Pick in spanish
pronunciation: rekoʊxeɹ̩ part of speech: verb
pick1 = selección, favorito.
Example: The October 2002 issue of CONVERGE magazine lists their picks for the 'Shapers of the Future 2002' -- 'today's leaders and innovators who have dreamed and accomplished mighty things in technology and education'.more:
» pick-list = lista de selección.
Example: Sophisticated Boolean operations can be easily constructed using pick-lists.» pick of the month = el más favorito del mes.
Example: Picks of the month for leisure time include KidsHealth.org, Chemical Scorecard, and DigiCams Web Cam Viewer.» take + Posesivo + pick = escoger, elegir, decidir.
Example: We can offer them both and let our users take their pick.pick2 = púa, plectro.
Example: Commonly known as a pick, the humble plectrum is the most important part of a guitarist's accessories.more:
» guitar pick = púa, plectro.
Example: These genuine leather key fobs are perfect for keeping your guitar picks handy wherever you go.» lock pick = ganzúa.
Example: During the late 1960s, an escape artist jailbroke by using a lock pick, made out of a wire.» toothpick = palillo de dientes, mondadientes.
Example: If you have runny nail polish, pour some onto a paper plate, add a bit of flour and stir it up with something like a toothpick.pick3 = escoger, coger, seleccionar.
Example: The network itself is assumed to be unreliable; any portion of the network could disappear at any moment (pick your favorite catastrophe -- these days backhoes cutting cables are more of a threat than bombs).more:
» cherry-pick = escoger selectivamente, escoger cuidadosamente, seleccionar cuidadosamente.
Example: They are one-sidedly ransacking his writings to 'cherry-pick' and string together whatever can possibly be lifted out and turned against him.» hand-pick = escoger selectivamente, seleccionar cuidadosamente, escoger cuidadosamente, nombrar a dedo, elegir a dedo, designar a dedo.
Example: Every rally the president goes to everyone is cheering for him because they're hand-picked.» have + a bone to pick with = tener cuentas que ajustar con, tener cuentas que arreglar con, tener asuntos pendientes que arreglar con.
Example: I'd always kind of had a bone to pick with him because he didn't support his local teams very actively.» nitpick = sacarle faltas a todo, encontrarle faltas a todo, sacarle defectos a todo, encontrarle defectos a todo, buscarles los tres pies al gato.
Example: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.» pick + a fight = provocar una pelea, buscar pelea, buscar camorra.
Example: Machiavelli advised rulers facing unpopularity at home to consider picking a fight with some other nation, noting that a threat from some foreign power tends to unite people and help them to forget their differences.» pick + Alguien + up = coger en brazos.
Example: She alleged Eric picked her up, opened the front door, and threw her out of the door while she was wearing only underwear and a tank top.» pick + a lock = abrir una cerradura con ganzúa.
Example: The classic example, quoted for generations by librarians, is the request for information on how to pick locks, but an up-to-date instance posing a similar problem for the librarian would be an enquiry about the manufacture of nerve gas.» pick and choose = elegir con esmero, escoger con esmero, elegir con cuidado, escoger con cuidado, ser exigente al escoger, ser exigente al elegir.
Example: You cannot look at this area of the world and pick and choose among the countries that you're going to deal with.» pick and mix = escoger, combinar.
Example: Modular courses are already in place from which a student can pick and mix.» pick at + Posesivo + scab = rascarse una costra, tocarse una costra.
Example: She sat in the grass for some time, picking at her scab, fully aware that she was only making it worse.» pick at + Posesivo + spots = tocarse los granos, rascarse los granos, tocarse las espinillas, rascarse las espinillas.
Example: She began picking at her spots and this developed into a condition called dermatillomania.» pick at + Posesivo + vegetables = picotear las verduras.
Example: She picked up her fork and picked at her vegetables with no enthusiasm.» pick at + random = escoger al azar, escoger aleatoriamente, seleccionar al azar.
Example: So, in practice, instead of exploiting the rich coordination of natural language, most systems ignore these links between concepts and resort to picking words from text at random.» pick back up = volver a recuperarse.
Example: The year really flew by, and things have already started picking back up in the last few weeks or so after the winter.» pick + holes in = encontrar defectos en, buscar defectos en, sacar faltas, hacer crítica, criticar, hallar defectos en, poner peros, poner reparos, poner pegas, encontrar pegas con.
Example: This week the frontline blogosphere has been picking holes in Government policy and wondering whether Ministers are reckless or are pushing a hidden agenda.» pick + holes in everything = encontrar defectos en todo, buscar defectos en todo, sacar faltas a todo, hacer crítica de todo, criticarlo todo, hallar defectos en todo, poner peros a todo, poner reparos a todo, poner pegas a todo, encontrar pegas con todo.
Example: She appears to be picking holes in everything that I do, and it is hard because I am trying to be a loving sister towards her.» pick + Nombre + up = recoger, coger, retirar, absorber.
Example: Then these suggestion can be picked up by the editor, and communicated to the author.» pick + Nombre + up off the ground = levantar + Nombre + del suelo.
Example: I can't sit here and pick you up off the ground everytime she trips you.» pick on = meterse con, criticar.
Example: By the way, here I have stolen a phrase from the Library of Congress, not to pick on this wonderful institution, but because its mission statement resonates with a number of individuals like me, who work in research libraries.» pick on = escoger, elegir.
Example: Presumably there are plenty more examples like this across the British rail network, I just decided to pick on this one because it winds me up each time I travel to Brighton.» pick on + someone/somebody + Posesivo + own age = meterse con alguien de + Posesivo + edad.
Example: What's wrong with this 30 year old guy when he can't pick on someone his own age?.» pick on + someone/somebody + Posesivo + own size = meterse con alguien de + Posesivo + tamaño.
Example: That's the guy who needs to man up and pick on someone his own size.» pick out = escoger.
Example: This process proceeds by examining in turn every one of a large set of items, and by picking out those which have certain specified characteristics.» pickpocket = carterista, ratero.
Example: Migrants have become organized pickpockets, petty thieves, & extortionists.» pickpocket = hurtar carteras, robar carteras.
Example: Police targeted North African gangs suspected of pickpocketing, mugging and drug offenses.» pick + Posesivo + brains = consultar, consultar + Posesivo + opinión, pedir + Posesivo + opinión, hacer algunas/unas preguntas.
Example: Her knowledge seemed endless, and all of us in the room were eager to pick her brains.» pick + Posesivo + choice = escoger, elegir, decidir.
Example: Anna, like most women in a room full of strangers, was taking inventory of the opposite sex and picking her choice if she were forced to sleep with one person.» pick + Posesivo + nose = sacarse los mocos, hurgarse la nariz, hacerse pelotillas con los mocos, meterse el dedo en la nariz.
Example: If your child is still sucking his thumb, picking his nose until it bleeds or having trouble sleeping consult a children's therapist, it could be a sign of anxiety.» pick + Posesivo + way = desenvolverse.
Example: In their search for information, they had until this time been able to pick their way by relying on the handlists or catalogues provided by the librarian.» pick + Posesivo + words (carefully) = escoger las palabras, medir las palabras, sopesar las palabras.
Example: There should be an official apology, in addition to showing more wisdom in picking his words in the future.» pick + Reflexivo + up = levantarse del suelo.
Example: Injured, she was able to pick herself up and take cover under a bush.» pick + Reflexivo + up = reponerse, recuperarse, levantar cabeza.
Example: There is a beauty about a woman whose confidence comes from experiences; who knows she can fall, pick herself up, and move on.» pick through = rebuscar en(tre)/por.
Example: These are the recyclers, the workers who receive the garbage from the trucks, who pick through it and sort materials inside cavernous warehouses filled with rubbish-dust.» pick up = identificar, reconocer.
Example: The most successful are based on computational morphosyntax which will pick up inflexional forms of stems.» pick up = recuperarse.
Example: As demand for hotel accommodation begins to pick up, albeit very unevenly, attention is turning again to how the major companies can gain market share.» pick up = ligar, flirtear, intentar ligar, tratar de ligar.
Example: Unless people start going to the grocery store a little drunk, the bar scene is going to continue to be the place to pick up strangers.» pick up = aprender.
Example: Even though I was long past the age for learning a language, I told myself I'd be able to pick it up easily.» pick up + a chick = ligarse a una tía, ligarse a una chica.
Example: This dude has a bad name for picking up chicks.» pick up + a girl = ligarse a una chica.
Example: When everything is said and done, the most important thing for any guy to experience is picking up girls = A fin de cuentas, lo más importante para cualquier tío es ligar.» pick up + a skill = aprender una destreza, desarrollar una destreza.
Example: Being different is not a crime, and people who tell you it is are just jealous that you've picked up a skill they never in their wildest dreams could acquire.» pick up + a woman = ligarse a una mujer.
Example: But if you never learned how to approach women, here are some icebreakers that could come in handy when it comes to picking up women.» pick up + discussion = retomar una discusión.
Example: We can pick up this discussion some other time, after you've armed yourself with ammunition!.» pick up + information = obtener información.
Example: Feaver remarked with the easy manner of familiars who are accustomed to sparring good-naturedly with each other that he certainly seemed to have picked up a great deal of miscellaneous information from that particular talk.» pick up + momentum = ganar ímpetu, cobrar intensidad, cobrar velocidad.
Example: Myanmar's nationwide election campaign is picking up momentum as political parties began campaigning.» pick up on = retomar, debatir, tratar.
Example: The report picks up on this as a surprising finding, suggesting implicitly that open access journals are lagging behind in this regard.» pick up on + everything = enterarse de todo, darse cuenta de todo.
Example: Lauren is very quick on the uptake and picks up on everything going on around her but knows it doesn't pay to have loose lips.» pick up + Posesivo + luggage = recoger el equipaje.
Example: This is the first time a maintenance employee gets trapped under one of the baggage carousels where passengers pick up their luggage.» pick up + Posesivo + pace = acelerar el ritmo, aligerar el ritmo, acelerar el paso, aligerar el paso, forzar el ritmo, acelerar la marcha.
Example: I'm not sure what thoughts Mikayla was having, but she picked up her pace and vanished ahead of us into the woods.» pick up + speed = acelerar, adquirir ímpetu, cobrar intensidad.
Example: This natural ebb and flow necessarily picks up speed as change accelerates.» pick up + steam = ganar ímpetu, cobrar intensidad, cobrar velocidad.
Example: Bell-bottoms are finally picking up steam as one of the 'cool' denim styles to have in your wardrobe.» pick up + the fag-ends = entender a medias, enterarse a medias.
Example: She has managed to pick up the fag ends of a good many languages during her life and can jabber French a little.» pick up + the gauntlet = recoger el guante, aceptar un reto, aceptar un desafío.
Example: In short, we had to pick up the gauntlet thrown down by history, the history of those nationalists who successfully led the anti-colonial fight for freedom but failed to have honest and capable successors.» pick up + the pace = apresurar el paso, apresurarse, apurarse, acelerar el ritmo, aligerar el ritmo, acelerar el paso, aligerar el paso, acelerar la marcha.
Example: Manufacturing activity appears to have picked up the pace since the end of 2012 leading to improved scrap generation.» pick up + the phone = coger el teléfono.
Example: If you've got the gift of the gab and could sell ice to the Eskimos, then a career in telesales is calling you, so better pick up the phone.» pick up + the pieces = recoger los platos rotos, pagar los platos rotos, sacar las castañas del fuego, pagar el pato, cargar con el muerto, cargar con el mochuelo.
Example: The standards of education in the UK are woefully low leaving employers to often pick up the pieces.» pick up + the pieces = recuperarse, recobrarse, reponerse.
Example: More than just a time for picking up the pieces, divorce is a new opportunity to improve on the past and create a fuller life .» pick up + the tab = correr con los gastos, pagar la cuenta, pagar.
Example: The article 'Who should pick up the tab' deals with the issue of charging fees for library services.» pick up + the thread = retomar el hilo.
Example: Every event in history is a beginning, a middle, and an end; it just depends on where you pick up the thread and what story.» the wind + pick up = el viento + levantarse, el viento + cobrar fuerza, el viento + arreciar.
Example: As the terrain levelled out, the wind picked up and We began experiencing some strong gusts and driving rain.