Colar in english
Strain
pronunciation: streɪn part of speech: noun
pronunciation: streɪn part of speech: noun
In gestures
colar = strain ; filter (out).
Example: Sampling for immature stages of mosquito was done weekly between May 1999 and January 2000 by straining them from the water in ravines and gutters.Example: Central libraries are an important part of the interlending system and by ensuring regional utilisation of public library resources and thus filtering requests they protect research libraries.more:
» caerse colándose por = fall through .
Example: A newborn baby has fallen through the toilet on a moving train after being prematurely born.» colarse de polizón = stow away .
Example: A 15-year-old boy reportedly was able to stow away in a plane's wheel well and survive a 5-hour flight from California to Hawaii.» colársela a Alguien = be had .
Example: By the time Americans learned they'd been had, the die was cast -- we were committed to 58,000 dead!.» no colar = not hold + water .
Example: Their arguments against the government's foreign policy simply don't hold water.colarse = creep + past ; sneak + past ; sneak through ; slither + Posesivo + way into ; seep ; creep (up) (in/into) ; sneak ; weasel + Posesivo + way into ; sneak into ; worm + Posesivo + way through.
Example: Too frequently absurd errors creep past the abstractor who does not know the field.Example: The more expensive media such as kits, models, and games are too large for someone to sneak past a vigilant charge out system = The more expensive media such as kits, models, and games are too large for someone to sneak past a vigilant charge out system.Example: I think I am probably 99.9% effective at catching these spams but this was one of the .1% that snuck through.Example: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.Example: The outer edges of the sheet -- the deckle edges -- are rough and uneven where the stuff seeped between the deckle and the mould.Example: Abstracting may not always be accorded a high priority by volunteer abstractors and undesirable delays may creep into the preparation of abstracts.Example: With a no fine policy there'll no longer be a need for patrons to sneak books back on the shelves after they're due and then pretend they were there all the time = With a no fine policy there'll no longer be a need for patrons to sneak books back on the shelves after they're due and then pretend they were there all the time.Example: He then rented a hidden camera and weaseled his way into the private ceremony to take a shot of the singer.Example: The police said that he had sneaked into a her house and raped her nearly 200 times over a 13-month period.Example: Corruption wormed its way through their ranks, as it did through the ranks of their kinfolk = Corruption wormed its way through their ranks, as it did through the ranks of their kinfolk.more:
» colarse a empujones = push in .
Example: The spring sun put up a good fight today but we think the storm pushing in over the hills is going to win.» colarse con halagos = wheedle + Posesivo + way into .
Example: She wheedled her way into the 'in crowd,' whose members were every bit as snotty and obnoxious as she was.» colarse con lisonjas = wheedle + Posesivo + way into .
Example: She wheedled her way into the 'in crowd,' whose members were every bit as snotty and obnoxious as she was.» colarse en = slip into .
Example: If the economy slips into recession then the government may decide to stimulate the economy with massive spending.» colarse en una celebración = gatecrash .
Example: Four Greenpeace activists who were jailed in Copenhagen last month for gatecrashing a royal gala dinner for heads of state have been released.» colarse en una fiesta = gatecrash .
Example: Four Greenpeace activists who were jailed in Copenhagen last month for gatecrashing a royal gala dinner for heads of state have been released.» colarse inadvertidamente = slip through .
Example: Finally, a few copies of an edition seem generally to have slipped through with their cancellanda uncancelled, so that examples of the original settings may sometimes be found (occasionally slashed by the warehouse keeper's shears, deliberate defacement which escaped notice).» embaucar y colarse = fast-talk + Posesivo + way into .
Example: I liked the way he fast-talked his way into Sonny's organization.» engatusar y colarse = fast-talk + Posesivo + way into .
Example: I liked the way he fast-talked his way into Sonny's organization.» persona que se cuela en una fiesta = gatecrasher .
Example: One alleged gatecrasher had his nose bitten off by a person he had pinned to the ground.