Worm in spanish
pronunciation: gusɑnoʊ part of speech: noun
worm1 = gusano, lombriz.
Example: The article 'Worms in the field' describes a family of products based around a worm optical disc drive, comprising a worm drive, Image Scanner, Text Retrieval, OCR and Image-handling software.more:
» bookworm = ratón de biblioteca.
Example: I am not suggesting that everyone should become a bookworm; there are plenty of healthy, happy and good people who do not want to read books and their right to not read must be respected.» bookworm = polilla.
Example: This article identifies five types of crawling insects which commonly infest libraries: booklice, bookworms, cockroaches, silverfish and termites.» can of worms = caja de Pandora, berenjenal, embrollo, lío, follón.
Example: Had you done that 14 years ago, you would have had a much smaller can of worms to deal with.» earthworm = lombriz, lombriz de tierra.
Example: Topics include trees, leaf coloration, buds, seeds, vertebrate animals, animal tracks, insects and other arthropods, earthworms, characteristics of living things, and microhabitats.» mealworm = gusano de la harina.
Example: Mealworms are a great natural food for birds and can be used to feed them throughout the year.» open (up) + a can of worms = abrir la caja de Pandora, destapar la caja de Pandora, meterse en un berenjenal, meterse en un embrollo, armarse la de Dios, armarse la de San Quintín, montarse un pollo, meterse en camisa de once varas, desencadenar un sinnúmero de problemas .
Example: It may seem as though we have opened a can of worms, but there is no need to despair.» pinworm = oxiuro, ascáride, lombriz intestinal.
Example: Pinworms are more a nuisance than a serious health problem.» ringworm = tiña, tinea, dermatofitosis.
Example: Ringworm is a common skin disorder otherwise known as tinea that can affect the skin on the body, the scalp, the feet or the groin.» rootworm = gusano de la raíz.
Example: SA (see also) references may also be made to an entire group of headings as an economy measure, for instance, Cranberries - Diseases and Pests SA names of pests eg Cranberry rootworm.» silkworm = gusano de seda.
Example: The food here is generally excellent, but there's one menu item that's always interested me more than the others -- 'tasty crispy silkworm'.» tapeworm = solitaria, tenia.
Example: If asked for statistics on the incidence of tapeworms he would first want to know whether national figures or world figures are wanted.» the early bird catches the worm = a quien madruga Dios le ayuda.
Example: According to the idiom 'the early bird catches the worm' we offer a 10% reduction of the course fee for those who apply before 15 July 2007 = De acuerdo con la expresión 'a quien madruga Dios le ayuda' le ofrecemos una reducción del 10% del importe del curso a los que se inscriban antes del 15 de julio del 2007.» threadworm = oxiuro, ascáride, lombriz intestinal.
Example: The main medications used to treat threadworms are available from your local pharmacy without prescription.» woodworm = carcoma.
Example: Metallic shelves cannot be damaged by woodworms or rodents and they are not likely to warp under the weight of bound volumes and are fire-proof.» worm-hole = picadura. [Agujero producido en el papel o los libros por larvas devoradoras de papel]
Example: Even though the facsimilist's paper is of the same period as that of the rest of the book, he is most unlikely to be able to match it precisely in all its characteristics thickness, texture, colour, chain-lines, watermark, and the propinquity of worm-holes and stains.» worm's eye view = vista a ras de suelo.
Example: A view is a perspective representation of the landscape in which detail is shown as if projected on an oblique plane (e.g., a bird's eye view, panorama, panoramic drawing, worm's eye view).worm2 = gusano. [Virus informático]
Example: The article 'Computer viruses, Logic bombs, Trojan horses and worms: 'badware' in computers' reviews the different sorts of badware and what problems they cause.WORM (write-once-read-many)3 = WORM (de una grabación y de lectura múltiple). [Disco óptico en el que se puede grabar algo una sola vez y leerlo muchas veces]
Example: There are various different kinds of optical videodisks, including both analog and digital disks, and disks that are read-only (ROM) or write-once-read-many (WORM).more:
» WORM drive = lector WORM.
Example: The article 'Worms in the field' describes a family of products based around a WORM optical disc drive, comprising a WORM drive, Image Scanner, Text Retrieval, OCR and Image-handling software.» WORM optical disc drive = lector de disco óptico WORM.
Example: The article 'Worms in the field' describes a family of products based around a WORM optical disc drive, comprising a WORM drive, Image Scanner, Text Retrieval, OCR and Image-handling software.» WORM optical disk = disco óptico WORM.
Example: The study was carried out to establish the prediction of archival life of Write Once Read Many (WORM) optical discs.worm4
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» worm + Posesivo + way through = infiltrarse, colarse.
Example: Corruption wormed its way through their ranks, as it did through the ranks of their kinfolk = La corrupción se infiltró entre sus filas, como lo hizo en el caso de sus familiares.