(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 need one inch nails for this project.Necesitamos clavos de una pulgada para este proyecto.

2. (anatomy)

a. la uña

(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 broke a nail, and it hurts a lot.Me rompí una uña y me duele mucho.

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

transitive verb

3. (to affix with nails)

a. clavar

Nail this piece to that one and the table will be done.Clava esta pieza a esa, y la mesa estará terminada.

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

(colloquial)

(to catch)

a. agarrar

The police nailed the guys that robbed the jewelry store.La policía agarró a los tipos que robaron en la joyería.

b. pillar

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

(colloquial)

The cops nailed him trying to buy drugs in an alley.La policía lo pilló intentando comprar drogas en un callejón.

5. (to expose)

a. poner al descubierto

He nailed you telling a lie. Now everyone knows.Puso al descubierto tu mentira. Ahora todo el mundo lo sabe.

nail

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

Noun

1. (in carpentry)

a. el clavo

(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. (fig)

it was another nail in his coffinera otro clavo más en su ataúd

3. (fig)

to hit the nail on the headdar en el clavo

4. (of finger, toe)

a. la uña

(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)

nail filelima de uñas

nail scissorstijeras de manicura

nail varnish or polishlaca or esmalte de uñas

nail varnish removerquitaesmaltes m inv

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

transitive verb

5. (general)

a. clavar

he nailed the lid shutfijó la tapa con clavos

6. (fig)

he stood nailed to the spotse quedó clavado

7. (idioms)

a. (colloquial)

to nail somebody for a crimeemplumar or empapelar a alguien por un delito

8. (colloquial)

to nail a liedesterrar una falsedad

nail [neɪl]

noun

1 (Anat) uña (f)

to bite one's nails morderse las uñas

2 (metal) clavo (m)

a nail in sb's coffin

this is another nail in his coffin este es otro paso hacia su destrucción

to hit the nail on the head dar en el clavo

to pay (cash) on the nail pagar en el acto; pagar a tocateja (informal); (Esp)

hard

transitive verb

1 (fix with nails) clavar; sujetar con clavos

to nail two things together fijar or unir dos cosas con clavos

Jesus was nailed to the cross

2 (catch, get hold of) agarrar; pillar (informal)

3 (expose) [+lie] poner al descubierto; [+rumour] demostrar la falsedad de

4 (define) definir; precisar

modifier

nail bomb (n) bomba (f) de metralla

nail clippers (n) cortauñas (m)

nail enamel (US) (n) esmalte (m) de uñas

nail file (n) lima (f) (para las uñas)

nail polish (n) esmalte (m) de uñas

nail polish remover (n) quitaesmalte (m)

nail scissors (n) tijeras (f) para las uñas

nail varnish (n) esmalte (m) de uñas

nail varnish remover (n) quitaesmalte (m)

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Examples

Phrases

paint nails	pintar las uñas
paint one's nails	pintarse las uñas
I paint my nails	me pinto las uñas
she puts on makeup and paints her nails	se maquilla y se pinta las uñas
she paints her nails	se pinta las uñas
buff one's nails	pulir las uñas
I bite my nails	me muerdo las uñas
paint my nails	pintarme las uñas

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Conjugations

Participles

Present:	nailing
Past:	nailed

Indicative

	Present	Past	Future
I	nail	nailed	will nail
you	nail	nailed	will nail
he/she	nails	nailed	will nail
we	nail	nailed	will nail
you	nail	nailed	will nail
they	nail	nailed	will nail