Box in spanish
pronunciation: kɑxɑ part of speech: noun
box [boxes, -pl.]1 = caja, recuadro.
Example: Other necessary equipment is a punch and a light box.more:
» alms box = cepillo.
Example: The two panels may have been part of a grand alms box, perhaps for the Siena cathedral.» archival box = archivador.
Example: That means storing the papers in archival quality polyethylene bags and then storing the bagged papers in archival boxes.» ballot box = urna, urna electoral.
Example: But according him, Kurdish militiamen stole the ballot boxes from the polling station, returning them later after obviously tampering with them.» black box, the = caja negra, la.
Example: The article 'Peeking inside the black box - a look at the private life of your modem' explains the theory and mechanism of modems.» book return box = buzón para la devolución de préstamos. [En bibliotecas, cavidad con apertura al exterior del edificio que se instala para permitir que los usuarios puedan devolver los libros cuando la biblioteca está cerrada]
Example: The conscientious borrower with a fine under $0.75 who comes to the desk will pay his fine, while the person who drops his book in the book return box outside will pay nothing because we don't bother to write up fines for less than $0.75.» boom box = radiocasete.
Example: However, it is important to remember that a host of electronic hardware types -- copact discs, radios, boom boxes, Walkmans, computers, and so on -- stand side by side with television in that electronic spotlight.» boxcar = vagón, furgón. [Del tren]
Example: This program tells the Haggard story -- warts and all -- from his humble beginnings growing up in a boxcar to his election to the Hall of Fame.» box(-end) spanner = llave de estrella. [Expresión más común del inglés británico cuyo equivalente en inglés americano es box(-end) wrench]
Example: You'll need a 12cm box-end spanner to remove the nut.» box(-end) wrench = llave de estrella. [Expresión más común del inglés americano cuyo equivalente en inglés británico es box(-end) spanner]
Example: The box wrench, and its brother the open-end wrench, are the most common and versatile wrenches.» boxes, the = palco, el.
Example: In a former study the listening quality in the theatre was evaluated by measurements in the stall and in the boxes.» box in the ear = tortazo en la oreja, sopapo en la oreja, guantazo en la oreja, manotazo en la oreja.
Example: You grew up and you learnt to keep your eyes lowered because if you raised your eyes you didn't know whether you were going to get an insult or a box in the ear.» boxlike = parecido a una caja.
Example: Factories and mills sprang up, and with them row upon row of tight boxlike workers' houses.» box lunch = bolsa de comida.
Example: The visit includs a boat tour on the Muritzsee and a box lunch (with one soft drink).» box of chocolates = caja de bombones, caja de chocolatinas.
Example: Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get!.» box office = taquilla.
Example: Coverage is said to encompass 'all the award winners, big box office success, top rental movies, and most recent releases'.» box of tissue = caja de pañuelos de papel, caja de kleenex.
Example: Library patrons had with them a range of other possessions, including boxes of tissue, electronic translators, cameras, walking aids (e.g., canes), baby bottles, skateboards, and even bicycles = Además, los usuarios tenían otra serie de objetos personales como, por ejemplo, cajas de pañuelos de papel, traductores electrónicos, cámaras, utensilios para ayudar a caminar (por ej., bastones), biberones, monopatines e incluso bicicletas.» box of tricks = caja de trucos.
Example: The magician, by luck or misfortune, called me onto the stage, but I slightly disrupted his act with a little banter and then played with the contents of his 'box of tricks', bringing a few laughs.» box room = trastero.
Example: Box rooms can accommodate all your belongings and with some fittings and sleek sliding doors can be seamlessly turned into a walk-in wardrobe.» box spring = somier, somier de muelles.
Example: A good memory foam mattress will not need a box spring underneath it to make the mattress feel good.» brain box = cerebrito.
Example: Sometimes called a query file or an information file or even a brain box, it is normally a quite informal affair, on cards, arranged alphabetically by subject.» break out of + the box = sacar los pies del plato, sacar los pies del tiesto.
Example: I guess he should just break out of the box every once and a while and do something footloose and fancy-free.» call-box [callbox] = cabina de teléfonos, cabina telefónica.
Example: Each overpass has a call-box near each end.» cardboard box = caja de cartón.
Example: Other commercially available wallets are made of a more pliable transparent plastic - again with a separate pocket for each slide - and these can be folded to fit into a cardboard box.» cardbox = caja de cartón. [Plural cardboxes]
Example: This project investigated the bibliographical indexes that researchers keep - often in cardboxes or notebooks.» carrying box = caja para el transporte de Algo.
Example: There are even a library that lends pets for a 3-day period together with cage, waterer, feed pan, enough food for the period, carrying box and set of instructions.» casting-box [casting box] = caja de fundir estereotipos. [En imprenta, recipiente que contenía el molde sobre el que se fundía el estereotipo]
Example: Flong moulds could be fitted into curved casting-boxes to make plates for rotary presses.» chatterbox = cotorra, hablador, parlanchín, charlatán, badajo.
Example: The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.» check box [checkbox] = casilla de selección, recuadro de selección. [En informática, cuadrado pequeño que aparece en la pantalla junto a información y que el usuario debe marcar or no para indicar que ha seleccionado o no la información correspondiente]
Example: The author analyzes some of the components of graphic user interfaces (GUI), applied to CD-ROM databases (windows, dialogue boxes, menus, commands, buttons, check boxes and icons) and remarks on the degree to which these are based on Windows software.» chocolate box = caja de bombones, caja de chocolatinas. [Generalmente usado para referirse a la caja en sí como opuesto a una caja con bombones box of chocolates]
Example: What man wouldn't want a chocolate box full of all the treats he loves?.» chocolate-box = maravilloso, de ensueño, de película, ideal.
Example: If you wanted a chocolate-box village, go to the Isle of Wight.» cigar box = caja de puros.
Example: Almost everybody we know had their treasures or some of their personal items stashed away in an old cigar box.» cigar-box cedar = cedro rojo, cedro hembra.
Example: The ease with which thin cigar-box cedar could be cut contributed to the proliferation of complex geometric patterns combining many different shapes.» cool box = nevera, nevera portátil.
Example: Blood was collected from the femoral vein using aseptic techniques, kept in a cool box and sent to laboratory for analysis.» deedbox = estuche. [Utilizado para guardar documentos importantes como las escrituras de una propiedad]
Example: The manuscript was sold in a deedbox along with other material relating to Seymour.» deposit box = caja de recogida de documentación.
Example: The patrons were asked to fill out the survey if they had time, and to deposit completed surveys in a deposit box at the library exit = Se les pidió a los usuarios que rellanaran el cuestionario si tenía tiempo y lo depositaran en una caja destinada a tal fin en la salida.» dialogue box = ventana de selección. [En informática, ventana que aparece en un programa que utilice un interfaz gráfico para que el usuario seleccione uno o varios elementos]
Example: The author analyzes some of the components of graphic user interfaces (GUI), applied to CD-ROM databases (windows, dialogue boxes, menus, commands, buttons, check boxes and icons) and remarks on the degree to which these are based on Windows software.» electricity switch box = cuadro eléctrico.
Example: When kidnappers identify a house that is easily penetrable, especially at night, they locate where the electricity switch box is and disconnect the power source.» file box = caja de archivar.
Example: File boxes can be used and filed on shelves, if appropriate, interfiled with the books.» fuse box = caja de fusibles, caja de los plomos.
Example: Chapters cover the following topics: cleaning drains, faucet repairs, fire extinguishers, the flush tank, the fuse box, sanding and sharpening, handsaws, hangers, nails and wood screws, and pliers and wrenches.» gearbox = caja de cambios, caja de velocidades.
Example: I just did my clutch and the only issue doing it myself was hoisting up the gearbox and trying to swing it into position.» glove box = guantera.
Example: Tests have found that a front seat passenger not wearing a seat belt could strike the glove box door and sustain leg injuries in a crash.» inbox [in-box] = casillero, casillero de entrada, bandeja de entrada. [Espacio que suele existir en las secretarías y en el correo electrónico para colocar los documentos que llegan, mientras que los documentos listos para enviar se colocan en el casillero de salida outbox]
Example: In the beginning, access to research literature of medicine was by-word-of-mouth or by glancing through the journals in one's inbox.» jewel box = funda de CD-ROM. [Generalmente hecha de plástico duro transparente]
Example: The article 'Are the jewel box's days numbered?' reports on new methods of improving jewel cases for the packaging of CD-ROMs.» jewel box = joyero.
Example: The first photographs were kept in jewel boxes lined with velvet because they were precious.» jewellery box = joyero.
Example: This jewellery box will ensure that beads, bracelets and those bangles will never go missing again.» jukebox = lector múltiple de CD-ROM. [En tecnología de la información, aparato que permite consultar varios discos CD-ROM a la vez]
Example: The introduction of jukeboxes, daisy chaining, multiple access, multi-media systems and other advances will make CD-ROMs and CD-ROM data bases even more attractive to users.» key box = caja de llaves.
Example: Leave your keys in the key box to the left of the janitor's office.» leave in + a (wooden) box = salir con los pies por delante, llevar con los pies por delante, sacar con los pies por delante.
Example: I had to make the decision on my own and that was to leave before I had to leave in a wooden box.» letter-box = buzón.
Example: The difference between the two systems can be illustrated by analogy with a set of letter-boxes located in the entrance to an apartment block, with one box for each resident.» light box [light-box] = caja luminosa, caja para iluminar diapositivas.
Example: A light box would be provided for this purpose so that the cards could be accurately stacked on top of each other to allow the light from the light box to shine through any holes that the three cards had in common.» litter-box = caja de arena. [Para que los animales hagan sus necesidades]
Example: Some cats can be toilet-trained, eliminating the litter-box and its attendant expense.» lunch box = fiambrera.
Example: These muffins are a delicious snack you can eat piping hot from the oven, or cold in lunch boxes.» mailbox = casillero, buzón de correos.
Example: Anthony read the handwritten note he found in his mailbox from the principal of the high school at which he had been employed as head of the school media program for one month.» matchbox = caja de cerillas, caja de fósforos.
Example: The 'Encyclopedia Britannica' could be reduced to the volume of a matchbox.» nest box = caja nido, casa de pájaros.
Example: We suggest angling the top of the nest box to disuade hens from being able to roost on or above the nest boxes.» out of the box = comercial, preconfeccionado, fabricado en serie.
Example: Software vendors provide manuals for the 'out of the box' programs they sell.» pamphlet box = caja para folletos.
Example: Usually pamphlet boxes are made of plastic or stout cardboard which may be covered with colourful cloth or laminated paper.» Pandora's box = caja de Pandora, la.
Example: The article has the title 'Inside Pandora's box - navigating permanent 'Whitewater' of organizational change'.» penalty box = área de penalti, área de castigo.
Example: In the 40th minute, Jimmy Conrad was shown a red card after his slide tackle on Dimitar Berbatov in the penalty box.» pillar box = buzón de la calle, buzón de correos de la calle. [De los que suelen situarse en las esquinas de las calles]
Example: Trollope is credited with the introduction of the pillar box to Britain.» pillbox = búnker.
Example: The author describes, assesses and illustrates 216 sites which range from airfields and blockhouses, to searchlights and pillboxes, dating from the 16th c. to 1945.» P.O. Box = apartado de correos.
Example: For access and price information, contact Mead Data Central at 9393 Springboro Pike, P.O. Box 933, Dayton, OH 45401 or telephone 513-865-6800.» post box = buzón de correos.
Example: I don't think that post boxes will become redundant.» post office box = apartado de correos, apartado postal.
Example: The results revealed that students considered notices in their university post office boxes to be the best way of informing them of activities.» press box, the = tribuna de prensa, la.
Example: The league president shall appoint an official scorer who shall observe the game from a position in the press box.» safe box = caja de seguridad, caja fuerte.
Example: The most common everyday form of data protection is encryption providing an almost impenetrable safe box, with passwords providing the key.» safety box = caja de seguridad, caja fuerte.
Example: Opening to a terrace with city views, this tastefully decoratey room is fitted with air conditioning, a flat-screen TV and a safety box.» safety deposit box = caja de seguridad, caja fuerte.
Example: Safety deposit boxes are a good place to store important original documents and valuables to prevent them from being lost or stolen.» sandbox = cajón de arena, arenero.
Example: Each child was asked to choose between playing with the advertised toy versus playing with friends in a sandbox.» search box = ventana de búsqueda, recuadro de búsqueda.
Example: This is a newly revamped site where you can search for information across a large number of databases from a single search box.» sewing box = costurero, caja de la costura.
Example: You may remember seeing charming strawberry pincushions like these in your grandmother's sewing box.» shadow box = caja vitrina.
Example: A shadow box is a great way to show off those little items in an clean and classy way.» shoebox = caja de zapatos.
Example: I have myself seen, in a northern market, a bookstall where the stall-holder had over a dozen old shoeboxes under the counter in which each month the ten new titles were placed so that the customers could buy the whole new range gradually over the coming month.» six-yard box, the = área chica, el.
Example: Players famed for their diving headers are fearless when diving in amongst flying boots to poach a goal in the six-yard box.» soapbox = oratoria barata, rollo barato, rollo macabeo, rollo patatero.
Example: 'Hey, I'm tired of this soapbox! how's your hamburger?' -- - 'Pretty good, although I tend to like mine rarer'.» stuff + the ballot box = manipular las urnas, sabotear las urnas.
Example: In the January election, the Kurds dealt with the problem of being a relatively small minority in the province by stuffing the ballot boxes.» suggestion box = buzón de sugerencias.
Example: This modified approach to a suggestion box has proved to be an effective method for identifying users' perceptions of the libraries.» telephone box = cabina de teléfonos, cabina telefónica.
Example: The handset in the telephone box has been smashed for several weeks now and not mended.» think out(side) + (of) the box = salirse de convencionalismos, pensar de un modo diferente, pensar creativamente, pensar de forma creativa, romper los esquemas, salirse del molde.
Example: Metrosexuals are an emerging breed of men who think outside the box of male stereotypes.» think within + the box = seguir convencionalismos, seguir los esquemas tradicionales.
Example: I think what he alludes to is the tendency of those whom we entrust with power to think within the box rather than outside the box.» tick + all the boxes = reunir todas las condiciones, satisfacer todas las condiciones, reunir todos los criterios, satisfacer todos los criterios, reunir todos los requisitos, satisfacer todos los requisitos, venir como anillo al dedo, ser justo lo que se necesita, ser ideal.
Example: Open plan living with light, bright sun-filled rooms, this family home boasting a flexible floor plan ticks all the boxes for family living.» tick box = casilla, recuadro de selección.
Example: Click the tick box to confirm that you have the right to upload the selected files = Haga clic en lacasilla para confirmar que tiene permiso para subir los ficheros seleccionados.» tinder box = barril de pólvora. [Sentido figurado]
Example: The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.» tissue box = caja de pañuelos de papel.
Example: Before you all reach for the tissue box, thinking that my life may be in peril, I should point out that androgenic alopecia means I'm as bald as a badger.» toolbox [tool box] = utilidades, herramientas, caja de herramientas, aplicaciones.
Example: The project will develop a toolbox which will allow office workers connected in a LAN to cooperate synchronously or asynchronously while employing existing MS Windows applications.» tubular box spanner = llave de tubo.
Example: If you cannot afford to buy a socket spanner set then inexpensive tubular box spanners are a useful alternative.» voice box = laringe.
Example: The Adam's apple is a bulge in the larynx, or voice box, made of cartilage.» window box = jardinera.
Example: He examines Pliny's use of the word imago and notes that Pliny is not talking about paintings but window boxes.» witness box = estrado.
Example: He will return to the witness box to give extra evidence in the trial of two men accused of murdering his bride.» wooden box = caja de madera.
Example: To the right of the sewing machine is an open wooden box sitting on a folding table.box, the2 = tele, la.
Example: She is a certified TV-addict -- you simply cannot talk to her when she's glued to the box.box3 = boj.
Example: For most of the period woodcuts for letterpress printing were made of a hard, fine-grained wood (such as box or a fruit wood) cut into the side of the plank along the grain.box4 = boxear.
Example: He's boxed before when he was younger and is hoping to box again as a heavyweight some time this year.more:
» box + Posesivo + ears = dar un tortazo en la oreja, dar un sopapo en la oreja, dar un guantazo en la oreja, dar un manotazo en la oreja.
Example: I merely boxed her ears soundly and shook her until her teeth rattled -- it's the only way to deal with hysterical women.» shadow box = hacer guantes.
Example: In my opinion, one of the best ways to learn how to shadow box is to watch other people boxing or shadow boxing.box5 = meter en cajas, encajonar.
Example: He cleared out his closet in an hour, folding clothes and loading them into plastic bags before boxing them.more:
» box in = encasillar, restringir, confinar, encajonar, limitar, coartar.
Example: What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.