Strike in spanish
pronunciation: uelgɑ part of speech: noun, verb
strike1 = huelga.
Example: What to one author is a 'strike' to another is an industrial dispute.more:
» call + a strike = convocar una huelga.
Example: An alarming increase in jail suicides has led prison guards to call a strike in an effort to press the government to act immediately.» come out on + strike = declararse en huelga, ponerse en huelga.
Example: They called on the coal miners in Newcastle to come out on strike in protest against the 3-pound tax.» general strike = huelga general.
Example: In May 1926 Britains' miners walked out and in a move of solidarity other industry workers joined them, creating the first ever general strike in Britain.» go on + strike = declararse en huelga, ponerse en huelga, hacer huelga.
Example: A section of Air India pilots numbering about 800 tonight decided to go on strike demanding pay parity and better working conditions.» haulage strike = huelga de transportistas, huelga de camioneros, huelga del transporte.
Example: The Government last week caved in to a national haulage strike, agreeing to reduce fuel costs and crack down on cheap foreign competition.» haulier strike = huelga de transportistas, huelga de camioneros, huelga del transporte.
Example: The demonstration coincides with haulier strikes in Spain and Portugal as commercial drivers across Europe face crippling costs for petrol and diesel.» hunger strike = huelga de hambre.
Example: Participants commented on ethical aspects of two fictitious case studies: an inmate on a hunger strike and a death row inmate who wishes to be an organ donor.» jurisdictional strike = huelga jurisdiccional.
Example: The Taft-Hartley Act outlawed closed shops, jurisdictional strikes, sympathy strikes, and refusal to bargain.» lorry strike = huelga de transportistas, huelga de camioneros, huelga del transporte.
Example: The sudden spurt in crime in the city over the last few days has also been linked to the lorry strike.» metalworkers' strike = huelga del metal.
Example: He became famous as the leader of illegal metalworkers' strikes that helped bring an end to the military dictatorship in the mid-1970s.» open-ended strike = huelga indefinida.
Example: School teachers have declared a state of alert as a prelude to the open-ended strike over pay and working conditions.» public transport strike = huelga del transporte público.
Example: The Paris public transport strike that began last Tuesday evening is slated to continue through at least early this week.» road haulage strike = huelga de transportistas, huelga de camioneros, huelga del transporte.
Example: Many of Douala's three million people stayed indoors and kept stores closed after a road haulage strike was announced for Monday, fearing that the protest could turn violent.» silent strike = huelga de silencio.
Example: The year saw a library fair in Gothenburg and a 3 minutes silent strike by cultural workers during the general election campaign.» stage + a strike = declararse en huelga, organizar una huelga.
Example: The prisoners later staged a strike to protest their fellow inmate's death.» strike action = huelga.
Example: The author considers what the attitude of the profession should be to proposed strike action.» strike + break out = declararse en huelga.
Example: And then in April of the same year strikes broke out among waggonwrights and bricklayers in Liverpool.» strike picket line = piquete de huelga.
Example: Workers must be prepared to defend their strike picket lines against scabs and official repression.» sympathy strike = huelga por solidaridad.
Example: The Taft-Hartley Act outlawed closed shops, jurisdictional strikes, sympathy strikes, and refusal to bargain.» trucker strike = huelga de transportistas, huelga de camioneros, huelga del transporte.
Example: It's been talked about all over the news, the Internet, and the blogosphere, that a trucker strike is imminent.strike2 = golpe.
Example: After a few strikes with a flint rock, a spark ignited the gunpowder just enough to get some fine twigs burning.more:
» lightning strike = rayo.
Example: Fire insurance policies discourage the planting of trees in towns and villages because of the fear of lightning strikes.strike3 = ataque.
Example: Some Israeli officials have expressed concern that a strike would only provide Iran with justification to pursue its nuclear program.more:
» air strike = ataque aéreo, incursión aérea.
Example: The author describes the amoral nature of a military campaign based solely on air strikes.» nuclear strike = ataque nuclear.
Example: Only the threat of a nuclear strike would deter any other large nation from military land invasion of the United Kingdom.» preemptive strike = ataque preventivo, atacar primero.
Example: Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union in 1941 was a preemptive strike made because Stalin was preparing to attack Nazi Germany.» surgical strike = ataque quirúrgico.
Example: Airports in five states have been put on high alert after intelligence agencies warned of a possible attack following the surgical strikes carried out by the Army.strike4 = hacer huelga, declararse en huelga. [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio struck]
Example: School teachers have decided to strike for more money.strike5 = golpear. [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio struck]
Example: The ribbon must be disengaged so that the metal typefaces strike the wax sheet directly.more:
» lightning never strikes twice = las cosas sólo pasan una vez.
Example: Tall television towers and large skyscrapers blow the 'lightning never strikes twice' myth out of the water.» strike + a balance = conseguir un equilibrio.
Example: An attempt has been made to strike a practical balance between the advantages of synthesis and those of enumeration.» strike + a blow = asestar un golpe, dar un tortazo, dar un revés.
Example: This ultimately resulted in a Supreme Court decision that supported the defendants, striking what the music industry claimed would be a 'mortal blow' to its livelihood.» strike + a blow for = defender.
Example: In an effort to save US culture, strike a blow for reading, and correct well intentioned but misguided notions about the Internet making libraries obsolete, offers ten reasons why the Internet is no substitute for a library..» strike + a deal = llegar a un acuerdo, cerrar un acuerdo, hacer un trato, cerrar un trato.
Example: The article is entitled 'The Times newspaper strikes deal with Gale to digitise back issues from 1785'.» strike + a death blow = asestar un golpe mortal, dar el golpe de muerte, dar el puntillazo, dar la puntilla, dar el golpe de gracia.
Example: Moreover, military operations, whatever they may be, will not be able to strike a death blow to international terrorism, indicating that its high time that we probe the topic from a fresh standpoint.» strike + a key = pulsar una tecla.
Example: Problems can arise if an inexperienced typist strikes the keys too strongly as enclosed letters such as 'o' tend to drop out.» strike + a killer blow = asestar un golpe mortal, dar el golpe de muerte, dar el puntillazo, dar la puntilla, dar el golpe de gracia.
Example: Merick quickly sprang to his feet and rushed forward to strike a killer blow, but the troll was already dead.» strike + an agreement = llegar a un acuerdo.
Example: Ministers have failed to strike an agreement yesterday on how to deal with the billions of plastic bags Australians throw away each year.» strike + a (rich) vein = encontrar un filón, descubrir un filón.
Example: Milan have struck a rich vein of form of late, and will look to continue the same in this match.» strike + bottom = tocar fondo.
Example: However this was to no avail and the ship struck bottom.» strike + gold = hacerse rico, hacerse millonario, hacer fortuna, encontrar una mina de oro, descubrir una mina de oro, tener suerte, aparecérsele la virgen a Alguien.
Example: That was a Gold Rush term: the money a miner needed for grub until he struck gold.» strike + home = dar en el clavo, dar en el blanco, dar en la diana, hacer diana, poner el dedo en la llaga, darse cuenta, atinar, acertar.
Example: Among many observations in this widely bruited report, one in particular struck home: fewer books had been translated into Arabic in a millennium than were translated into Spanish in a year.» strike (it) + lucky = tener suerte, ser afortunado, aparecérsele la virgen a Alguien.
Example: It's a bit like a lottery -- sometimes you strike lucky and become rich and famous.» strike it + rich = hacerse rico, hacerse millonario, hacer fortuna, volverse millonario.
Example: 'Stagecoach robberies', 'shoot-outs', 'striking it rich' these are all typical events associated to the Wild West when men and women from the East went to California searching for gold = "Asaltos a las diligencias", "tiroteos", "volverse millonario" son cosas típicas asociadas al Lejano Oeste cuando los hombres y las mujeres del este se dirigieron a California en busca de oro.» strike + oil = encontrar petróleo, descubrir petróleo.
Example: Israel has struck oil again, this time off the Tel Aviv coast.» strike + oil = encontrar una mina de oro, encontrar un filón, descubrir una mina de oro, descubrir un filón.
Example: There's no doubt socialite Melania Brown struck oil when she landed Donald Brown, one of the richest men in America.» strike out = tachar, borrar.
Example: Dots placed under words or letters wrongly struck out by the corrector.» strike out from = partir de, salir de.
Example: It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.» strike out on + a different path = seguir un camino diferente, actuar de un modo diferente.
Example: By comparing it with its Parisian counterpart, shows how the British Library has struck out on a different path, using different design concepts, to achieve similar ends.» strike out on + Posesivo + own = ponerse a trabajar por cuenta propia.
Example: A great deal of interest is currently being paid to those who strike out on their own and take on the title of an 'entrepreneur'.» strike + pay dirt = hacerse rico, hacerse millonario, hacer fortuna, encontrar una mina de oro, descubrir una mina de oro, tener suerte, aparecérsele la virgen a Alguien.
Example: She thought she'd struck pay dirt when a wealthy couple hired her to find their missing daughter, who they suspected has started using heroin -- who better to find a junkie than an ex-junkie?.» strike + Posesivo + fancy = atraer, llamar la atención, gustar.
Example: Most books for children are selected by looking along the shelf until an attractive cover, familiar author's name or familiar title strikes the reader's fancy.» strike + the right balance = encontrar el equilibro justo.
Example: We therefore have to strike the right balance if we are not to deprive the waste pickers of their income.» strike + the right note = encontrar el equilibrio, encontrar el punto medio, comedirse.
Example: It is worth some time and trouble to strike the right note of pride and frugality.» strike + the right note (with) = caer bien, aceptar favorablemente, dar una buena impresión, causar una buena impresión.
Example: Our growth doubled that of the market trend, demonstrating that our products are striking the right note with customers.» strike up + a conversation = entablar conversación.
Example: The author explains how people strike up conversations under their new identities.» strike up + a friendship with = entablar amistad con, trabar amistad con, hacerse amigo de.
Example: One of the immediate results was that she struck up a friendship with Jeffrey Gordon, a young consultant assigned to the R&D section.» strike while + the iron is hot = aprovechar la oportunidad, la ocasión la pintan calva, coger la ocasión por los pelos.
Example: If you fail to strike while the iron is hot, there's a good chance you'll lose your momentum.strike6 = atacar.
Example: On September 5th, the security cabinet deliberated for the last time, and voted to strike.more:
» strike back = contraatacar, defenderse.
Example: This paper details the attempt by Boston University to strike back at such agencies by filing a lawsuit against Internet term paper companies in the USA.strike + Pronombre Personal7 = parecer, dar la impresión, impresionar. [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio struck]
Example: 'You commented earlier,' she said ingenuously, aloud, 'that Kass didn't strike you as the union type'.more:
» strike + a chord with = tocar la fibra sensible de, llegar a.
Example: Digital libraries have struck a chord with users.» strike + a nerve (with) = poner el dedo en la llaga, provocar, irritar.
Example: His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.» strike + familiar chords = ser familiar.
Example: But the further I went into that foreign domain the more I began to recognize facets of behavior, motivations, characters, which struck familiar chords.strike8 = afectar, padecer.
Example: The collections of the National Library of the Czech Republic have suffered from the floods that recently struck a large part of the country.more:
» disaster + strike = catástrofe + ocurrir, catástrofe + producirse, catástrofe + suceder.
Example: Because any library is susceptible to a variety of potentially serious disasters, it is unreasonable to wait until disaster strikes.» terror + strike = terror + sacudir.
Example: Two weeks have passed since terror struck Mumbai.» tragedy + strike = ocurrir una tragedia, suceder una tragedia, tragedia + tener lugar.
Example: At 4:30 in the afternoon on Reunion Island last week tragedy struck when a bodysurfer was viciously attacked by a shark 20 yards from the shoreline = A las 4:30 de la tarde de la semana pasada en la Isla de Reunión ocurrió una tragedia cuando un tiburón atacó brutalmente a un bodysurfista a 20 metros de la costa.