(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).
(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) 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) 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) 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).
Abigail opened the tap and drew off a small quantity of brandy for me to try.Abigail abrió la espita y sacó una pequeña cantidad de coñac para que lo probara.
(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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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).
The driver tapped his fingers on the steering wheel as he waited at the lights.El chofer tamborileaba con los dedos sobre el volante mientras esperaba en el semáforo.
The project aims to tap underground water resources for the benefit of coastal regions.El objetivo del proyecto es de explotar depósitos de agua subterránea en beneficio de las zonas costeras.
Western provinces are making great efforts to tap natural resources to boost their economy.Las provincias del oeste están haciendo grandes esfuerzos para aprovechar los recursos naturales y así impulsar su economía.
When we woke up, all we could hear was the rain tapping against the window.Cuando nos despertamos, lo único que se oía era la lluvia que repiqueteaba contra la ventana.
taps
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
(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) 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).
I felt a tap on my shouldersentí un golpecito or toque en el hombro;there was a tap at or on the doorllamaron or tocaron suavemente a la puerta;I gave him a gentle tap on the backle di un golpecito en la espalda
2(also tap dancing) claqué (m)
she's been learning tap for years
3(on dancing shoe)lámina (f) de metal;tapa (f) de metal
tap dancer (n)bailaríninabailarina (m) (f) de claqué;inabailarina
tap dancing (n)claqué (m)
tap[tæp]
noun
1(Britain)(water tap)grifo (m);canilla (f); (S. Cone)(gas tap)llave (f)
cold/hot water tapgrifo (m) de agua fría/caliente
the honey runs out of a tap at the bottom of the drumthe hot tap was still running
you've left the tap runninghas dejado el grifo abierto;to turn the tap on/offabrir/cerrar el grifo
2(stopper)[of barrel]espita (f);canilla (f)
on tap: beer on tapcerveza (f) de barril
they have several well-known real ales on taponly low-alcohol lager was on tap at the 250th birthday celebration at Whitbread's Gloucester depotto be on tapfiltered water is always on tap
to have sth on tapdisponer de algo;he seems to have unlimited money on tapparece disponer de un caudal de dinero ilimitado
they have pop music, TV, videos on tapwe have plenty of expertise and experience on tap
3(Telec)micrófono (m)
he's convinced there's a tap on his phone
to put a tap on sb's phoneintervenir or pinchar el teléfono de algn (informal)
4(Med)punción (f)
spinal tappunción (f) lumbar
a tool for cutting female screw threads, consisting of a threaded steel cylinder with longitudinal grooves forming cutting threads.drill a 3/8in. hole and thread it with a 1/2in. tap
transitive verb
1(use)[+resource, situation]explotar
the company is trying to tap the Japanese marketto tap sb [for] sth
to tap sb for informationtratar de (son)sacar información a algn;he tried to tap me for £5intentó sonsacarme cinco libras
he tapped the boss for informationhe was hoping to tap her for £30
my phone is tappedmi teléfono está intervenido or pinchado (informal)
TAPPING mobile phone conversations is expensive and highly technicalprosecutors played back tapes of their tapped phone conversations
4(cut into)[+tree]sangrar
to tap the rubber from a treesangrar un árbol para extraer el caucho
he used to tap rubber trees in the jungle to get the sap out
5(Electricity and Electronics)[+electricity, current]derivar;[+wire]hacer una derivación en
6(Med)[+spine]hacer una punción en
If you tap a thread, you cut a screw thread into a hole, so that a bolt or screw can be inserted into itthe problem was cured by re-tapping the thread and fitting an oversize bolt
