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reed

1. (botany)

Have you ever wondered how reeds bend with the wind without breaking?¿Alguna vez te preguntaste cómo es que los juncos se doblan con el viento sin quebrarse?

b. la caña

We didn't have fishing lines, so we tried using reeds to catch the fish in the lake.No teníamos sedales, así que tratamos de pescar los peces del lago con cañas.

2. (in a wind instrument)

a. la lengüeta

Because of the humidity, the reeds in my oboe kept breaking.Por culpa de la humedad, las lengüetas del oboe se rompían continuamente.

3. (musical instrument)

a. el instrumento de lengüeta

Clarinets and saxophones are reeds.Los clarinetes y los saxofones son instrumentos de lengüeta.

b. el caramillo

We heard the music from the shepherd's reed from across the pasture.Oímos la música del caramillo del pastor desde el otro lado del pasto.

reed

1. (plant)

a. la caña

2. (music)

a. la lengüeta (of instrument)

reed [riːd]

noun

1 (Bot) junco (m); caña (f)

broken reed persona (f) quemada

2 (Mús) (in mouthpiece) lengüeta (f)

3 (pipe) caramillo (m)

modifier

reed bed (n) juncal (m); cañaveral (m)

reed bunting (n) verderón (m) común

reed instrument (n) instrumento (m) de lengüeta

reed mace (n) anea (f); espadaña (f)

reed stop (n) registro (m) de lengüetas

reed warbler (n) carricero (m) común

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