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"Yoke" is a noun which is often translated as "el yugo", and "clog" is a noun which is often translated as "el zueco". Learn more about the difference between "yoke" and "clog" below.
yoke(
yok
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el yugo (M) (device)
(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).
There's too big a difference in size between those oxen to have them in one yoke.Hay mucha diferencia de tamaño entre esos dos bueyes como para tenerlos juntos en un yugo.
b. la yunta (F) (pair of draft animals)
(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).
Eight yokes of oxen were needed to pull such a heavy load.Se necesitaron ocho yuntas de bueyes para jalar una carga tan pesada.
a. el balancín (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).
Mara's father returned carrying two large sacks of grain suspended from a yoke.El padre de Mara regresó con dos grandes costales de grano suspendidos de un balancín.
3. (figurative) (oppression)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. uncir
Once she had yoked the oxen, the farmer's daughter attached them to the wagon.Una vez que había uncido los bueyes, la hija del granjero los ató a la carreta.
6. (figurative) (to join)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
a. unir
The debt from this house will yoke us together for the next 20 years.La deuda de la casa nos va a unir por los siguientes 20 años.
clog(
klag
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (footwear)
a. la obstrucción (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).
This liquid should dissolve the clog in the tubes, but don't let it touch your skin.Este líquido debe eliminar la obstrucción en la tubería, pero no dejes que te toque la piel.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. atascarse
The wheels of this shopping cart have clogged up with gum; let's get another cart.Las ruedas de este carrito del supermercado se atascaron con chicle; busquemos otro.
b. taparse
My roommate called the landlord because the pipes keep clogging.Mi compañero de apartamento llamó al casero porque las cañerías siguen tapándose.
