bend

bend
bend
1. past tense, past participle - bent; verb
1) (to make, become, or be, angled or curved: Bend your arm; She bent down to pick up the coin; The road bends to the right; He could bend an iron bar.) doblar(se), curvar
2) (to force (someone) to do what one wants: He bent me to his will.) doblegar, compeler, obligar

2. noun
(a curve or angle: a bend in the road.) curva
- bent on
bend1 n curva / ángulo
a road with a lot of bends una carretera con muchas curvas
bend2 vb doblar / torcer / flexionar
bend your knees flexiona las rodillas
El pasado y participio pasado de bend es bent
bend
tr[bend]
noun
1 (in road etc) curva
2 (in pipe) ángulo
transitive verb (pt & pp bent tr[bent] )
1 doblar, curvar
■ he couldn't bend the iron bar no consiguió doblar la barra de hierro
2 (head) inclinar; (back) doblar, encorvar; (knee) doblar, flexionar
■ he couldn't bend his back after the accident no pudo doblar la espalda tras el accidente
intransitive verb
1 doblarse, combarse
■ the legs of the chair bent when he sat down las patas de la silla se combaron cuando se sentó
2 (head) inclinarse; (back) encorvarse
■ his back had bent under the weight se le había encorvado la espalda bajo el peso
3 (road) torcer
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to bend something back doblar algo hacia atrás
to bend something straight enderezar algo
to bend over backwards for somebody hacer todo lo posible por alguien
to be round the bend estar loco,-a perdido,-a
to send somebody round the bend sacar a alguien de quicio
to bend the rules for somebody hacer una excepción por alguien
on bended knee arrodillado,-a
'Please do not bend' (on package) "No doblar"
wide bend curva abierta
bend ['bɛnd] v, bent ['bnt;] ; bending vt
: torcer, doblar, curvar, flexionar
bend vi
1) : torcerse, agacharse
to bend over: inclinarse
2) turn: torcer, hacer una curva
bend n
1) turn: vuelta f, recodo m
2) curve: curva f, ángulo m, codo m
bend
n.
• anfractuosidad s.f.
• comba s.f.
• combadura s.f.
• corvadura s.f.
• curva s.f.
• curvatura s.f.
• gaza s.f.
• recodo s.m.
• recoveco s.m.
• retortijón de tripas s.m.
• revuelto s.m.
• torno s.m.
• través s.m.
• viraje s.m.
• vuelta s.f.
v.
(§ p.,p.p.: bent) = acodillar v.
• agarbarse v.
• bornear v.
• cimbrar v.
• combar v.
• corcovar v.
• declinar v.
• derrengar v.
• doblar v.
• doblegar v.
• encorvar v.
• envergar v.
• inclinar v.
• torcer v.
bend
I
noun
a) (in road, river) curva f

to take a bend — tomar or (esp Esp) coger* una curva

to be round the bend — (esp BrE colloq) estar* chiflado (fam)

I'm going round the bend — me estoy volviendo loco

that noise is driving me round the bend — ese ruido me está volviendo loco

b) bends pl

the bends — la enfermedad del buzo


II
1.
(past & past p bent) transitive verb
1) \<\<wire/branch\>\> torcer*, curvar; \<\<back/leg\>\> doblar, flexionar

do not bend — no doblar

he was bent double with pain — se retorcía de dolor

bend your head back/forward — inclina or echa la cabeza hacia atrás/adelante

2) (direct) (frml) \<\<energies/attention\>\> concentrar

2.
vi
1)
a) \<\<pipe/wire\>\> torcerse*

he had to bend to get through the door — tuvo que agacharse para pasar por la puerta

to bend forward/backward — inclinarse hacia adelante/atrás; backward II a)

b) \<\<road/river\>\> hacer* una curva

the road bends to the right — la carretera tuerce a la derecha

2) (submit) ceder

to bend (to something) — ceder (a algo)

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Phrasal Verbs:
[bend] (vb: pt, pp bent)
1. N
1) (gen) curva f ; (in pipe etc) ángulo m ; (=corner) recodo m ; (Naut) gaza f

dangerous bend — curva peligrosa

to go round the bend — volverse loco

to drive sb round the bend — volver loco a algn *

2)

the bends — (Med) la enfermedad de descompresión

3) (Heraldry) banda f
2. VT
1) (=make curved) [+ wire] curvar, doblar; (=cause to sag) combar; [+ arm, knee] doblar; [+ sail] envergar

on bended knee — de rodillas

to bend the rules for sb — adaptar las normas a beneficio de algn

to bend sb to one's will — doblar a algn a su voluntad

- bend sb's ear
2) (=incline) [+ body, head] inclinar
3) (=direct) [+ efforts, steps etc] dirigir (to a)

to bend one's mind to a problem — aplicarse a un problema

bent
3. VI
1) [branch] doblarse; [wire] torcerse; [arm, knee] doblarse; [road, river] torcer (to the left a la izquierda)
2) [person] (=stoop) inclinarse, doblarse
* * *
[bend]
I
noun
a) (in road, river) curva f

to take a bend — tomar or (esp Esp) coger* una curva

to be round the bend — (esp BrE colloq) estar* chiflado (fam)

I'm going round the bend — me estoy volviendo loco

that noise is driving me round the bend — ese ruido me está volviendo loco

b) bends pl

the bends — la enfermedad del buzo


II
1.
(past & past p bent) transitive verb
1) \<\<wire/branch\>\> torcer*, curvar; \<\<back/leg\>\> doblar, flexionar

do not bend — no doblar

he was bent double with pain — se retorcía de dolor

bend your head back/forward — inclina or echa la cabeza hacia atrás/adelante

2) (direct) (frml) \<\<energies/attention\>\> concentrar

2.
vi
1)
a) \<\<pipe/wire\>\> torcerse*

he had to bend to get through the door — tuvo que agacharse para pasar por la puerta

to bend forward/backward — inclinarse hacia adelante/atrás; backward II a)

b) \<\<road/river\>\> hacer* una curva

the road bends to the right — la carretera tuerce a la derecha

2) (submit) ceder

to bend (to something) — ceder (a algo)

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Phrasal Verbs:

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