Bend in spanish
pronunciation: kuɹ̩bɑ part of speech: noun, verb
bend1 = curva.
Example: The article 'Postmodern libraries: Librarians at the bend in the learning curve' examines where librarians are on the learning curve when it comes to integrating new technology with old skills.more:
» be just (a)round the bend = estar a la vuelta de la esquina.
Example: With summer at its peak and the Fourth of July just around the bend, there are plenty of reasons to uncork a crisp bottle of wine to help get the party started.» blind bend = curva de visibilidad reducida.
Example: An idiot driver overtook a learner driver on a blind bend and nearly had a head on collision.» drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend = volver a Alguien loco, sacar de quicio, sacar de las casillas, poner negro, exasperar, traer de cabeza.
Example: If there is one behavior that most parents, caregivers and teachers would readily admit drives them around the bend it's whining.» go (a)round + a bend = doblar una curva, doblar una esquina.
Example: The vibration seems to be worse going downhill or wil appear after going around a bend.» go (a)round + the bend = volverse loco, volverse majareta, perder la cabeza.
Example: She thinks she's gone around the bend because she keeps dreaming about falling down a rabbit hole into another world.» hairpin bend = curva muy cerrada, curva muy pronunciada, curva ciega.
Example: After three miles you will enter two 180 degree hairpin bends, first to the right, immediately followed by the next, to the left.bend2 = doblar. [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio bent]
Example: Flexibility of course does not mean that the structure is flexible and will bend or move under stress.more:
» bend + a ball = darle efecto a una pelota.
Example: One of the skills that soccer players seek to master from an early age is how to bend the ball.» bend + an elbow = echarse un trago, tomarse un trago, echarse un pitillo, echarse un cigarrillo.
Example: I would give anything if I had had a chance to bend an elbow with Ralph and swap a few stories.» bend down = agacharse, inclinarse, doblarse.
Example: The one other symptom that developed is that I have a slight to moderate pain in my forehead to top of my head when I bend down.» bend down low = agacharse del todo.
Example: Visitors must bend down low to examine the small placards that label the native shrubbery.» bend forward = doblarse hacia adelante, inclinarse hacia adelante.
Example: She bent forward and sighed as the head of his cock pushed past her anal ring and imbedded itself in her shitter.» bend over = inclinarse, doblarse.
Example: When I bend down, or bend over, my head starts to pulse and sometimes it feels like it is going to explode.» bend + Posesivo + ear = molestar, incordiar, importunar, asediar, acosar, rayar, dar la tabarra, dar la vara, dar la lata.
Example: She was the person that others would search out to bend her ear and many times they would not be able to walk away without a hug and an encouraging word.» bend + Posesivo + knee = doblar la rodilla.
Example: To ease the pain of a pinched sciatic nerve, lie on your back and bend your knees to take the pressure off of the nerve.bend3 = adaptar. [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio bent]
Example: Each cluster or niche of interests in the end user field will have specific individual needs and innovations will bend information technology to meet them.more:
» bend itself to + Posesivo + will = acomodarse a la voluntad de Alguien, amoldarse al deseo de Alguien.
Example: We should be ready to alter our planning as shifting reality reveals that the task will not always bend itself to our will.» bend over + backwards = hacer lo imposible, desvivirse, hacer encaje de bolillos, hacer el pino con las orejas.
Example: While bending over backwards to avoid bias biographies present their subjects' lives in a bland and uninteresting way = Al hacer lo imposible por evitar la parcialidad, las biografías presentan las vidas de las personas de una forma sosa y poco atractiva.» bend + the rules = interpretar la ley según le convenga mejor a Uno.
Example: In addition there are the ethical problems of how to get information without bending the rules.» bend + the rules to suit + Posesivo + own purposes = interpretar la ley según le convenga mejor a Uno.
Example: Worse still, some EC countries, particularly in a period of world economic recession, become adept at bending the Community's rules to suit their own purposes.» bend + the truth = transgiversar la verdad, falsear la verdad, deformar la verdad.
Example: Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.» bend to + the needs of = amoldarse a las necesidades de.
Example: There is evidence to suggest that systems are bending to the needs of individual libraries.