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trap meaning in Spanish

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trap [traps] (bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases)
noun
[UK: træp]
[US: ˈtræp]

sifónnoun
{m}

trap [traps] (device designed to catch or kill animals)
noun
[UK: træp]
[US: ˈtræp]

ceponoun
{m}
They caught foxes with traps. = Atraparon zorros con cepos.

trampanoun
{f}
It's a trap. = Es una trampa.

trap [trapped, trapping, traps] (to catch in a trap or traps)
verb
[UK: træp]
[US: ˈtræp]

atraparverbJohn is trapped. = John está atrapado.

trapdoor [trapdoors] (door set into floor or ceiling)
noun
[UK: ˈtræp.dɔː(r)]
[US: ˈtræp.dɔːr]

escotillónnoun
{m}

trampanoun

trapeze [trapezes] (swinging horizontal bar)
noun
[UK: trə.ˈpiːz]
[US: trə.ˈpiːz]

trapecionoun
{m}

trapezist (gymnast who performs on a trapeze)
noun
[UK: trəˈpiːzɪst ]
[US: trəˈpizɪst ]

trapecistanoun
{m} {f}

trapezite noun

trapexitanoun

trapezium [trapeziums] (polygon with no parallel sides and no equal sides)
noun
[UK: trə.ˈpiː.zɪəm]
[US: trə.ˈpiː.ziəm]

trapezoidenoun
{m}

trapezium [trapeziums] (polygon with two parallel sides)
noun
[UK: trə.ˈpiː.zɪəm]
[US: trə.ˈpiː.ziəm]

trapecionoun
{m}
Some important geometric shapes are the triangle, the square, the rectangle, the circle, the parallelogram and the trapezium. = Figuras geométricas importantes son el triángulo, el cuadrado, el rectángulo, el círculo, el paralelogramo y el trapecio.

trapezoid [trapezoids] (trapezoid bone)
noun
[UK: ˈtræ.pɪzɔɪd]
[US: ˈtræ.pɪzɔɪd]

trapezoidenoun
{m}

trapezoidal (in the shape of a trapezoid)
adjective
[UK: trˈapɪzˌɔɪdəl]
[US: trˈæpɪzˌɔɪdəl]

trapezoidaladjective

trapped (caught in a trap)
adjective
[UK: træpt]
[US: ˈtræpt]

atrapadoadjectiveJohn is trapped. = John está atrapado.

trapper [trappers] (one who traps animals)
noun
[UK: ˈtræ.pə(r)]
[US: ˈtræ.pər]

tramperonoun
{m}
Everybody knows that old trapper. = Todo el mundo conoce a ese viejo trampero.

Trappist (a monk or nun of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance)
noun
[UK: ˈtræ.pɪst]
[US: ˈtræ.ˌpɪst]

trapistanoun
{m} {f}

bootstrap [bootstraps] (a loop at the top of a boot to help in pulling it on)
noun
[UK: ˈbuːt.stræp]
[US: ˈbuːt.ˌstræp]

lengüetanoun
{f}

bootstrap [bootstraps] (the process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory, see also: boot)
noun
[UK: ˈbuːt.stræp]
[US: ˈbuːt.ˌstræp]

arranquenoun
{m}

bootstrap (to help (oneself) without the aid of others)
verb
[UK: ˈbuːt.stræp]
[US: ˈbuːt.ˌstræp]

arreglárselasverb

arreglárselas soloverb

Chinese finger trap (gag toy)
noun

atrapanoviosnoun
{m}

chinstrap (strip used to fasten a hat or helmet under the chin)
noun
[UK: tʃˈɪnstrap]
[US: tʃˈɪnstræp]

barbijonoun
{m}

barbiquejonoun
{m}

claptrap (empty verbiage or nonsense)
noun
[UK: ˈklæp.træp]
[US: ˈklæp.træp]

algarabíanoun

galimatíasnoun

palabreríanoun

verborreanoun

contraption [contraptions] (complicated and precarious machine)
noun
[UK: kən.ˈtræp.ʃn̩]
[US: kən.ˈtræp.ʃn̩]

artilugionoun
{m}

inventonoun
{m}

contraption [contraptions] (object referred to with irony, derision or contempt)
noun
[UK: kən.ˈtræp.ʃn̩]
[US: kən.ˈtræp.ʃn̩]

armatostenoun

double trap (shooting discipline)
noun

doble fosonoun
{m}

extrapolate [extrapolated, extrapolating, extrapolates] (to infer by extending known information)
verb
[UK: ɪk.ˈstræ.pə.leɪt]
[US: ɪk.ˈstræ.pə.ˌlet]

extrapolarverb

extrapolation [extrapolations] (calculation of an estimate)
noun
[UK: ɪk.ˌstræ.pə.ˈleɪʃ.n̩]
[US: ɪk.ˌstræ.pə.ˈleɪʃ.n̩]

extrapolaciónnoun
{f}

fish trap (contraption to catch fish)
noun

buitrónnoun
{m}

nasanoun
{f}

intrapreneurship (practice of applying entrepreneurial skills and approaches within an established company)
noun

intraemprendimientonoun
{m}

jockstrap (an athletic supporter)
noun
[UK: ˈʤɒkstræp]
[US: ˈʤɒkstræp]

coquillanoun
{f}

hueveranoun
{f}

protector escrotalnoun
{m}

protector genitalnoun

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