Axes in spanish
pronunciation: exes 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.axis [axes, -pl.] = axis, eje.
Example: If one assumes that the author segment of the author-title entry is on one axis and title on the other, there are 1,000,000 positions in the matrix for the placement of entries.more:
» axis jump = salto de eje.
Example: While the effect of this is an image change and changed position of characters, such an axis jump is not created by separate shots, as is usually done.» axis of evil = eje del mal. [Expresión muy usada por el Presidente Bush americano para referirse a Iraq, Irán y Corea del Norte por promover el terrorismo internacional]
Example: States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world.» visual axis = eje visual.
Example: If the visual axis of the two foveas intersects at the fixation point, it is said that there is binocular fixation.