Axe in spanish
pronunciation: ɑtʃɑ part of speech: noun
axe [ax, -USA]1 = hacha.
Example: Soon the hills began to echo with the thud of the woodsman's axe and a sawmill was erected.more:
» axe murderer = asesino con hacha.
Example: It immediately made me think of the crazed axe murderers that had haunted my dreams ever since my childhood.» axe to grind = interés personal, queja, querella, querella personal.
Example: The seventeenth century could tolerate the growth of a public library which was committed to the spread of knowledge without any particular axe to grind other than the rather vague one of promoting a happy Christian state.» battle-axe = hacha de guerra, hacha de combate, hacha de armas, alabarda.
Example: The museum houses a full selection of battle-ready battle-axes, spanning from the medieval period through the Renaissance.» battle-axe = arpía, harpía, bruja, vieja bruja.
Example: Matalin is such a battle-axe and I often wonder what binds her and Carville together in their marriage.» bury + the battle axe = enterrar el hacha de guerra, hacer las paces.
Example: My plan for this is to sort out the final business I have with relatives, say my farewells and bury the battle axe and raise the white flag.» bury + the war axe = enterrar el hacha de guerra, hacer las paces.
Example: Long ago when tribes exchanged gifts and agreed to wash the spears or bury the war axe things were not as complex as they became later on.» dig up + the war axe = desenterrar el hacha de guerra, ponerse en pie de guerra.
Example: Too bad that other brave warriors in other parts of the world just decided to dig up the war axe and launch another crusade.» get + the axe = ser despedido, dar el despido, despedir del trabajo, echar del trabajo, poner de patitas en la calle.
Example: He got the axe after getting entangled in an expense account scandal tied to sexual harassment allegations.» give + Nombre + the axe = despedir, despedir del trabajo, echar del trabajo, poner de patitas en la calle, deshacerse de.
Example: Then she may be very unpleasantly surprised when they finally reach their limit and give her the axe without warning.» have + an axe to grind = tener un interés personal, tener una querella, tener una querella personal, ajustar cuentas.
Example: I'd appreciate it if anyone who's used both, and doesn't have an axe to grind, could send constructive pros and cons.» pickaxe [pickax, -USA] = pico.
Example: Exactly one year later, on Valentine's Day, he woke up... and brutally murdered twenty-two people with a pickaxe before being killed = Exactamente un año después, el día de San Valentín, se despertó... y asesinó brutalmente a veintidós personas con un pico antes de que lo mataran.axe [ax, -USA]2 = recorte, recorte económico.
Example: Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.axe [ax, -USA]3 = despedir, eliminar, deshacerse de.
Example: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.more:
» axe + jobs = quitar puestos de trabajo, eliminar puestos de trabajo, despedir mano de obra, despedir obreros.
Example: British small firms axing jobs at fastest since 1992.