Bucket in spanish
pronunciation: kɑnxiloʊn part of speech: noun
bucket1 = cubo, balde, cangilón.
Example: The title of his address is 'How many drops to fill the bucket?'.more:
» a drop of water in a bucket = un grano de arena en el desierto.
Example: Now, I do not know, if this particular information is correct, but a million people seems lake a drop of water in the bucket for Chinese.» be coming down in buckets = llover a cántaros.
Example: For about the last month we've had rain almost every day and some of it was coming down in buckets.» bucket elevator = elevador de cangilones.
Example: This type of bucket elevator is used to handle friable, fragile materials because it minimizes product damage .» bucket list = lista de deseos, lista de cosas que a Uno le gustaría hacer antes de morir, lista de cosas por hacer antes de morir, lista de cosas por hacer antes de morir. [Relacionado con la expresión kick the bucket (estirar la pata)
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» bucket shop = agencia de viajes de precios baratos.
Example: Bucket shops negotiate contracts with airlines to sell a set number of tickets below normal retail prices.» kick + the bucket = estirar la pata, morder el polvo, irse al otro bario, morir, palmarla, espicharla, diñarla, pasar a mejor vida, salir con los pies por delante, sacar con los pies por delante, llevar con los pies por delante.
Example: The author hypothesized that schizophrenia patients would show impaired idiom processing for literally plausible idioms (e.g., kick the bucket) but not for literally implausible idioms (e.g., be on cloud nine).» pass + the bucket = pasar el muerto, pasar el mochuelo, pasar la pelota, cargarle el muerto a Alguien, cargarle el mochuelo a Alguien, cargar con el muerto, cargar con el mochuelo, eludir la responsabilidad, escabullir el bulto, escurrir el bulto, pasar la pelota. [Evadir la responsabilidad sobre algo pasándosela a otro]
Example: With ownership also comes responsibility -- when you find bugs, you fix them, instead of passing the bucket to someone else.» pass + the bucket (around) = pasar el platillo, recolectar dinero.
Example: During the fall, it was not unusual to find members of the band on the streets 'passing the bucket' in an effort to raise necessary funds for the band.» plastic bucket = cubo de plástico.
Example: Store liquids, powders, or most anything safely in plastic buckets with lids that really make an airtight seal.» rain + buckets = llover a mares, llover a cántaros, llover a mantas, llover chuzos de punta, caer chuzos de punta, diluviar.
Example: It's raining buckets again today, so as soon as we get more sun breaks, I'll head back out.» rain + come down + in buckets = llover a mares, llover a cántaros, llover a mantas, llover chuzos de punta, caer chuzos de punta, diluviar.
Example: I woke up to the wind howling and the rain coming down in buckets, and from all indications, it's going to continue along those lines most of the day.» sweat + buckets = sudar a chorros, sudar la gota gorda, sudar a mares. [Inglés británico]
Example: All anyone really does is slump on the couch in their underwear, sweating buckets.bucket2 = compartimento.
Example: This article considers a random access file which consists of a given number of buckets.bucket3 = meter en un cubo.
Example: This blueberry jam is bursting with tiny, whole berries, reviving memories of picking blueberries with loved ones and eating more than we bucketed.more:
» bucket it down (with rain) = llover a mares, llover a cántaros, llover a mantas, llover chuzos de punta, caer chuzos de punta, diluviar.
Example: It was another five hour journey, and despite being summer, it bucketed it down with rain for at least two hours of that.» bucket out = sacar a cubos, sacar con un cubo.
Example: We bucketed out the water, but it just came back in as the water table in the ground had risen so much.bucket4 = anotar, marcar.
Example: That game was played on a Saturday afternoon and in the finals that night, he bucketed 26 points.bucket5 = ir como una bala, ir a toda pastilla, ir zumbando, ir a toda velocidad, ir como un cohete, ir como un rayo, ir tirado, ir lanzado.
Example: The driver whipped the horses into action, and I gripped the side rails of the chariot as we bucketed through the streets of Gebtu.bucket6 = clasificar.
Example: Then we bucketed the features into 'this is bad, we must never do it', 'this is awesome, we have to do it', and 'this is good but let's not do it this time'.