Plancha in english
pronunciation: grɪdəl part of speech: noun
plancha1 = flat-iron ; iron.
Example: As with all electrical devices, be cautious when using blow-dryers and flat-irons around water and/or children.Example: She was arrested and charged with burning her 11-year-old daughter with an iron.more:
» plancha de la ropa = flat-iron .
Example: As with all electrical devices, be cautious when using blow-dryers and flat-irons around water and/or children.» plancha de vapor = steam iron .
Example: Use spray starch and iron with a steam iron at a medium to hot setting.» remate en plancha = diving header .
Example: Players famed for their diving headers are fearless when diving in amongst flying boots to poach a goal in the six-yard box.» tabla de la plancha = ironing board .
Example: Using collapsible ironing boards can be inconvenient because they must be retrieved from storage before unfolding.plancha2 = griddle ; hotplate.
Example: The griddle is ready when a few drops of water sprinkled on it form fast-moving bubbles.Example: This range of hotplates covers a variety of sizes in cast iron and aluminium on request.more:
» a la plancha = griddled ; on the griddle ; on the hotplate .
Example: This tasty salad with broad beans, sun-dried tomatoes and griddled lamb is great as a healthy and filling main meal. Example: For our Christmas dinner, I seared 6 whole beef tenderloins on the griddle and finished in the oven. Example: My brother is home from college this week and graced me with his presence tonight for an apartment-cooked meal on the hotplate.» asar a la plancha = griddle .
Example: This recipe is great because it cuts down on the fat by griddling -- not frying -- the meat.» filete a la plancha = griddled steak .
Example: This dish, billed as the house specialty, was just an unremarkable griddled steak topped with some green bell peppers and green onions.» hacer una plancha a partir de un molde = cast + plate + from mould .
Example: Finally a second set of plates was cast from the original, full-page, moulds.» impresión en plancha de madera = woodblock printing .
Example: The greatest boost to the spreading of knowledge through vastly increased book production was the invention of woodblock printing which was well developed by the late 9th century.» litografía en plancha de zinc = zinc-plate lithograph .
Example: It is not usually possible to tell a wood engraving from an electro of an engraving, or a stone lithograph from a zinc-plate lithograph.» número de plancha = plate number [Número asignado a una pieza musical por su editor que normalmente aparece al pie de cada página y algunas veces en la portada también] .
Example: The plate number is a numbering designation assigned to an item by a music publisher, usually printed at the bottom of each page, and sometimes appearing also on the title page.» plancha cilíndrica = plate cylinder .
Example: The basic printing unit (which might be duplicated) consisted of a plate cylinder mounted adjacent to an impression cylinder, with a battery of inking rollers on the other side.» plancha de cobre para la impresión en huecograbado = intaglio copperplate .
Example: Pictures were printed both from relief woodcuts and from intaglio copperplates before moveable type was invented.» plancha de cocinar = griddle ; hotplate .
Example: The griddle is ready when a few drops of water sprinkled on it form fast-moving bubbles. Example: This range of hotplates covers a variety of sizes in cast iron and aluminium on request.» plancha de estereotipia = stereotype plate .
Example: Stereotype plates, normally mounted and imposed as separate pages, were printed exactly like ordinary typeset pages, and it is usually difficult to tell whether a particular book has been printed from type or plates.» plancha de impresión = plate ; printing plate [Hoja de metal, plástico, caucho, etc. sobre la que se "graba" una imagen del texto o ilustración que se desea a imprimir que posteriormente se transfiere al papel] .
Example: He was referring, of course, to his famous technological plan to reproduce the catalog from individual entries embossed on plates, a considerably more flexible and less costly method than that of printing the catalog. Example: There are many versions of a work -- paperbacks, hardbound, and each different binding that a publisher may put on a given work -- and even if they used identical printing plates, each version would have a different ISBN.» plancha de impresión de cobre = copperplate .
Example: During the early days, and for most of the sixteenth century, woodcuts, which could conveniently be printed in the forme along with the type, were much commoner in books than copperplates.» plancha de impresión de latón = pewter plate .
Example: Engraved copper plates were used at first; then from the early eighteenth century pewter plates, both punched and engraved, replaced copper.» plancha de impresión en relieve de cobre = engraved copper plate .
Example: Engraved copper plates were used at first; then from the early eighteenth century pewter plates, both punched and engraved, replaced copper.» plancha de impresión litográfica = lithographic plate [En imprenta, forma plana de zinc o aluminio sobre las que se ha copiado directamente la imagen que se va a imprimir] .
Example: From the second quarter of the nineteenth century there was a great outpouring of music printed from lithographic plates and stones.» plancha del techo = ceiling tile .
Example: Evacuation of the building was followed by a recovery process which included covering stacks with plastic, locating damaged books, pulling down water-soaked ceiling tiles and removing computer terminals.» plancha de madera = wood block [woodblock] [En imprenta, molde de madera con un grabado en relieve utilizado para imprimir] .
Example: Colour printing from suites of wood blocks, used hitherto chiefly for separate prints, became common for book illustration in the 1840s and soon afterwards for the printed covers of yellow-backs.» plancha de moqueta = carpet tile [Trozo de moqueta en forma de cuadrado que se ensambla como las losas de cerámica] .
Example: Placing CD-ROM equipment in a reference room poses wiring difficulties that the flexibility of carpet tiles and flat wire installation should alleviate.» plancha de zinc = zinc plate .
Example: In fact the earliest 'zincographs' were not made photographically but by transferring a line drawing in a greasy and acid-resistant ink on to a zinc plate and then etching it.» plancha eléctrica = electric hotplate .
Example: Fully fitted kitchen with a gas ring cooker with oven, electric hotplate and fridge freezer.» plancha eléctrica de cocinar = electric hotplate .
Example: Fully fitted kitchen with a gas ring cooker with oven, electric hotplate and fridge freezer.» plancha para hacer gofres = waffle iron .
Example: Whisk ingredients together, pour into oiled waffle iron, and cook on medium heat until steam starts coming out of the sides.» plancha xilográfica = relief woodcut .
Example: Pictures were printed both from relief woodcuts and from intaglio copperplates before moveable type was invented.» plancha zincográfica = zincograph .
Example: In fact the earliest 'zincographs' were not made photographically but by transferring a line drawing in a greasy and acid-resistant ink on to a zinc plate and then etching it.» preparar a la plancha = griddle .
Example: This recipe is great because it cuts down on the fat by griddling -- not frying -- the meat.plancha3 = boner ; clanger.
Example: Inferencing skills can be learned as students clarify contextual meanings of ambiguous statements, mispronunciations, and boners that may be found in newspaper headlines, texts, and conversations.Example: Whilst this might work in the short term, this strategy is to be avoided even if the clanger isn't entirely your fault.more:
» tirarse una plancha = put + Posesivo + foot in it ; put + Posesivo + foot in + Posesivo + mouth ; stick + Posesivo + foot in it ; drop + a clanger ; drop + a bollock ; make + a blunder ; make + a bloomer ; blunder ; flub ; muff .
Example: She somehow manages to put her foot in it and get laughed at every time, usually as a direct consequence of her unsureness of her own capabilities. Example: She put her foot in her mouth when she asked a fat woman who was not pregnant when her baby was due. Example: She's just always shooting her mouth off and sticking her foot in it. Example: After dropping a clanger, you are left with a sense of shame and you just want to disappear and hide away. Example: But we are all only human and I have recently 'dropped a bollock' as we English say. Example: Since its independence 61 years ago our nation has erred, but this time they have made a blunder. Example: He is well-known for making bloomers in public engagements. Example: Michael Howard has blundered again, and again he has done so by trying to imitate Blair while lacking his finesse. Example: He's the son of a vice president perhaps best known for enduring ridicule after he flubbed the spelling of the word 'potato'. Example: I've had my chance and I've muffed it.planchar = iron ; press ; do + the ironing.
Example: The housewife cleaning her house, shopping, cooking meals, rearing her children and washing and ironing is undoubtedly working just as much as is her husband on the car assembly line or in the insurance office.Example: The books were then collated to ensure that each was made up correctly, and they were finally folded in half, pressed, and baled up for delivery or storage = The books were then collated to ensure that each was made up correctly, and they were finally folded in half, pressed, and baled up for delivery or storage.Example: Share the load with your partner and take it in turns week by week to do the ironing.more:
» planchar la oreja = bunk down .
Example: The main focus of the camp is to allow dogs to socialize, exercise and have a comfy place to bunk down at night.» planchar una camisa = iron + a shirt .
Example: The fact is a lot of grown men don't know how to iron a shirt.» tabla de planchar = ironing board .
Example: Using collapsible ironing boards can be inconvenient because they must be retrieved from storage before unfolding.» tabla de planchar pantalones = trousers press .
Example: Rooms are functional and clean and equipped with television, video, hair dryer, trousers press, writing desk, and dresser.