Atán in english
pronunciation: eɪtən part of speech: noun
atar = tether ; strap ; tie up ; lash ; truss ; rope ; bind + Nombre + together.
Example: The book reached the limits of its potential as an information carrier long ago and libraries unfortunately allowed themselves to become tethered by those limitations.Example: Microfilm is said to have been invented during the Franco-Prussian War, to send reduced diagrams of troop positions by strapping these to the legs of carrier pigeons.Example: Short wedges, or quoins, were then put in between the long wedges and the inside of the chase, loosely at first so that the string with which the pages were tied up could be unwound and removed.Example: Gather the eight garden stakes together teepee-style around the center stake and lash them in place securely with garden wire.Example: Learn how to truss a chicken for oven cooking in this free cooking video.Example: His thighs and knees were then roped to the arm rests.Example: People value the public library highly as an educational and community resource and the library acts as an 'information junction' to bind the community together.more:
» atar (a) = tie (to) .
Example: Chain indexing is closely tied to the structure (but not necessarily the terminology) of the classification scheme.» atar a = lash (up) to .
Example: The platen was lashed up tight to the toe of the spindle by cords which connected hooks at its four corners to another set of hooks at the four lower corners of the hose.» atar con cadenas = chain .
Example: Some institutional libraries were chained (when the books were necessarily shelved fore-edge outwards), the chains being attached to a staple riveted to an edge of one of the boards.» atar con correa = leash [Generalmente cuando se saca a los animales domésticos de paseo] .
Example: I agree with you and i think your auntie was 100% wrong since the other dogs were leashed and her unleashed dog was the one that confronted them.» atar con traílla = leash [Generalmente cuando se saca a los animales domésticos de paseo] .
Example: I agree with you and i think your auntie was 100% wrong since the other dogs were leashed and her unleashed dog was the one that confronted them.» atar de pies y manos = hogtie .
Example: Four soldiers then carried him, hogtied, to the next processing station for interrogation and propped him in a kneeling position.» atar (en) corto = rein in ; keep + Nombre + in check ; hold + Nombre + in check ; hold + Nombre + in line ; keep + Nombre + in line .
Example: If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers. Example: The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud. Example: Inflation may be held in check or even reduced temporarily, but eventually industry must put up prices in order to recover these higher costs. Example: The library staff consists of 6 professional librarians and 11 clerical workers, all of whom are held firmly in line by the forceful personality of the director, a retired military colonel. Example: Queen bees use mind control to keep young workers in line by secreting a scent that prevents worker bees from learning, according to new research.» atar (los) cabos = put + two and two together ; put + the pieces together .
Example: Although there's no evidence at all of a link between caffeine and cancer, we're putting two and two together and saying that caffeine can induce these changes. Example: The question then is, what are my options and how do I put the pieces together to solve the puzzle?.» atar (los) cabos sueltos = tie up + all the loose ends ; put + two and two together ; join + the dots ; connect + the dots ; put + the pieces together .
Example: The third act is of course the denouement, when everything is made clear, all the loose ends are tied up, and the curtain falls. Example: Although there's no evidence at all of a link between caffeine and cancer, we're putting two and two together and saying that caffeine can induce these changes. Example: For the first time I started to 'join the dots' about the grave implications for the planet and humanity of how modern food is produced. Example: Spurred by the most severe budget constraints in decades, governments have started to connect the dots and launched international cooperation initiatives to close some of that gap. Example: The question then is, what are my options and how do I put the pieces together to solve the puzzle?.» atarse los cordones de los zapatos = tie + Posesivo + shoelaces .
Example: She ballooned to nearly 17 stone and struggled with small tasks such as tying her shoelaces, as the bulk of her large belly would prevent her from bending over.» atarse los machos = hold on to + the seat of + Posesivo + pants ; batten down + the hatches ; gird (up) + Posesivo + loins .
Example: It's basically: Hold on to the seat of your pants, because it's a roller coaster ride = Básicamente es que tenemos que atarnos los machos porque las vamos a pasar canutas. Example: Yet rather than battening down the hatches and boarding up the shopfronts, it is more a case of polishing the silver and pulling out the corks. Example: He advised us to gird up our loins and set about making Pakistan worthy of its name.» atar y teñir = tie-dye [Técnica de teñir una prenda de vestir haciendo un nudo con ella para evitar que el tinte la afecte a todo el tejido, obteniendo así diseños únicos. Tercera persona tie-dyes, Participio presente tie-dyeing, pasado y participio pasado tie-dyed] .
Example: There are two main ways to tie-dye; by submerging the fabric into the dye or by applying the dye from a bottle.» cerrar atando = tie + Nombre + shut .
Example: He was wearing a caplet that had a high, lacey collar and bows to tie it shut.» de atar = blithering .
Example: Never before have we seen such blithering incompetence.» estar loco de atar = be nuts ; be crackers ; have + bats in the belfry ; be completely mad .
Example: Do you have to be nuts to be a genius?. Example: They're crackers if they think they have a chance to win. Example: Being creatively inclined goes hand-in-hand with a predisposition for behaving as though you have bats in the belfry. Example: She stared at him as if he were completely mad.» imbécil de atar = blithering idiot .
Example: To be uncharacteristically succinct, he is a blithering idiot: I mean, really stupid.» la mujer atada a la pata de la cama = a woman's place is in the home .
Example: Research shows that the majority of people believe that a woman's place is in the home.» loco de atar = stark raving mad ; raving mad ; raving lunatic ; stir-crazy [En general se aplica a una persona activa que se ve afectado por la inactividad] ; barking mad ; barking lunatic .
Example: Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose. Example: It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius. Example: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas. Example: The 'Undertaker' is a black comedy about a man trying to make a fortune by setting up a suicide bureau in a stir-crazy arctic town. Example: Well right now I am on the horns of a dilemma as the weather outside is so cold it would freeze the balls off a brass monkey but I would be barking mad not to go home and get a good heavy coat for later this evening. Example: That lead me to wonder whether American consumers had simply, collectively turned into a bunch of barking lunatics.» volver a atar = re-tie .
Example: Take the goose and untie the string around the parson's nose area and fill the cavity with onions and seasoning and re-tie the string.» volverse loco de atar = go + stir-crazy .
Example: Anyone have ideas on things you'll be doing not to go stir-crazy during maternity leave?.