kink

la onda

el vicio

kink(

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

noun

1. (twist)

a. la onda

(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)

Isabel's hair is pretty straight apart from one little kink.Isabel tiene el pelo bastante liso aparte de una onda pequeña.

b. la retorcedura

(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)

There was a kink in the electric cable which caused it to split.Había una retorcedura en el cable eléctrico que lo hizo abrirse.

c. la vuelta

(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)

You need to straighten the hose; there's a kink in it.Hay que poner bien la manguera; tiene una vuelta.

2. (psychology)

a. la manía

(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)

We all have our kinks.Todos tenemos nuestras manías.

3. (crick)

Regionalism used in the United States

(United States)

a. el tirón

(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 woke up with a kink in my back.Me desperté con un tirón en la espalda.

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

Gary must have fallen asleep in a bad position because when he woke up, he had a kink in his neck.Gary ha debido de dormirse en mala posición porque cuando se despertó tenía tortícolis.

I've got a kink in my neck from staring at the sreen too long.Tengo tortícolis por mirar demasiado la pantalla.

4. (sexual perversion)

a. el vicio

(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)

Deirdre found some of Gordon's kinks a turn-off.Para Deirdre, algunos de los vicios de Gordon le mataban el deseo.

5. (problem)

a. el problema

(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)

There's a kink in our sales strategy that we'll need to put right.Hay un problema con nuestra estrategia de ventas que tendremos que corregir.

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