sea del mismo color que el botón que quiero coser.
2. (filament)
a. la hebra (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Jack caught the thread of cheese that was dangling from his mouth with his finger.Jack tomó con su dedo la hebra de queso que colgaba de su boca.
3. (sequence)
4. (of screw)
b. el filete (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Make sure the thread is lubricated before you turn the screw.Antes de ajustar el tornillo, asegúrate de que el filete esté lubricado.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. enhebrar
It took me ten minutes to thread the needle and five minutes to hem these pants.Tardé diez minutos en enhebrar la aguja y cinco en hacer el dobladillo a estos pantalones.
threads
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
7. (colloquial) (clothes)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. los trapos (M) (colloquial)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Be careful with the iron! These threads cost me an arm and a leg.¡Ten cuidado con la plancha! Estos trapos me costaron un ojo de la cara.
yarn(
yarn
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (material)
b. el estambre (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
She bought purple yarn to knit a scarf.Compró estambre morado para tejer una bufanda.
2. (colloquial) (tale)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. la historia (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Old fishermen loved to get together and tell yarns about the sea.A los pescadores viejos les encantaba reunirse y contar historias del mar.
b. el cuento (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
He spun me a yarn about how he was the one who saved the firm from bankruptcy.Me contó un cuento de cómo fue él quien salvó a la empresa de la bancarrota.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
3. (colloquial) (to tell stories)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. contar historias
Grandma loves to yarn when we pay her a visit.A la abuela le encanta contar historias cuando la visitamos.
