nudo

nudo(
noo
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A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g. el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
masculine noun
1. (fastening)
a. knot
No puedo deshacer el nudo de la corbata.I can't untie the knot in my tie.
2. (botany)
a. knot (in wood)
La madera de pino suele tener muchos nudos.Pinewood tends to have many knots.
b. node (on a stem)
Es más difícil partir la caña por los nudos.Cane is harder to break at the nodes.
3. (crossing)
a. intersection
Sigue todo recto al llegar al nudo.Go straight ahead when you get to the intersection.
b. junction
Hubo un choque en el transitado nudo.There was a car crash at the busy junction.
4. (central element)
a. crux (of a situation or problem)
El nudo del problema es que los políticos no actúan con honradez.The crux of the problem is that politicians are not acting with honesty.
b. climax (of a story or play)
Después del nudo de la trama, se aproxima el desenlace.After the plot's climax, the ending comes close.
5. (nautical)
a. knot
El velero está navegando a 5 nudos.The sailboat is traveling at 5 knots.
6. (anatomy)
a. knot
El masaje me alivió un nudo que tenía en el hombro derecho.The massage eased a knot I had in my right shoulder.
7. (tight feeling)
a. knot (in one's stomach)
Se me hizo un nudo en el estómago esperando los resultados.I got a knot in my stomach waiting for the results.
b. lump (in one's throat)
Tenía un nudo en la garganta cuando me despedí de mi padre.I felt a lump in my throat as I said goodbye to my father.
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nudo
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
Noun
1. (lazo)
a. knot
hacer un nudoto tie a knot
2. (fig)
a.
se le hizo un nudo en la gargantashe got a lump in her throat
nudo corredizoslipknot
nudo gordianoGordian knot
3. (cruce)
a. junction
nudo de comunicacionescommunications center
4. (vínculo)
a. tie, bond
5. (punto principal)
a. crux, nub
6. (en madera)
a. knot
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nudo
adjective
nuda propiedad bare ownership; bare title to property
nudo
1 (en hilo, cuerda) knot
el nudo de la corbata the tie knot; no sabe hacerse el nudo de la corbata he doesn't know how to tie his tie; atar con un nudo to tie in a knot
un nudo en la garganta a lump in one's throat
se me hizo un nudo en la garganta I got a lump in my throat
nudo corredizo slipknot
nudo de rizos reef knot
nudo gordiano Gordian knot
nudo llano nudo marinero reef knot
2 [de carreteras, ferrocarriles] junction
3 (vínculo) bond; tie
4 [de problema, cuestión] core; crux; [de obra, narración] crisis; point of greatest complexity
5 (en tallo) node; (en madera) knot
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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