Hueca in english
Hollow
pronunciation: hɑloʊ part of speech: adjective, noun
pronunciation: hɑloʊ part of speech: adjective, noun
In gestures
hueco1 = gap ; slot ; hollow ; recess ; alcove ; cavity.
Example: New editions will be essentially cumulations and therefore a longer gap will exist between editions.Example: These frames are of different types and have slots also of different types, which can be filled by other frames.Example: It can certainly be status-conferring to let it be known in social conversation that one has read the latest Fay Weldon book, but if the group one is in never reads Fay Weldon anyway and could not care less what she has written then the victory is a somewhat hollow one.Example: He then dropped the metal suddenly into the mouth of the mould, and at the same instant gave it a jerk or toss to force the metal into the recesses of the matrix (the precise form of the jerk varying with the different letters).Example: Our news service is delivered by a large-screen television that broadcasts continuous cable news in a special alcove adjacent to the library's current periodicals and reference areas.Example: His sculptures were made by making casts of the cavities left in snow onto which the artist and a collaborator had urinated.more:
» dejar un hueco = leave + gap .
Example: Further, it is necessary to predict in advance the areas in which new subjects are likely to arise and to leave gaps accordingly; this forecasting is obviously difficult.» eliminar Algo dejando un hueco en su lugar = gap .
Example: Collect some short texts of your own and make a test by gapping grammatical words, eg prepositions, articles, pronouns etc.» encontrar un hueco = find + a home ; find + a footing .
Example: It has become apparent that videodisc technology is finding a home among the designers and developers of health-related information systems = Es obvio que la tecnología del videodisco está encontrando un hueco entre los diseñadores y desarrolladores de los sistemas de información relacionados con la salud. Example: This book is for those of us who struggle to find a footing in the twenty-first century.» hacer hueco = make + room (for) ; scoot over .
Example: A scheme should allow relocation, in order to rectify an inappropriate placement, to eliminate dual provision (more than one place for one subject) to make room for new subjects. Example: As she was about to leave, a woman motioned to her and scooted over to make room for her on her chair.» hacerse un hueco en la vida = get on in + life .
Example: He believed that, to get on in life, you just needed to work fairly hard and be a nice guy.» hueco de la escalera = stairwell .
Example: Accidents in stairwells can happen to anyone and can result in serious injuries such as head trauma, neck and spine injuries, broken bones, and in some cases, death = Los accidentes en escaleras le pueden pasar a cualquiera y llevar a lesiones graves tales como traumatismo craneal, lesiones en el cuello y en la columna vertebral, fracturas de huesos, y en algunos casos, la muerte.» hueco de la rueda = wheel arch ; wheel well .
Example: All of the wheel arches have started to rust but it's just surface rust at the minute. 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.» hueco del ascensor = elevator shaft .
Example: Police in Florida say a 14-year-old girl survived a three-story fall down an elevator shaft while playing tag with friends.» hueco del guardabarros = wheel arch ; wheel well .
Example: All of the wheel arches have started to rust but it's just surface rust at the minute. 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.» hueco de servicio = service core [En un edificio de varias plantas, aquellos espacios que los atraviesan de arriba a abajo y que se utilizan como servicios comunes; como, por ejemplo, hueco de la escalera, hueco del ascensor, patios interiores, etc] .
Example: The title 'Torsion in the reinforced concrete in service cores in tall buildings' contains four separate elementary or unit concepts: torsion, reinforced concrete, service cores, tall buildings.» llenar un hueco = fill + a gap ; fill in + a gap ; fill + the breach .
Example: In addition, secondary works are actively sought, while older materials is acquired to fill gaps in the collection. Example: I'll need the rest of the time to fill in any gaps with specifics. Example: The author warns that if academic libraries do not step up to this educational role, other units on campus or commercial enterprises will fill the breach.hueco2 = hollow.
Example: The other helpful procedure is venoclysis, the slow drop-by-drop introduction into a vein, through a hollow needle, of a salt or a sugar solution.more:
» cabeza hueca = empty-headed ; ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.] ; ditz [También escrito dits] ; dits [También escrito ditz] ; ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.] ; airhead ; airheaded ; bonehead ; nong [Forma abreviada de la palabra ning-nong, usada más comúnmente en Australia] ; ning-nong [Expresión más comúnmente usada en Australia y, a veces, abreviada a nong] ; pumpkin head .
Example: Republicans are so empty-headed, they wouldn't make a good landfill. Example: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad. Example: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad. Example: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help. Example: If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly. Example: Some people like airheads with fake boobs. Example: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels. Example: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'. Example: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork. Example: Thanks to those who do this for ning-nongs like myself. Example: He loved to tease his daughter by calling her pumpkin head.» en hueco = punched .
Example: Engraved copper plates were used at first; then from the early eighteenth century pewter plates, both punched and engraved, replaced copper.» retórica hueca = wankery .
Example: I do have to agree with another reviewer here that inserting random Greek words into your essay for no readily discernible reason is just such wankery.