heel

el talón

poner tapas a

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Conjugation

heel(

)

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

noun

1. (anatomy)

a. el talón

(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)

I have a piece of glass in my heel from walking barefoot.Tengo un pedazo de vidrio en el talón por caminar descalzo.

2. (part of a shoe)

a. el taco

(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)

Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.

(Latin America)

My heel broke off my shoe while walking on a cobblestone street.Se me rompió el taco cuando caminaba por una calle empedrada.

b. el tacón

(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)

Her shoes have three inch heels.Sus zapatos tienen tacones de tres pulgadas.

3. (part of a sock)

a. el talón

(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 have a hole in the heel of your sock.Tienes un agujero en el talón de tu calcetín.

4. (footware)

a. el tacón

(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)

I love that drag queen's heels.Me fascinan los tacones de esa drag queen.

b. el zapato de tacón

(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)

Marta always wears heels when she goes dancing.Marta siempre lleva zapatos de tacón cuando sale a bailar.

c. el zapato de taco

(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)

The hostess must wear heels.La anfitriona debe usar zapatos de taco.

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g. cat, groovy).

(old-fashioned)

(contemptible person)

a. el canalla

(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)

, la canalla

(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)

I'm glad you're not dating him anymore. He was a real heel.Me alegro de que ya no salgas con él. Era un verdadero canalla.

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

transitive verb

6. (to put a heel on)

a. poner tapas a

The uppers are still in good condition. I just need to heel them.Los empeines están en buen estado. Solo tengo que ponerles tapas.

b. poner tacos altos a

Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.

(Latin America)

I want to heel these shoes with rubber.Quiero ponerles tacos altos a estos zapatos.

c. poner tacones a

The cobbler will finish heeling my shoes by this afternoon.El zapatero terminará de ponerle los tacones a mis zapatos para hoy en la tarde.

7. (sports)

a. talonar

The player heeled the ball into the goal.El jugador talonó la pelota a la meta.

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

intransitive verb

8. (nautical)

a. escorar

The boat began to heel back and forth as it left the harbor.El barco empezó a escorar de un lado al otro mientras salía del puerto.

9. (to follow closely)

a. caminar al lado

Laura is training her dog to heel.Laura está entrenando a su perra para que camine al lado.

An interjection is a short utterance that expresses emotion, hesitation, or protest (e.g. Wow!).

interjection

10. (dog command)

a. ven aquí

Spot, heel!Spot, ¡ven aquí!

b. junto

Heel, Fido! Good boy!¡Junto, Fido! ¡Buen perro!

heel

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

Noun

1. (of foot, sock)

a. el talón

(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)

2. (of shoe)

a. el tacón

(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)

b. el taco

(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)

Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.

(Latin America)

high heelszapatos mpl de tacón or

he had the police at his heelsla policía le venía pisando los talones

to take to one's heelsponer pies en polvorosa

to turn on one's heeldar media vuelta

3. (colloquial)

to cool or kick one's heelsquedarse esperando un largo rato

4. (fig)

to bring somebody to heelmeter a alguien en cintura

heel bartienda de reparaciones de calzado en el acto

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

transitive verb

5. (shoe)

a. poner un tacón or

b. taco nuevo a

Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.

(Latin America)

heel [hiːl]

noun

1 (Anat) talón (m)

to turn on one's heel dar media vuelta; to keep to heel [+dog] seguir de cerca al dueño

to be at or on sb's heels pisar los talones a algn

to bring sb to heel sobreponerse a algn; meter a algn en cintura

to cool one's heels estar plantado or de plantón

If I was going to spend ninety minutes cooling my heels, I had to be darned confident that I was going to come away with a substantial order UN weapons inspectors have been cooling their heels in Bahrain for almost a week

I decided to leave him to cool his heels decidí hacerle esperar un rato; decidí dejarlo plantado or de plantón un rato (informal)

I thought I'd let the Dolans cool their heels for a while

to dig in one's heels empecinarse

to drag one's heels arrastrar los pies

to follow hard on sb's heels seguir a algn muy de cerca

to follow hard on the heels of sth venir a renglón seguido de algo

This meetinmg follows hard on the heels of last month's talks

to be hot on sb's heels pisar los talones a algn

to kick one's heels estar plantado or de plantón

to show sb a clean pair of heels hacer tragar polvo a algn

to take to one's heels echar a correr; poner pies en polvorosa (informal)

to be under the heel of estar bajo los talones de

2 [of sock] talón (m); [of shoe] tacón (m)

to be down at heel ir desharrapado

down-at-heel

3 (person) sinvergüenza (m); canalla (m)

I felt a real heel for not seeing her home

transitive verb

1 [+shoe] poner tapas a

well-heeled

to be well-heeled a well-heeled businessman

2 [+ball] taconear; dar de tacón a

intransitive verb

heel! ¡ven aquí!

modifier

heel bar (n) rápido (m); tienda (f) de reparación de calzado en el acto

heel [hiːl]

intransitive verb

(also heel over) (Náut) zozobrar; escorar

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Phrases

heel spur	el espolón calcáneo
heel of the foot	talón del pie
heel plate	la tapa

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Conjugations

Participles

Present:	heeling
Past:	heeled

Indicative

	Present	Past	Future
I	heel	heeled	will heel
you	heel	heeled	will heel
he/she	heels	heeled	will heel
we	heel	heeled	will heel
you	heel	heeled	will heel
they	heel	heeled	will heel