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sink(

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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. (in the bathroom)

a. el lavabo

(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)

Don't touch the sink. I just cleaned it with bleach.No toquen el lavabo; lo acabo de limpiar con lejía.

b. el lavamanos

(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)

Wash your hands in the sink before having lunch.Lávate las manos en el lavamanos antes de comer.

2. (in the kitchen)

a. el fregadero

(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)

Leave the dirty dishes in the sink.Deja los platos sucios en el fregadero.

b. la pila

(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)

Do the dishes in the sink.Lava los platos en la pila.

c. la pileta

(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)

Wash the glasses in the sink with dish soap.Lava los vasos en la pileta con jabón lavavajillas.

d. el lavaplatos

(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)

(Andes)

Regionalism used in Chile

(Chile)

I need to get the sink repaired - it's got a crack.Tengo que hacer reparar el lavaplatos. Tiene una rajadura.

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

transitive verb

3. (to submerge)

a. hundir

The storm sank the ship.La tormenta hundió el barco.

4. (to ruin)

a. acabar con

The army sank the coup d'état.El ejército acabó con el golpe de estado.

5. (to open up)

a. excavar

They sank a tunnel into the mountain that connects both cities.Excavaron un túnel en la montaña que conecta ambas ciudades.

b. abrir

I was ordered to sink a trench to put the line underground.Me mandaron abrir una zanja para poner la línea bajo tierra.

6. (to bury)

a. enterrar

The pipes are sunk into the ground seven feet deep.Las tuberías están enterradas en el suelo a siete pies.

7. (to invest)

a. invertir

My parents are sinking a lot of money into my education.Mis padres están invirtiendo mucho dinero en mi educación.

8. (sports)

a. embocar

The golfer sank the ball in the hole and won the competition.El golfista embocó la pelota en el hoyo y ganó la competición.

b. meter

The player sank two goals during the match.El jugador metió dos goles durante el partido.

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

(colloquial)

(to down) (United Kingdom)

a. tragarse

We ate dinner, sank a couple of drinks, and went to bed exhausted.Cenamos, nos tragamos un par de copas y nos fuimos a dormir exhaustos.

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

intransitive verb

10. (to submerge)

a. hundirse

The stone sank to the bottom of the lake.La piedra se hundió hasta el fondo del lago.

11. (to slump)

a. arrellanarse

I sank into the first seat I saw.Me arrellané en el primer asiento que vi.

b. desplomarse

I was so tired that I sank into my bed.Estaba tan cansado que me desplomé en la cama.

12. (to lapse)

a. hundirse

Their family had sunk into poverty.Su familia se había hundido en la miseria.

13. (to fall)

a. caer en picado

The company's benefits sank last quarter.Los beneficios de la empresa cayeron en picado el trimestre pasado.

14. (to deteriorate)

a. empeorar

His health was sinking, and he knew that his death was approaching.Su salud empeoraba y sabía que su muerte se estaba acercando.

b. estar peor

The patient was sinking fast.El paciente estaba cada vez peor.

sink

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

transitive verb

1. (ship)

a. hundir

to be sunk in thoughtestar abstraído(a)

2. (fam fig)

to be sunkestar perdido(a)

3. (well)

a. cavar

4. (shaft)

a. excavar

to sink one's teeth into somethinghundir or hincar los dientes en algo

to sink money into a projectinvertir mucho dinero en un proyecto

5. (colloquial) (United Kingdom)

a. (drink)

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

intransitive verb

6. (in water, mud)

a. hundirse

her heart sankse le cayó el alma a los pies

his spirits sankse desanimó

to sink into somebody's memoryquedar grabado(a) en la memoria de alguien

to sink into oblivionsumirse en el olvido

to sink into a deep sleepsumirse en un sueño profundo

to sink into an armchairhundirse en un sillón

to sink to the groundir cayendo al suelo

he has sunk in my estimationha perdido gran parte de mi estima

how could you sink so low?¿cómo pudiste caer tan bajo?

sink [sɪŋk] sank (past)sunk (participle:past)

transitive verb

1 (submerge) [+ship] hundir; (destroy) [+person] hundir; [+project] acabar con; dar al traste con; [+theory] destruir; acabar con

if we did not surrender they threatened to sink us the ship was sunk in combat with the U.S.S Kearsarge if you are not strong mentally, the job can sink you the fact that Gorbachev kept going after him, kept trying to get him, kept trying to sink him, led to a relationship where it was actually it's either me or you

to be sunk estar perdido

now we're sunk! without him we'd be well and truly sunk to sink sb's hopes/dreams

2 (open up) [+mineshaft] abrir; excavar; [+hole] hacer; excavar; [+well] perforar; abrir

To boost meat production, the government sank wells and built watering places.

3 (bury, lay) [+pipe] enterrar; [+foundations] echar

to sink a post two metres into the ground fijar un poste dos metros bajo tierra; she sunk her face into her hands hundió la cara en las manos; his eyes were sunk deep into their sockets tenía los ojos hundidos

The houses have to be built on poles which are sunk down into the bed of the lake. There was an old tin bath which they had sunk into the ground to make a little pond

to be sunk in thought estar absorto en mis etc pensamientos; estar ensimismado; to be sunk in depression estar sumido en la depresión

4 (forget) [+feelings] ahogar

she would sink her own needs in the needs of others to sink one's identity in that of a group he sank his worries in a bottle of whisky

let's sink our differences hagamos las paces; olvidemos nuestras diferencias

feuding economists have also temporarily sunk their differences Mr Havel called on Czechs and Slovaks to sink their differences this leaves the rival rebel leaders,Charles Taylor and Prince Johnson, still in the contest, but with no sign of their sinking their differences

5 (dig in) [+knife] hundir; clavar; [+teeth] hincar

I sank my knife into the cheese hundí or clavé el cuchillo en el queso; he sank his teeth into my arm me hincó los dientes en el brazo

He sank his teeth into a juicy steak

6 (invest)

to sink money in or into sth invertir dinero en algo

He sank his life savings into a business venture

7 (Britain) [+drink] tragarse (informal)

he can sink a glass of beer in 12 seconds he sank three pints in quick succession

8 (Dep) [+ball, putt] embocar

he sank two crucial putts in the last three holes

intransitive verb

1 [+ship, object] hundirse

the body sank to the bottom of the lake el cadáver se hundió en el fondo del lago; the yeast sinks to the bottom in beer la levadura se deposita en el fondo de la cerveza

the car sank slowly into the mud The torpedo hit one of the aircraft carriers, which blew up and sank at once

to sink out of sight desaparecer; to sink without trace desaparecer sin dejar rastro

"Whatever happened to the Sinclair C5?" "It seems to have sunk without trace." sadly, the film sank without trace he had a number one hit 5 years ago but seems to have sunk without trace

to leave sb to sink or swim abandonar a algn a su suerte

we're all in the same boat and we sink or swim together todos estamos en la misma situación, y una de dos: o nos hundimos o salimos a flote juntos

it's a case of sink or swim

2 (subside) [+building, land] hundirse; [+flood waters] bajar de nivel; [+sun] ponerse

slowly the flood waters sank The sun had just sunk below the horizon It's possible that the building may be sinking a little

3 (slump) [+person]

to sink into a chair arrellanarse en una silla; dejarse caer en una silla; to sink to one's knees caer de rodillas; I sank into a deep sleep caí en un sueño profundo; she would sometimes sink into depression a veces se sumía en la depresión; he sank deeper into debt se hundió más y más en las deudas; to sink into poverty hundirse or caer en la miseria

the economy is sinking back into recession Bulgaria's economy has sunk into chaos that night he sank into a deep coma she sank to her knees in exhaustion

my heart sank se me cayó el alma a los pies; her spirits sank lower and lower tenía la moral cada vez más baja

4 (deteriorate) [+sick person]

he's sinking fast está cada vez peor

The patient was sinking fast and was not expected to live much longer.

5 (fall) (in amount, value)

the shares have sunk to three dollars las acciones han bajado a tres dólares; he has sunk in my estimation ha bajado en mi estima; his voice sank to a whisper su voz se redujo a un susurro

Wages have sunk so low in relation to the cost of living The pound has sunk to its lowest level against the dollar the noise of the club sank to a dull thud as he moved further away

sink [sɪŋk]

noun

(in kitchen) fregadero (m); pila (f); (in bathroom) lavabo (m);

adjective

[+estate] degradado; deprimido; [+school] con un nivel muy bajo

The poor, the unemployed and people living on sink estates are more likely to be criminal, depressed, suicidal and addicted to drugs than those in more comfortable circumstances ...the sink estates that now blight most urban conurbations ...sink schools for the pupils nobody else wanted ...an inner city sink school with a class of 32, half of whom speak no English

modifier

sink tidy (n) recipiente para lavavajillas, jabón y estropajos

sink unit (n) fregadero (m)

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kitchen sink	el fregadero
bathroom sink	el lavabo
I refuse to sink	me rehúso a hundirme
sink in	penetrar
in the sink	en el lavabo en el fregadero
wipe the sink	limpia el lavabo
clean the sink	limpia el lavabo limpiar el fregadero
please do not use the sink	por favor, no uses el lavabo