Pipe in spanish
Tubo
pronunciation: tuboʊ part of speech: noun
pronunciation: tuboʊ part of speech: noun
In gestures
pipe1 = tubo, tubería, caño, cañería.
Example: This article describes the discovery of a burst pipe and subsequent flood at a university library in Tennessee in the winter of 1995/96.more:
» copper pipe = tubo de cobre.
Example: If we want to find everything on copper pipes, we shall have to search every entry under copper.» discharge pipe = tubo de descarga, tubo de vaciado.
Example: My sump pump discharge pipe was joined with a union by a plumber years ago.» exhaust pipe = tubo de escape.
Example: Works shown involved the transformation of commonplace industrial objects and materials into decorative arts objects (e.g., a standing lamp made from an exhaust pipe).» hosepipe = manguera.
Example: Britain's biggest water company has announced that will ban hosepipes and sprinklers from next month.» pipe dream [pipedream] = sueño imposible.
Example: For so long the desirable ends of enumerative bibliography have seemed to be a pipedream.» pipefitter = fontanero.
Example: Chapter 4 outlines miscellaneous jobs such as lathers, plasterers, roofers, metalworkers, pipefitters, teacher aides and zookeepers.» pipe organ = órgano, órgano de tubos.
Example: The decline of the pipe organ was particularly surprising given Italy's history as the epicentre of church music.» pipe wrench = llave grifa, llave de fontanero.
Example: Tighten the fitting with a pipe wrench in a clockwise direction.» pitch-pipe = flautín.
Example: The reverse convention is used by LCSH, where we find pitch-pipe see Pitchpipe in which the hyphen is in effect deleted altogether.» plumbing pipe = cañería, tubería.
Example: To get started, you will need a few lengths of plumbing pipes from the hardware store.» sewer pipe = alcantarilla, desagüe.
Example: The architect's brief specifies that conduit (of sewer pipe size if possible) should be provided for electrical wiring with outlets placed in the ceiling every metre.» stovepipe = tobera, tubo de la estufa.
Example: Stovepipes, like stoves, radiate heat and if they are installed close to combustible materials a fire can result.» tail pipe = tubo de escape.
Example: Mechanics recommend checking tail lights, batteries, brakes, lug nuts, leaf springs, and tail pipes.» water pipe = tubería.
Example: The documents were relegated to an environmentally unsafe location, where they were damaged by a leaking water pipe.» windpipe = tráquea.
Example: Doctors have replaced the cancer-stricken windpipe of a patient with an organ made in a lab, a landmark achievement for regenerative medicine.pipe2 = pipa.
Example: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.more:
» peace pipe = pipa de la paz.
Example: Most peace pipes consist of a long wooden stem decorated with feathers and beads, and a stone pipe bowl.» pipe of peace = pipa de la paz.
Example: The Native American pipe of peace, or calumet, stands for reconciliation or purification.» put that in your pipe and smoke it! = ¡chúpate esa!.
Example: I'm not alone, 52% of the county voted in favor of legal marijuana -- so put that in your pipe and smoke it!.» smoke + (a) pipe = fumarse una pipa, fumar en pipa.
Example: Now, I want to pause for a moment to make a distinction between the habitual smoker (addict) and the occasional smoker (the guy who has a couple cigars per year, or smokes a pipe once in a blue moon).» smoke + the peace pipe = fumar la pipa de la paz, hacer las paces.
Example: If the Americans and the Russians can smoke the peace pipe, so can the Indians and the Pakistanis; however, it has to be done on the basis of dignity and mutual respect.» smoke + the pipe of peace = fumar la pipa de la paz, hacer las paces.
Example: There he and his braves met with white settlers to smoke the pipe of peace and settle their differences.» smoking pipe = pipa de fumar.
Example: Smoking pipes have been in existence since approximately 5000BC, but they've come a long way since then.» tobacco pipe = pipa de fumar.
Example: The history of the tobacco pipe is long and quite fascinating and could fill many volumes.pipe3 = canalizar.
Example: This is done by piping heat absorbing liquids down into the earth and then pumping them back up = Esto se consigue canalizando líquidos que absorban el calor hacia el interior de la tierra y luego bombeándolos de vuelta hacia arriba.pipe4 = direccionar, redireccionar.
Example: MS-DOS allows users to 'pipe' streams of data through filters to do things like turn uppercase files into lowercase ones or sort records in alphabetical order.pipe5 = decir inesperadamente, saltar, soltar.
Example: Suddenly she piped triumphantly, almost getting to her feet: 'We could let the student assistants go!'.more:
» pipe down = callarse.
Example: And yet I've never told people to pipe down when they were disturbing my peace with their too loud blatherings on a cell phone.» pipe up = decir, saltar, soltar.
Example: Avoid using 'decimate' as someone will pipe up about it meaning 'remove 1/10th of,' and those people are dickheads.