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trick(

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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. (ruse)

a. el truco

(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)

It was just a trick to distract your attention.Fue solo un truco para distraerte la atención.

2. (joke)

a. la broma

(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)

Somebody has played a trick on you.Alguien te ha hecho una broma.

3. (magic)

a. el truco

(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 magician performed some tricks with coins.El mago hizo algunos trucos con monedas.

4. (particular way of doing something)

a. el truco

(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)

There's a trick to starting my car.Mi coche tiene un truco para arrancarlo.

5. (habit)

a. la costumbre

(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)

She has the trick of always pausing mid-sentence.Tiene la costumbre de siempre hacer una pausa en la mitad de la frase.

6. (cards)

a. la baza

(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 trick goes to the player who played the highest card.La baza se la lleva el jugador que jugó la carta más alta.

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

(colloquial)

(prostitute's customer)

a. el cliente

(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)

, la cliente

(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)

She hadn't turned many tricks that night.Esa noche no se había ligado muchos clientes.

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

transitive verb

8. (to deceive)

a. engañar

He tricked her into giving him money.La engañó para que le diera dinero.

trick

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

Noun

1. (ruse, deceitful behavior, by magician)

a. el truco

(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)

2. (practical joke)

a. la broma

(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)

to play a trick on somebodygastar una broma a alguien

to obtain something by a trickconseguir algo con engaños

a nasty trickuna jugarreta

trick photographyfotografía trucada

trick questionpregunta con trampa

3. (in cardgame)

a. la mano f, baza

(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)

to take or make a trickganar una mano

4. (idioms)

he's been up to his old tricks againha vuelto a las andadas

that should do the trickesto debería servir

she knows all the tricksse las sabe todas

the tricks of the tradelos trucos del oficio

she doesn't miss a trickno se le pasa una

5. (colloquial)

how's tricks?¿qué pasa? ¿cómo lo llevas?

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

transitive verb

6. (person)

a. engañar

to trick somebody into doing somethingengañar a alguien para que haga algo

to trick something out of somebodyquitar or

trick [trɪk]

noun

1 (joke, hoax) broma (f); (mischief) travesura (f); (ruse) truco (m); ardid (m)

dirty or mean trick mala pasada (f); jugada (f) sucia; the tricks of the trade los trucos del oficio; to play a trick on sb gastar una broma a algn; unless my eyes are playing tricks on me si los ojos no me engañan; his memory played a trick on him le falló la memoria

trick or treat When the costumes were finished and the boys prepared for their night out for trick or treat they appeared comical and oddly mismatched

trick or treat! frase amenazante que pronuncian en tono jocoso los niños que rondan las casas en la noche de Halloween; quiere decir: —¡danos algo o te hacemos una trastada!

note See culture box in entry Hallowe'en.

he's up to his old tricks again ha vuelto a hacer de las suyas

how's tricks? ¿cómo te va?

2 (card trick) baza (f); (conjuring trick) truco (m); (in circus) número (m)

to take all the tricks ganar or hacer todas las bazas

he/she knows a trick or two se lo sabe todo

I know a trick worth two of that yo me sé algo mucho mejor

that should do the trick esto servirá

he/she doesn't miss a trick no se pierde nada

to try every trick in the book emplear todos los trucos

they tried every trick in the book

that's the oldest trick in the book eso es un viejo truco

That's the oldest trick in the book — to blame someone else for your problems That beggar's just collecting enough money to get drunk on. Using the children to persuade the gullible to part with their money. Oldest trick in the book

the whole bag of tricks todo el rollo (informal)

3 (special knack) truco (m)

there's a trick to opening this door esta puerta tiene truco para abrirla; to get the trick of it coger el truco; aprender el modo de hacerlo

4 (peculiarity, strange habit) manía (f); peculiaridad (f)

certain tricks of style ciertas peculiaridades estilísticas; ciertos rasgos del estilo; it's just a trick he has es una manía suya; to have a trick of doing sth tener la manía de hacer algo; history has a trick of repeating itself la historia tiene tendencia a repetirse; it's a trick of the light es una ilusión óptica

5 (catch) trampa (f)

there must be a trick in it aquí seguro que hay trampa

6 [of prostitute] cliente (m)

to turn tricks ligarse clientes (informal)

transitive verb

(deceive) engañar; (swindle) estafar; timar

I've been tricked! ¡me han engañado!; to trick sb into doing sth engañar a algn para que haga algo; conseguir con engaños que algn haga algo; to trick sb out of sth quitar algo a algn con engaños

modifier

trick cyclist (n) ciclista (m) acróbata

trick photography (n) trucaje (m)

trick question (n) pregunta (f) de pega

trick riding (n) acrobacia (f) ecuestre

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trick-or-treat	pedir dulces truco o trato
hat trick	la tripleta
trick someone	engañar a alguien
magic trick	truco de magia
dirty trick	la jugarreta
trick question	la pregunta trampa
go trick-or-treating	salir a pedir dulces