bend

She bent her gaze to the horizon just in time to see the last rays of the day.Dirigió la mirada al horizonte justo a tiempo para ver los últimos rayos del día.

b. concentrar

He bent his mind to planning the peace conference.Se concentró en planear la conferencia por la paz.

3. (to incline)

a. inclinar

The baby bent his head to the side in wonder at the sight of the ladybug.El bebé inclinó la cabeza hacia un lado maravillado al ver la catarina.

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

4. (curve)

a. la curva

(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).

(F)

Look out. There's a sharp bend in the road ahead.Cuidado. Hay una curva cerrada adelante en el camino.

b. el ángulo

(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).

(M)

We'll need a few bends in these pipes to get the water from the street up into the tank.Necesitaremos unos ángulos en estos tubos para subir el agua de la calle hasta el tinaco.

c. el codo

(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).

(M)

(pipes)

The plumber always finds clogs in the bends.El plomero siempre encuentra obstrucciones en los codos.

5. (nautical)

a. la gaza

(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).

(F)

(knot or loop)

Tie a bend in the rope to make it easier to attach the anchor line.Ata una gaza a la cuerda para que sea más fácil sujetar la línea de anclaje.

6. (heraldry)

a. la banda

(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).

(F)

My family's coat of arms has a crimson bend running across it diagonally.El escudo de armas de mi familia tiene una banda de color carmesí que lo cruza en diagonal.

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

7. (to become bent)

a. doblarse

The branch began to bend under the weight of the cat.La rama empezó a doblarse con el peso del gato.

b. inclinarse

The tree bent in the gale force wind.El árbol se inclinó por la fuerza del vendaval.

c. torcerse

The suitcase handle bent and needs to be fixed.Se torció el asa de la maleta y hay que arreglarla.

8. (to curve)

a. torcer

The road ahead bends to the right.El camino adelante tuerce a la derecha.

b. hacer una curva

The road bent into an incline and the fog merged with the forest.El camino hizo una curva hacia abajo en una pendiente y la niebla se confundió con el bosque.

9. (to submit)

a. ceder

Anthony refused to bend to the invaders.Anthony se negó a ceder ante los invasores.

bends

A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

plural noun

10. (illness)

a. la enfermedad de los buzos

(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).

(F)

If you rise to the surface more quickly than your bubbles, you can get the bends.Si subes a la superficie más rápido que tus burbujas, te puede dar la enfermedad de los buzos.

b. el síndrome de descompresión

(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).

(M)

You may panic and want to go up faster than you should, but that causes the bends.Podría entrarte el pánico y querer subir más rápido de lo que deberías, pero eso provoca el síndrome de descomprensión.

bend

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (of road, river)

a. la curva

(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).

(F)

2. (of pipe, arm)

a. el codo

(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).

(M)

3. (colloquial)

to be round the bendestar majara, zafado(a), piantado(a)

4. (colloquial)

to drive somebody round the bendsacar a alguien de sus casillas, poner a alguien a cien

the bendsenfermedad f de los buzos

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

5. (general)

a. doblar

to bend one's arm/backdoblar el brazo/la espalda

do not bendno doblar

on bended kneede rodillas

to bend the rulesser flexible en la interpretación de las reglas

6. (colloquial) (United Kingdom)

he bent my earme contó sus penas

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

7. (road, river)

a. hacer una curva, girar

to bend under the strain of somethingceder bajo la presión de algo

bend [bend] bent (past)

noun

1 (gen) curva (f); (in pipe etc) ángulo (m); (corner) recodo (m); (Náut) gaza (f)

dangerous bend curva peligrosa

he's round the bend! (Britain) ¡está chiflado! (informal)

to go round the bend volverse loco; to drive sb round the bend volver loco a algn (informal)

Your fidgeting is driving me round the bend

the bends (Med) la enfermedad de descompresión

3 (Heraldry) banda (f)

transitive verb

1 (make curved) [+wire] curvar; doblar; (cause to sag) combar; [+arm, knee] doblar; [+sail] envergar

on bended knee de rodillas

I almost begged him on bended knee to let the two accused men be tried in Scotland

to bend the rules for sb adaptar las normas a beneficio de algn

they were prepared to bend the rules for her

to bend sb to one's will doblar a algn a su voluntad

to bend sb's ear marear a algn (informal)

He might try to bend your ear with his plan for bringing harmony to Ireland Would you really want to be bothered by all those discarnate entities on the astral plane trying to bend your ear and get a word in edgeways?

2 (incline) [+body, head] inclinar

3 (direct) [+efforts, steps etc] dirigir;to a

to bend one's mind to a problem aplicarse a un problema

bent

intransitive verb

1 [+branch] doblarse; [+wire] torcerse; [+arm, knee] doblarse; [+road, river] torcer;to the left a la izquierda;

2 [+person] (stoop) inclinarse; doblarse

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Phrases

bend over	inclinarse
bend down	agacharse inclinar
up around the bend	más allá, despúes de la curva
bend your knees	doblar las rodillas
around the bend	después de la curva

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Participles

Present:	doblando
Past:	doblado

Indicative

	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Conditional	Future
yo	doblo	doblé	doblaba	doblaría	doblaré
tú	doblas	doblaste	doblabas	doblarías	doblarás
él/ella/Ud.	dobla	dobló	doblaba	doblaría	doblará
nosotros	doblamos	doblamos	doblábamos	doblaríamos	doblaremos
vosotros	dobláis	doblasteis	doblabais	doblaríais	doblaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	doblan	doblaron	doblaban	doblarían	doblarán