Locked in spanish
pronunciation: bloʊkeɑdoʊ part of speech: adjective
lock4 = cerrar con llave.
Example: She put the dishes in the sink, locked the balcony door, found her purse, and sallied forth.more:
» close/lock/shut the barn/stable door after the horse has bolted = a toro pasado; a buenas horas mangas verdes; lo hecho, hecho está; a lo hecho, pecho.
Example: The drought assistance plan announced today is rather like shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.» lock + Nombre + out = dejar fuera sin poder entrar, impedir la entrada. [Generalmente porque se ha cerrado el acceso con llave u otro medio]
Example: A landlord cannot just lock a tenant out, take their property, shut off their electricity, gas, water or other essential services.» lock + Nombre + up and throw away the key = encerrar a Alguien y tirar la llave.
Example: In my country we lock rapists up and throw away the key so they don't hurt anyone else.» lock + Reflexivo + out = quedarse en la calle, dejarse la llave dentro y quedarse en la calle.
Example: A young mum had to call firefighters after stepping out of the front door of her home briefly and then realising she had locked herself out with her baby still sleeping inside.» lock up = encerrar, echar la llave, encerrar bajo llave.
Example: Rapists should be locked up and kept out of society where they can no longer harm innocent victims.» unlock = abrir las puertas de, revelar, descubrir. [Sentido figurado]
Example: NTIS is a key partner in unlocking the world's technology.» unlock = abrir, desbloquear, abrir con llave.
Example: This allows borrowers to browse but it is tedious for staff to keep unlocking the case every time a cassette is borrowed or returned.lock5 = encerrar, atrapar.
Example: If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.more:
» lock + arms = cogerse de brazos.
Example: She was taken off guard when he locked arms with her and showed her to the door.» lock + Nombre + out of = aislar de, apartar de.
Example: This article examines the role of public library trustees who appear to live on the fringes of the library profession, locked out of the decision making mainstream.» padlock = cerrar con candado, encerrar con candado, poner el candado, echar el candado.
Example: The five captives told last night how they had been blindfolded by armed guards and padlocked in a room for most of a week.» under lock and key = bajo llave, encerrado.
Example: Rather than the luminous deity that appears elsewhere in medieval literature, he presents a character who resembles the jealous husband of the fabliaux who keeps a young wife under lock and key and who responds violently when he is cuckolded.lock6 = bloquear.
Example: Pressing the LOCK key locks the keyboard in a shifted (uppercase) condition.more:
» deadlock = paralizarse, estancarse, alcanzar un punto muerto, llegar a un punto muerto, estar en un punto muerto, alcanzar un impás, llegar a un impás, estar en un impás, encontrarse en un callejón sin salida, estar en un callejón sin salida.
Example: Democratic leaders are pillorying Republicans as negotiations are deadlocked over raising money for infrastructure spending.» interlock = entrelazar, trabar, entrecruzar.
Example: Panopoulos put her arms on the desk, interlocked her fingers, and forward, her eyes glinting with rage behind her thick spectacles.» lock + horns (with) = medirse la fuerzas (con), tener un encontronazo (con), chocar (con), forcejear (con).
Example: Although the movie has a well-defined sense of character and dramatic incident, a handsome and clear visual presentation, and an interesting feel for inflated men locking horns, it lacks thematic preciseness.» lock in + a battle = engancharse en una batalla, engancharse en una pelea, engancharse en una lucha.
Example: The premise is that you and your opponent are locked in a battle to the death and only one can come out alive.» lock in + place = sujetar, asegurar.
Example: Most card catalogues are equipped with rods which lock the cards in place and prevent unauthorized removal of entries.» lock into + place = encajar.
Example: The gas cylinder has a small locating cut out on the inner rim to ensure it locks into place within the cooker.» lock together = entrelazar, entramar, trabar.
Example: As the water was draining away between the wires of the sieve, he gave the mould a sideways shake locking the fibres together and 'shutting' the sheet.» lock up + the tyres = bloquearse las ruedas.
Example: Braking hard in a car without ABS on low traction surfaces can easily result in locking up the tires if you're not an experienced driver.locked = cerrado con llave.
Example: Such items may be kept in locked cupboards, bookcases or display cases to which some type of alarm device is fitted.more:
» gridlocked = congestionado de tráfico.
Example: They have become very popular with library patrons, especially in time-rationed, gridlocked metropolitan areas with a high proportion of two-parent working families.» land-locked [landlocked] = rodeado de tierra, sin salida al mar, sin litoral, sin costas.
Example: Because Zambia is land-locked, book acquisition is difficult.» unlocked = abierto, sin cerrar con llave.
Example: Theft or attempted theft of belongings is excluded if your car has been left unlocked, left with the keys in it or with a window or roof open.