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tap(

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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. (plumbing device)

a. el grifo

(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)

I can’t remember if I turned off the tap.No recuerdo si cerré el grifo.

b. la llave

(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)

The tap’s leaking. We need to call a plumber.La llave está goteando. Necesitamos llamar al plomero.

c. la canilla

(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)

Don’t leave the tap running while you brush your teeth.No dejes la canilla abierta cuando te lavas los dientes.

2. (flow control device)

a. la llave del gas

(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)

Have you turned the tap off at the main?¿Has cerrado la llave principal del gas?

3. (spigot on a barrel)

a. la espita

(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)

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.

4. (light blow)

a. el toque

(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)

Elijah gave the ball a gentle tap and it fell into the hole.Elijah le dio un suave toque a la pelota y cayó en el hoyo.

b. el golpecito

(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)

Amelia felt a tap on her shoulder.Amelia sintió un golpecito en el hombro.

5. (listening device)

a. el micrófono de escucha

(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)

The politician suspected there was a tap and tried to disable it.El político sospechaba que había un micrófono de escucha e intentó inutilizarlo.

6. (dance)

a. el claqué

(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)

Ava loved her ballet and tap lessons.A Ava le gustaban muchísimo sus clases de ballet y claqué.

b. el tap

(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)

Valentina has been dancing tap since she was six.Valentina baila tap desde los seis años.

c. el zapateo

(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)

Fred Astaire was very adept at tap and ballroom dancing.Fred Astaire era muy experto en el zapateo y el baile de salón.

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

transitive verb

7. (to strike lightly)

a. dar un golpecito a

Emma tapped her nose to show that it was a secret.Emma se dio unos golpecitos en la nariz para indicar que era un secreto.

b. pulsar (key)

Tap "Enter" to start a new paragraph.Pulsa la tecla de retorno para empezar otro párrafo.

c. tamborilear con

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.

8. (to draw sap from)

a. sangrar (tree)

The workers spent the day tapping rubber trees.Los trabajadores pasaron el día sangrando los árboles del caucho.

9. (to wiretap)

a. intervenir (telephone)

The police admitted that they tapped his phone.La policía admitió que habían intervenido su teléfono.

b. pinchar

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

(colloquial)

Careful what you say. I think our phone has been tapped.Ten cuidado con lo que dices. Creo que han pinchado nuestro teléfono.

c. interceptar (conversation)

They were tapping his conversations with the Moscow agent.Estaban escuchando sus conversaciones con el agente en Moscú.

10. (to make use of)

a. explotar

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.

b. aprovechar

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.

11. (to try to obtain from)

a. sacar

Don’t listen to him. He’s trying to tap you for money.No le hagas caso. Está intentando sacarte dinero.

12.

A very informal word or phrase used by a particular group or community as a substitute for standard language (e.g. joint, john).

(slang)

A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society (e.g. fuck).

(vulgar)

(to have sex with)

a. joderse

A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society (e.g. fuck).

(vulgar)

I tapped her.Me la jodí.

b. chingarse

A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society (e.g. fuck).

(vulgar)

Regionalism used in Mexico

(Mexico)

I want to tap that guy.Me quiero chingar a ese tipo.

c. cogerse

A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society (e.g. fuck).

(vulgar)

Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama

(Central America)

Regionalism used in Mexico

(Mexico)

(Southern Cone)

Did he already tap his girlfriend?¿Ya se cogió a la novia?

d. follarse

A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society (e.g. fuck).

(vulgar)

Regionalism used in Spain

(Spain)

She tapped most of the guys in the class.Se ha follado a la mayoría de los tíos del curso.

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

intransitive verb

13. (to strike lightly)

a. dar golpecitos

The doorbell didn’t work, so I tried tapping on the window.No funcionaba el timbre, así que intenté hacerme escuchar dando golpecitos en la ventana.

b. tamborilear

Stop tapping! It gets on my nerves!¡Ya deja de tamborilear! ¡Me pone nerviosa!

c. repiquetear

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.

plural noun

14. (military)

a. el toque de silencio

(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)

A bugle player played taps at the corporal's funeral.Un clarinero tocó el toque de silencio en el funeral del cabo.

tap

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

Noun

1. (light blow)

a. el golpecito

(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)

to give something a tapdarle un golpecito a algo

to give somebody a tap on the shoulderdarle un golpecito en el hombro a alguien

tap dancingclaqué m

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

transitive verb

2. (general)

a. dar un golpecito a

I tapped him on the shoulderle di un golpecito en el hombro

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

intransitive verb

3. (general)

to tap at or on the doorllamar suavemente a la puerta

tap [tæp]

noun

1 (knock) (on door) toque (m); (on back, shoulder) golpecito (m); toque (m)

I felt a tap on my shoulder sentí un golpecito or toque en el hombro; there was a tap at or on the door llamaron or tocaron suavemente a la puerta; I gave him a gentle tap on the back le 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

transitive verb

(hit lightly) [+table, surface] golpear suavemente; [+typewriter keys] pulsar

he was tapping his fingers on the steering wheel estaba repiqueteando or tamborileando sobre el volante con los dedos

to tap one's foot (impatiently) taconear (impacientemente)

they were tapping their feet in time to the music seguían el compás de la música con el pie

to tap sb on the back/shoulder dar un golpecito or toque a algn en la espalda/el hombro

I tapped him on the shoulder

she tapped a rhythm on the table golpeó la mesa marcando un ritmo; repiqueteó un ritmo en la mesa

Irving leaned forward, tapping the table with an index finge

intransitive verb

dar golpecitos

please, stop tapping! ¡haz el favor de dejar de dar golpecitos!

she tapped at the door llamó suavemente a la puerta

she tapped at the window dio unos golpecitos en la ventana

he was tapping away at his word processor estaba (tecleando) dale que te pego en su procesador de textos

others tap [away] at their typewriters he tapped on the table several times

I could hear sth tapping on the window oía que algo daba golpecitos en la ventana

modifier

tap dance (n) claqué (m)

tap-dance

tap dancer (n) bailaríninabailarina (m) (f) de claqué;ina bailarina

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 tap grifo (m) de agua fría/caliente

the honey runs out of a tap at the bottom of the drum the hot tap was still running

you've left the tap running has dejado el grifo abierto; to turn the tap on/off abrir/cerrar el grifo

2 (stopper) [of barrel] espita (f); canilla (f)

on tap: beer on tap cerveza (f) de barril

they have several well-known real ales on tap only low-alcohol lager was on tap at the 250th birthday celebration at Whitbread's Gloucester depot to be on tap filtered water is always on tap

to have sth on tap disponer de algo; he seems to have unlimited money on tap parece disponer de un caudal de dinero ilimitado

they have pop music, TV, videos on tap we 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 phone intervenir or pinchar el teléfono de algn (informal)

4 (Med) punción (f)

spinal tap punción (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 market to tap sb [for] sth

to tap sb for information tratar de (son)sacar información a algn; he tried to tap me for £5 intentó sonsacarme cinco libras

he tapped the boss for information he was hoping to tap her for £30

2 [+barrel] espitar

3 (Telec) [+telephone] intervenir; pinchar (informal); [+conversation] interceptar

my phone is tapped mi teléfono está intervenido or pinchado (informal)

TAPPING mobile phone conversations is expensive and highly technical prosecutors played back tapes of their tapped phone conversations

4 (cut into) [+tree] sangrar

to tap the rubber from a tree sangrar 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 it the problem was cured by re-tapping the thread and fitting an oversize bolt

intransitive verb

tap into

modifier

tap water (n) agua (f) corriente; agua (f) del grifo; (Esp)

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