Spaniolă | Engleză |
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ingeniería eléctrica noun {f} | electrical engineering(branch of engineering) |
la elegida noun {f} | the one(person destined to save the universe or world, also called the Chosen One) |
la gota que colma el vaso noun {f} | last straw(small additional burden) |
la necesidad agudiza el ingenio phrase | necessity is the mother of invention(a person in need will find a way) |
línea eléctrica noun {f} | power line(electrical wire) |
lo que es bueno para el pavo phrase | what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander(if something is acceptable for one person, it is acceptable for another) |
manta eléctrica noun {f} | electric blanket(type of blanket) |
mesa electoral noun {f} | polling station(place where voters go to cast their ballot) |
meterla hasta el corvejón verb | screw the pooch(to fail) |
novela electrónica noun {f} | e-novella(an electronic novella) |
onda electromagnética noun {f} | electromagnetic wave [electromagnetic waves](electromagnetic radiation) |
para el arrastre adjective | knackered(extremely tired or exhausted) |
parche para el ojo noun {m} | eye patch(patch worn to cover one eye) |
partícula elemental noun {f} | elementary particle [elementary particles](subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles) |
pese a ello adverb | nevertheless(in spite of what preceded) |
piensa el ladrón que todos son de su condición phrase | it takes one to know one(an insult which is true about both the sender and the receiver) |
placa eléctrica noun {f} | hotplate [hotplates](semi-portable stove) |
plataforma elevadora noun {f} | cherry picker(boom lift for lifting people) |
por todo/a el/la/lo adverb | throughout(everywhere) |
presidenta electa noun {f} | president-elect [presidents-elect](person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office) |
que compensa el esfuerzo adjective | worthwhile(good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on) |
que se rasque; a el que le quede el saco phrase | if the shoe fits, wear it(idiomatic) |
raya eléctrica noun {f} | torpedo [torpedos](fish) |
ser la gota que colma el vaso noun | the straw that broke the camel's back(small additional burden which causes failure) |
si no puedes contra el enemigo phrase | if you can't beat them, join them(if your adversaries are stronger than you, it is better to join their side) |
sierra eléctrica noun {f} | chainsaw [chainsaws](saw with a power-driven chain) power saw [power saws](type of saw) |
silla eléctrica noun {f} | electric chair(device used for performing execution by electrocution) |
tanto va el cántaro a la fuente que al final se rompe verb | push one's luckverb |
tanto va el cántaro a la fuente que al final se rompe phrase | the pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last(When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks) |
terapia electroconvulsiva noun {f} | electroconvulsive therapy [electroconvulsive therapies](biomedical therapy using electrical current) |
tirar piedras contra el propio tejado verb | cut off one's nose to spite one's face(harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary) foul one's own nest(to hurt one's own interests, especially to damage the reputation of one's self) shoot oneself in the foot(to act against one's own interest) |
tobillera electrónica noun {f} | ankle monitor(device individuals under house arrest are often required to wear) |
tormenta electrica noun {f} | thunderstorm [thunderstorms](storm with thunder and lightning) |
únete a él phrase | if you can't beat them, join them(if your adversaries are stronger than you, it is better to join their side) |
urna electoral noun {f} | ballot box(a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip) |
valla electrificada noun {f} | electric fencenoun |
vista elevada noun {f} | bird's-eye view [bird's-eye views](view from directly or high above) |