el anzuelo

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anzuelo

fish hook

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anzuelo(

)

A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g. el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).

masculine noun

1. (tool for fishing)

a. fish hook

El pescador añadió un cebo artificial al anzuelo.The fisher placed an artificial lure on the fish hook.

b. hook

Un pez picó el anzuelo poco después de colocar la caña.A fish bit the hook shortly after I had casted off.

2. (trap)

a. bait

En el programa, se utiliza a un actor como anzuelo para la broma.In the TV show, an actor acts as a bait for the joke.

anzuelo

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

Noun

1. (general)

a. (fish) hook

2. (fam fig)

a. bait

tragarse el anzueloto take the bait

anzuelo

(para pescar) fish hook; (aliciente) bait; lure

echar el anzuelo to offer a bait; offer an inducement

picar en el anzuelo

tragarse el anzuelo

to swallow the bait

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