Traste in english
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traste = fret ; fretboard ; fingerboard.
Example: I'm a born righty -- I can't do squat with my left except shoot a firearm and move along the fret of a guitar.Example: Fretboards are often constructed from maple or rosewood, although other materials are sometimes used.Example: If I have to name two things that took my guitar playing to the next level I would say music theory and memorizing the fingerboard.more:
» dar al traste con = kill + Nombre + stone dead ; put + the skids under .
Example: Having built up your reputation for over half a century you have managed to kill it stone dead in only a few seconds. Example: I can't go into details, but you seem to have stumbled across a plan by one gang to put the skids under another.» dar al traste con los planes = upset + the applecart .
Example: It looks like the Board didn't want to upset the applecart and took the easy way out.» dar al traste con + Posesivo + planes = upset + Posesivo + plans ; ruin + Posesivo + plans ; spoil + Posesivo + plans ; shut + the door on .
Example: The trouble for all the imperialist scoundrels is that working people keep upsetting their plans. Example: She has filed a lawsuit against the actor and his business manager for allegedly ruining her plans to sell her house. Example: She agreed but threatened that the deal was off as long as there was still a witness who could spoil her plans. Example: After a quick turn of events, Michigan defense shut the door on Ohio State in the final seconds.» dar al traste con todo = upset + the applecart .
Example: It looks like the Board didn't want to upset the applecart and took the easy way out.» irse al traste = come + unstuck ; go + pear-shaped ; go + kaput ; be kaput ; go down + the tube ; go down + the drain ; go to + shit ; be up the spout ; be dead in the water ; go to + pot ; go + belly up [Coloquial] ; go + tits up ; become + a shambles ; go for + a Burton ; go to + the dogs ; come down in + the world ; go down in + the world ; go out (of) + the window ; fly out (of) + the window ; be toast ; hit + the buffers .
Example: Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck. Example: The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again. Example: With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!. Example: I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it. Example: No wonder their paper is going down the tube with their trashy reporting. Example: These businesses were growing rapidly until 1964 when the economy started to go down the drain and manufacturing was not anymore profitable. Example: The reason this country is going to shit is because we're not willing to give up our creature comforts, not willing to get off our asses and do something about it. Example: Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays. Example: Unfortunately the project is officially dead in the water. Example: Alesha tells Laila that she's getting on her wick because it started off so well and went to pot. Example: Our ISP (Internet Service Provider) went belly up 10 days ago and we have been unable to send & receive emails since. Example: At least Justin will have his 100 million dollars to fall back on if things do go tits up = Al menos Justin tendrá sus 100 millones de dólares a donde echar mano, si todo se va al carajo. Example: Over the course of a few months, her life became a shambles. Example: The British economy has gone for a Burton. Example: Dictator Robert Mugabe has laid into Britain describing it as 'small in mind' and a nation that has 'gone to the dogs'. Example: Since I came down in the world I've become a better person. Example: If you were seen in anything but a good pair of belled denim jeans your social standing simply went down in the world. Example: The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier. Example: When grandparents enter the door discipline flies out the window. Example: Stop polluting the ocean because once we kill the coral reefs and the rain forest, the earth is toast!. Example: After an explosive couple of years, China's car market hit the buffers in 2004.» todo + irse + al traste = everything + go + out (of) the window ; everything + go + snafu .
Example: She knew it was a ruse, and it didn't make her feel great; she had promised to call, then everything went out the window when she got her marching orders to go up north again. Example: Sometimes you get a period when everything goes snafu.» traste de la guitarra = guitar fret ; guitar fretboard .
Example: In all designs of electric, acoustic, bass or flamenco variety the guitar fret is an integral part controlling the sound of the instrument. Example: By learning the names of the notes on the guitar fretboard, guitarists can begin to play chords and solos all over the guitar neck.