Pegada in english
pronunciation: pʌntʃ part of speech: noun, verb
pegar a Alguien = look + good on + Nombre.
Example: She did not expect to see me with a crewcut but then she said, 'I like it, it looks good on you'.pegada = punch.
Example: When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.more:
» tener una gran pegada = pack + a punch ; pack + a wallop .
Example: Holidays in Tenerife certainly pack a punch when it comes to sun-drenched beach breaks. Example: When you're crunched for time, take along snacks that pack a wallop, nutritionally speaking.pegado = pasted-on ; attached.
Example: Some of these exotic bindings were sometimes enriched with chased metal, semi-precious stones, or pasted-on pictures.Example: I was wondering how it is possible that I ended up with one ear lobe clearly attached, and the other clearly unattached.more:
» ir uno tras otro pegados = be nose to tail ; be bumper to bumper .
Example: Cars are nose to tail, buyers elbow their way through the crowd, having no idea, that shopping in the unique city of Venice is as chicly as in Milan. Example: Cars were bumper to bumper, and people were so thick on the sidewalks that one could hardly walk.» pegado a = flush with/to ; riveted to ; glued to .
Example: The text must be single-spaced and must be flush with the left margin. Example: What keeps you riveted to the action of his plays or movies is the certain knowledge that sooner or later these characters will be at each other's throats. Example: She shut her eyes and stayed glued to the chilly tiled wall, even though it caused her skin to break out in goosepimples.» pegado a la pantalla = riveted to the screen [De interés] .
Example: They were rooted to their seats and riveted to the screen from the word go!.» pegado al asiento = rooted to + Posesivo + seat [De interés] .
Example: They were rooted to their seats and riveted to the screen from the word go!.» pegado al cuerpo = slinky [slinkier -comp., slinkiest -sup.] .
Example: Her slinky dress was incredibly sexy, the colour was divine on her, plus the gold accessories were the perfect complement.» pegado a + Posesivo + culo = right up + Posesivo + arse .
Example: Some woman started driving right up her arse, hooting her horn and flashing her lights.» tener la nariz pegada a un libro = have + Posesivo + nose in a book .
Example: I was born and raised in Los Angeles and spent much of my childhood curled up on a sofa with my nose in a book.pegar1 = affix ; attach ; glue ; fasten together ; paste together ; cement ; plaster ; gum ; stick ; bond.
Example: Some libraries use small stickers affixed to the spines which have cartoons or ideograms indicating a special genre.Example: In fixed location notation was physically attached to certain places on the shelves and books were always filed in the same place.Example: The binding type specifies the type of binding (glued, sewn).Example: A book is physically a collection of sheets usually paper ones fastened together and protected by a cover which do form a genuine unit.Example: The boards were generally made of wood up to the later fifteenth century; then of sheets of paper pasted together ('pasteboard'); and then, from the early eighteenth century in good-quality binding but later in cheap work, of rope-fibre millboard.Example: An in-house bulletin may serve to cement firm relationships with the library's personnel.Example: Then it gets progressively worse as walls are washed away and vehicles plastered against houses and trees.Example: This reminds me of that party trick where you take a strip of paper and give it a twist before gumming the ends together, a curiosity consisting of one perpetually continuing surface with no inside nor outside.Example: I cleaned the surface with rubbing alcohol, but still the stickers wouldn't stick.Example: Debonding occurs when water breaks the seal between the tile and the concrete which bonds the tile to the floor.more:
» arrastrar y pegar = drag and drop .
Example: The software can be downloaded onto desktops and a drag and drop feature allows users to apply it to any document, whether imported or written by themselves.» copiar y pegar = copy and paste .
Example: Users browse the weekly new books Web page, and copy and paste citations into e-mail messages to the library with recommendations for purchases.» cortar y pegar = cut-and-paste .
Example: Obviously, the work-around is to cut-and-paste this into the end of the document, but why did this happen in the first place?.» goma de pegar = rubber solution .
Example: The spine folds of the assembled sheets were simply cut off, separating all the leaves, which were then attached to each other and to a backing strip by a coating of rubber solution, and cased in the ordinary way.» ir pegado a = hug .
Example: The first canal hugged the northern perimeter of the river, and the second ran along the valley's southern fringe.» no pegar ni con cola = stick out like + a sore thumb .
Example: Many of us disabled can't help sticking out like a sore thumb -- it goes with the territory.» no pegar (un) ojo (en toda la noche) = not sleep a wink (all night long) ; spend + a sleepless night .
Example: I'm so excited I bet I won't sleep a wink all night. Example: From your puffy eyes, I deduce you spent a sleepless night.» no + Pronombre + pegar = it + be not like + Pronombre + to .
Example: It wasn't like him to stay out all night, and I was worried sick that he'd been in an accident.» pegar a Alguien = look + good on + Nombre .
Example: She did not expect to see me with a crewcut but then she said, 'I like it, it looks good on you'.» pegar con cinta adhesiva = tape .
Example: In due course, the following 19 ideas were found scribbled on six sheets of paper which were taped to the walls of the room.» pegarse = stick together ; bricking [En restauración, resultado producido por el hecho de que dos objetos se quedan pegados generalmente tras haber estado mucho tiempo juntos] ; blocking [En restauración, resultado producido por el hecho de que dos objetos se quedan pegados generalmente tras haber estado mucho tiempo juntos] ; rub off on(to) ; brawl .
Example: However, in practice the task of removing material proved more difficult than expected, since books stuck together and there was little room for staff to work. Example: The article 'bricking, blocking and Mr Van der Waals' explains some of the reasons for bricking (or blocking), one of the causes of fiche sticking together. Example: The article 'Bricking, blocking and Mr Van der Waals' explains some of the reasons for bricking (or blocking), one of the causes of fiche sticking together. Example: If all that good stuff rubs off on her, she will eventually quit being such a gossip over time. Example: Once the party was over, some 20000 people carried on celebrating the victory, some of whom began to brawl and hurl objects onto roads.» pegarse a = stick to ; have + a rub-off effect on .
Example: It might be striking to outline the instrumentalities of the future more spectacularly, rather than to stick closely to methods and elements now known. Example: All this will definitely have a rub-off effect on the aluminium industry which will benefit because of the pick-up in the global economy.» pegarse a Alguien = string along .
Example: They left before me in the morning but I caught up and decided to string along for the rest of the day.» pegarse a rueda = tag along .
Example: One of my employees has the habit of tagging along to my smoke breaks.» pegarse como una lapa = cling like + a limpet ; stick like + a limpet .
Example: She whines, clings like a limpet, is insecure, and worst of all for me, incessantly disobedient. Example: In this, as in so many other areas, Britain is sticking like a limpet to a failing American policy.» pegársele a Uno las sábanas = oversleep ; sleep in ; sleep + late .
Example: Other medical conditions, including depression, can cause people to oversleep. Example: If you feel the need to sleep in at weekends try to make it not more than an hour later than usual. Example: On the days I sleep late I feel lazy and lethargic the whole day.» pegar sobre = paste onto .
Example: The guard (book) catalogue is a book form catalogue with several entries on each page, but each entry inserted by pasting slips on to the stout pages of the book.» pegar una nota en un sitio público = post .
Example: A broadside is a separately published piece of paper, printed on one side only and intended to be read unfolded; usually intended to be posted, publicly distributed, or sold, e.g. proclamations, handbills, ballad-sheets, news-sheets.» volver a pegar = reattach .
Example: After unattaching all three and then reattaching them, everything worked fine.pegar2 = hit ; spank ; smack ; whip ; beat ; belt ; whack ; cop.
Example: When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.Example: In addition, both physical & verbal violence appear to be transgenerational: people who were spanked frequently as children are more prone to frequently spank their own children.Example: Parents who endorse the use of non-coercive management techniques smack their children as well.Example: He got whipped by policemen right here in Montgomery.Example: Flexible moulds made of laminated paper called 'flong' were first used in Lyons in 1829 and were blotting and tissue paper pasted together, and the mould was formed by beating damp flong on the face of the type.Example: They chased him and one belted him over the head with the bar, forcing him to the ground.Example: The assailants, he said, did not know 'if I was straight or gay, I just happened to pass by and got whacked on the head' .Example: I am just an average citizen so have to cop this sort of biased, gutter journalism on the chin.more:
» pegar chillidos = shriek .
Example: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.» pegar duro = pack + a punch ; pack + a wallop .
Example: Holidays in Tenerife certainly pack a punch when it comes to sun-drenched beach breaks. Example: When you're crunched for time, take along snacks that pack a wallop, nutritionally speaking.» pegar en el larguero = hit + the crossbar .
Example: This football game consists in hitting the crossbar from the halfway line.» pegar en el travesaño = hit + the crossbar .
Example: This football game consists in hitting the crossbar from the halfway line.» pegar fuerte = hit + hard ; pack + a wallop ; pack + a punch .
Example: When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time. Example: When you're crunched for time, take along snacks that pack a wallop, nutritionally speaking. Example: Holidays in Tenerife certainly pack a punch when it comes to sun-drenched beach breaks.» pegar gritos = shriek ; shout ; yell .
Example: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus. Example: 'Didn't Justine Asadorian in the order department used to work in serials?' she almost shouted, with a sudden access of excitement. Example: 'I don't want your help, I tell you!' I yelled at him.» pegarse = stick together ; bricking [En restauración, resultado producido por el hecho de que dos objetos se quedan pegados generalmente tras haber estado mucho tiempo juntos] ; blocking [En restauración, resultado producido por el hecho de que dos objetos se quedan pegados generalmente tras haber estado mucho tiempo juntos] ; rub off on(to) ; brawl .
Example: However, in practice the task of removing material proved more difficult than expected, since books stuck together and there was little room for staff to work. Example: The article 'bricking, blocking and Mr Van der Waals' explains some of the reasons for bricking (or blocking), one of the causes of fiche sticking together. Example: The article 'Bricking, blocking and Mr Van der Waals' explains some of the reasons for bricking (or blocking), one of the causes of fiche sticking together. Example: If all that good stuff rubs off on her, she will eventually quit being such a gossip over time. Example: Once the party was over, some 20000 people carried on celebrating the victory, some of whom began to brawl and hurl objects onto roads.» pegarse la gran vida = live it up ; live + the high life .
Example: She's traveled the world, from helping orphans in Hawaii to living it up in Nepal. Example: Now you'll have the perfect opportunity to live the high life, but on your terms and on your time.» pegarse una hostia = come + a cropper .
Example: With the rain, the limestone rocks and stiles were very slippy and at least one of our party came a cropper.» pegarse un (buen) susto = get + the wind up .
Example: When I first talked to you, you suggested suicide, and I admit that I got the wind up in case she should have done away with herself.» pegar un (buen) susto = put + the wind up + Nombre .
Example: This will put the wind up her as you could take them to the tribunal for this kind of behaviour and win.» pegar un estirón = shoot up .
Example: On both sides the crags shot up in fantastic forms towards the sky, and the rising wind roared among them like a spirit of anguish.» pegar un puñetazo = sock ; thump .
Example: I socked him hard in the mush and he didn't like it too much, but I wasn't trying to get on his Christmas card list. Example: He was so lost in thought that he didn't realize that someone was talking to him until he got thumped on the head.» pegar un repullo = give + a start ; startle .
Example: In the middle of the night, however, the man gave a start and turned around to find a woman lying at his feet. Example: I was a little startled in some ways by a statement that other decisions have been directed towards achieving a consistent form of heading.» pegar un respingo = give + a start ; startle ; jump back .
Example: In the middle of the night, however, the man gave a start and turned around to find a woman lying at his feet. Example: I was a little startled in some ways by a statement that other decisions have been directed towards achieving a consistent form of heading. Example: She abruptly jumped back as a car zipped past.» pegar un susto = spook .
Example: The noise spooked the animals, and many stampeded over a cliff to their deaths.» pegar un tirón = grow up very quickly .
Example: The sense from abroad is that America is kind of like a teenager, someone who has grown up very quickly, too fast, maybe developed in all sorts of awkward ways.