Drying in spanish

El secado

pronunciation: elsekɑdoʊ part of speech: verb, noun
In gestures

dry2 = secar. 

Example: In the Wei T'o process books are dried in a vacuum chamber and then treated with a neutrilising solution of liquid gas.

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» air-dry = dejar secar al aire, secar al aire.

Example: We don't have a hair dryer due to me being as bald as a baby's backside and the wife preferring to towel or air-dry her hair.

» be like watching paint dry = ser aburridísimo, ser un plomo, ser capaz de aburrir a un muerto.

Example: I'm a Liverpool fan myself and I was on the terraces a few times last season watching them play and that was like watching paint dry.

» blow-dry = secar el pelo con secador.

Example: Find out the tips that hair stylists use to get great results from blow-drying.

» brook + dry up = arroyo + secarse.

Example: And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up.

» cut and dry = cortar y secar.

Example: The coconuts are cut and dried until the moisture content of the meat is minimized.

» drip-dry = colgar mojado y dejar secar, dejar secar. [Generalmente usado para prendas que se deforman al secarlas en la secadora]

Example: You'll need to clean the bottom of your trash bin periodically -- simply rinse it out over your lawn and turn it upside down to drip dry.

» dry clean = limpiar en seco, llevar a la tintorería.

Example: Having your clothes professionally dry cleaned can get expensive, especially when you have a lot of items that require special care.

» dry clean only = limpiar en seco. [Aviso que se coloca en ciertas prendas de vestir]

Example: Hand washing your crocheted items is the safest bet, unless the yarn specifically states 'dry clean only'.

» dry + Nombre + up = secar.

Example: They scraped the sinew, washed it up, dried it up, and then they split it.

» dry off = secarse.

Example: The picture portrays a mother and daughter drying off after a swim.

» dry off + dishes = secar los platos.

Example: Keep kitchen towels near your sink and cooking area to wipe up spills, dry off dishes and to clean surfaces.

» dry out = secar, secarse.

Example: These tapes effect a permanent repair and do not discolour, but ordinary cellulose tapes such as Sellotape are not suitable for this purpose as they dry out, become discoloured and brittle, and cannot be removed without lifting a layer of paper and text.

» dry + Posesivo + hands = secarse las manos.

Example: Everyone who handles food must always thoroughly wash and dry their hands, especially after going to the toilet.

» dry up = secar completamente, secarse completamente.

Example: Each fall and winter, portions of the canals are dried up for maintenance and construction.

» funding + dry up = financiación + agotarse, financiación + acabarse, financiación + terminarse.

Example: The article 'Slim chance for ethnic funding' explains how funding for library projects to provide assistance to ethnic minorities has almost dried up.

» hang + Nombre + out to dry = colgar Algo para que se seque.

Example: Squid hanging out to dry is quite a common sight in fishing ports across the country.

» hang + Nombre + out to dry = dejar colgado, dejar en la estacada.

Example: Britain's top cop was today slammed for leaving three white detectives 'hanging out to dry' after they were wrongly accused of racism.

» hang + Nombre + out to dry = colgar + Nombre + para que + secarse.

Example: After the bark has been beaten to make it wider and longer, it is hung out to dry.

» money + dry up = dinero + agotarse, dinero + acabarse, dinero + terminarse.

Example: The money dried up, but at least Dubai's celebrity investors are not left out of pocket.

» spin-dry = centrifugar.

Example: This washing machine will wash, rinse and spin dry a regular washing load in just 8 minutes, using only 10 gals. of water.

» towel dry = secar con una toalla.

Example: We don't have a hair dryer due to me being as bald as a baby's backside and the wife preferring to towel or air-dry her hair.

» well + dry up = pozo + secarse.

Example: Wells are drying up and underwater tables falling so fast that food supplies are seriously threatened.

drying = secado. 

Example: 375,000 books were destroyed and 700,000 wet books were sent to freezer warehouses for drying and restoration.

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» drying agent = agente secador.

Example: Water-based paint dries purely by evaporation, while oil-based paint has a chemical drying agent added.

» drying-out [drying-out] = secado.

Example: Maps, interleafed with blotters, were laid out on tables in a drying-out location.

» drying plant = planta de secado.

Example: Before being fed into the power plant boilers, coal will be made to pass through a drying plant to reduce its moisture content.

» drying room = secadero.

Example: Racks for this purpose were fixed below the ceiling of the warehouse or other drying room and doublings of one or two dozen sheets were lifted on to them two at a time with a wooden peel, a tool similar to the peel with which bakers used to load and unload their ovens = Con este propósito se colocaban estantes por debajo del techo del almacén u otro tipo de secadero y los paquetes de folios impresos a dos caras de una o dos docenas de hojas se ponían sobre ellos de dos en dos con una pala de madera, una herramienta similar a la pala que usaban los panaderos para llenar y vaciar sus hornos.

» freeze drying = secado en frío.

Example: Freeze drying is denoted by the special auxiliary .046 and introduced in a class mark by the facet indicator .0 (point nought).

» vacuum freeze drying = secado y congelado al vacío.

Example: This article describes a system of deacidifying and strengthening newsprint by vacuum freeze drying.
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