wing

el ala

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wing(

wihng

)

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

noun

1. (animal anatomy)

a. el ala

(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 bird spread its wings and flew off.El pájaro extendió las alas y salió volando.

2. (aviation)

a. el ala

(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)

There was a problem with the wing, so we had to land.Había un problema con el ala, así que tuvimos que aterrizar.

3. (architecture)

a. el ala

(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 cafeteria is in the east wing of the hospital.La cafetería está en el ala oriental de la hospital.

4. (politics)

a. el ala

(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 says she is a conservative, but her opinions are very left-wing.Dice que es una conservadora pero sus opiniones son del ala izquierda.

5. (automobile) (United Kingdom)

a. la aleta

(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 crashed into the wing of the car in front of her.Chocó con la aleta del carro enfrente de ella.

6. (player)

a. el ala

(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 ala

(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)

My brother is a wing on the hockey team.Mi hermano juega de ala en el equipo de hockey.

b. el alero

(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 alero

(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)

In this play, the wings are going to move across the field towards the goal.En esta jugada, los aleros van a atravesar el campo hacia el arco.

7. (area of a playing field)

a. el extremo

(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)

He's got the ball and he's out on the wing ... GOAL!!!Tiene la pelota, está en el extremo ... ¡¡¡GOL!!!

8. (part of chair)

a. la oreja

(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 bride was seated, and the groom stood next to the wing of her easy chair.La novia estaba sentada, y el novio se quedó al lado de la oreja de su butaca.

9. (culinary)

a. la alita

(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)

I put some hot sauce on the chicken wings.Le puse salsa picante a las alitas de pollo.

10. (theater)

a. el bastidor

(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 dancers were waiting for their entrance in the wings.Los bailarines esperaban su entrada en los bastidores.

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

transitive verb

11. (to injure)

a. herir en el ala (animal)

The cat winged the swallow as it flew from the bush.El gato hirió la golondrina en el ala cuando esta voló del arbusto.

b. herir en el brazo (person)

The bullet winged the soldier's arm.La bala hirió al soldado en el brazo.

12. (to improvise)

a. improvisar

I don't know all the lyrics of the song, but I can wing it.No me sé toda la letra de la canción, pero puedo improvisar.

13. (to travel)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

At 5 pm we'll be winging our way to Moscow.A las 5 pm estaremos de camino a Moscú.

The eagle was winging its way toward the mountain.El águila volaba hacia la montaña.

wing

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

Noun

1. (of bird, plane)

a. la ala

(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)

2. (fig)

to take somebody under one's wingponer a alguien bajo la propia tutela, apadrinar a alguien

3. (fig)

to spread or stretch one's wingsremontar el vuelo, echarse al ruedo

wing nutpalomilla f

4. (of car) (United Kingdom)

a. la aleta

(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)

wing mirror(espejo m) retrovisor lateral

5. (of building, hospital)

a. la ala

(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)

6. (in soccer, rugby; area)

a. la banda

(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)

7. (player)

a. el extremo mf, lateral

(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 extremo mf, lateral

(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)

wing forwardala m delantero

8. (in theater)

the wingslos bastidores

to be waiting in the wingsesperar entre bastidores

9. (politics)

the left/right wingla izquierda/derecha

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

transitive verb

10. (injure; bird)

a. herir en el ala

11. (person)

a. herir en el brazo

12. (colloquial)

a. (improvise)

to wing itimprovisar

13. (fly; bird)

to wing its way towardvolar hacia

14. (fig)

my report should be winging its way toward youmi informe or

wing [wɪŋ]

noun

1 [of bird] ala (f)

the bird spread its wings el pájaro extendió las alas

to be on the wing estar volando

to shoot a bird on the wing matar un pájaro al vuelo; on the wings of fantasy en alas de la fantasía

to take wing irse volando; alzar el vuelo

to clip sb's wings cortar las alas a algn

to do sth on a wing and a prayer hacer algo con Dios y ayuda

to stretch or spread one's wings empezar a volar

to take sb under one's wing dar amparo a algn; tomar a algn bajo su protección

2 [of chair] orejera (f); oreja (f)

3 (Dep) (position) extremo (m); ala (f); (player) extremoaextrema (m) (f);a extrema aleroaalera (m) (f);a alera

4 (Archit) ala (f)

the east/west wing el ala este/oeste

5 (section) ala (f)

the left wing of the party el ala izquierda del partido

6 (Britain) (Aut) aleta (f)

7 wings (Teat) bastidores (m)

to be waiting in the wings esperar entre bastidores

transitive verb

to wing one's way: soon they were airborne and winging their way south poco tiempo después iban (transportados) por aire en dirección sur

your prize will soon be winging its way to you

2 (wound) [+bird] tocar en el ala; herir en el ala; [+person] herir en el brazo/hombro

He was winged by a sniper

to wing it (Teat) also improvisar sobre la marcha

He doesn't come to the studio with the songs ready to record. He just likes to wing it and see where the spirit takes him Usually, I would try to wing it: ask them whether they thought the minister had done well and see if I could guess which party they were from The firm didn't have the 10 years it would take to see if the government of Romania really was a safe investment, and so they winged it and hoped nobody would notice

modifier

wing case (n) (Zool) élitro (m)

wing chair (n) butaca (f) de orejas; butaca (f) orejera

wing collar (n) cuello (m) de puntas

wing commander (n) teniente (m) coronel de aviación

wing mirror (n) retrovisor (m)

wing nut (n) tuerca (f) mariposa

wing tip (n) punta (f) del ala

Examples

Phrases

left-wing	izquierdista de izquierda
left wing	la izquierda
right wing	la derecha derechista
chicken wing	alita de pollo
boneless wing	la alita sin hueso
wing nut	la tuerca tipo mariposa
wing bone	la canilla

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Conjugations

Participles

Present:	winging
Past:	winged

Indicative

	Present	Past	Future
I	wing	winged	will wing
you	wing	winged	will wing
he/she	wings	winged	will wing
we	wing	winged	will wing
you	wing	winged	will wing
they	wing	winged	will wing