Píldora in english
Pill
pronunciation: pɪl part of speech: noun
pronunciation: pɪl part of speech: noun
In gestures
píldora = pill ; tablet.
Example: White respondents are more than six times as likely to use pills to vomit as a method of weight management.Example: There are many different tablets available to treat diabetes.more:
» dorar la píldora = sweeten + the pill ; spin-doctor ; sugar + the pill ; sugar-coat + the pill ; sugar-coat ; take + the teeth out of .
Example: They also differ in their views of what can be done to 'sweeten the pill,' whether death ought to be viewed as a barrier to self-fulfillment or a means of self-transcendence. Example: The field is clouded by manufacturers hyping their own products and industry factions spin-doctoring new technologies. Example: Liberal economists like to sugar the pill by talking about constructing a social safety net. Example: The government has attempted to sugar-coat the pill by making various promises about maintenance of employment and working conditions. Example: Some Muslims try to sugar-coat the ugly truths about the way their religion is practised. Example: Sometimes making fun of something terrible helps to take the teeth out of it.» estar tomando la píldora anticonceptiva = be on the pill .
Example: Women who have been on the pill for 10 or more years cut their risk of ovarian cancer by about 45%.» la píldora = the pill .
Example: Young people stated that they were wary of using either the pill or injectable contraceptives because they believed that these methods would make them sterile.» píldora anticonceptiva = contraceptive pill ; birth control pill .
Example: Forty-one percent of the women understood that contraceptive pills do not prevent infection. Example: The teacher provided students with a list of drugs such as birth control pills, caffeine, tobacco, aspirin, & a variety of illegal substances (eg, marijuana, cocaine, LSD).» píldora del día después = morning-after pill .
Example: It is argued that birth control, including 'morning-after pills,' can reduce the effectiveness of rape as a weapon in ethnic conflict.» píldora para adelgazar = slimming pill .
Example: Several slimming pills have been taken off the market because they have very serious side effects.» píldora para dormir = sleeping pill .
Example: The prescription of sleeping pills remains as an indicator of the medicalization of sleep.» píldora postcoital = morning-after pill .
Example: It is argued that birth control, including 'morning-after pills,' can reduce the effectiveness of rape as a weapon in ethnic conflict.