Hatch in spanish
pronunciation: eskoʊtijɑ part of speech: noun, verb
hatch1 = escotilla, trampilla, ventanilla.
Example: Because of the need to open and close the hatch, the traditional method of insulation has been to staple a glass fibre batt to the topside of the hatch.more:
» batten down + hatches = cerrar las escotillas.
Example: Battens have plenty of other uses besides battening down hatches.» batten down + the hatches = prepararse para la tormenta, prepararse para lo peor, atarse los machos, apretarse los machos, agarrarse los machos.
Example: Yet rather than battening down the hatches and boarding up the shopfronts, it is more a case of polishing the silver and pulling out the corks.» booby hatch = escotilla.
Example: When they saw that their plan had failed they sullenly entered the hold through the booby-hatch, and that was the last I ever saw of my crew.» booby hatch = loquero, casa de locos, manicomio.
Example: The men in white coats will put you in the booby hatch where you belong someday.» Down the hatch! = ¡Arriba, abajo, al centro y p'adentro!. [Expresión usada principalmente en los brindis]
Example: They said, 'Down the hatch!' and in one gulp cowboy fashion, I swallowed it.» hatchback = coche de cinco puertas.
Example: A set of shiny alloy wheels from a discount website can turn even the humblest of low-insurance hatchbacks into a mean machine.hatch2 = incubar, empollar.
Example: The article 'TEAL being hatched on Teeside' discusses Teeside Polytechnic Library's change of plan from its original intention to use a UNIVAC computer to its present system involving a PRIME computer.more:
» don't count your chickens before they are hatched = no cantes victoria antes de tiempo, no vendas la leche antes de ordeñar la vaca.
Example: You never know what may happen between now and August, so don't count your chickens before they are hatched.» hatch + a plan = fraguar un plan, urdir un plan, tramar un plan, concebir un plan, idear un plan, elaborar un plan.
Example: It is the story of two henpecked husbands who hatch a plan to kill each other's wives.» hatch + a plot = urdir un complot, tramar un complot, urdir una conspiración, tramar una conspiración.
Example: A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.hatch3 = eclosionar, criar.
Example: The eggs a chicken lays without the help of a cockerel are not fertilised and will therefore never hatch.more:
» just-hatched = recién nacido, recién salido del cascarón, recién salido del huevo. [Usado para las especies que nacen de huevos]
Example: Although they are lively right away, just-hatched killdeer are like new fawns, a bit tottery and clumsy on their overly-long legs.