needle

needle
'ni:dl
noun
1) (a small, sharp piece of steel with a hole (called an eye) at one end for thread, used in sewing etc: a sewing needle.) aguja
2) (any of various instruments of a long narrow pointed shape: a knitting needle; a hypodermic needle.) aguja
3) ((in a compass etc) a moving pointer.) aguja
4) (the thin, sharp-pointed leaf of a pine, fir etc.) aguja
•
- needlework
needle n aguja
needle
tr['niːdəl]
noun
1 (gen) aguja
2 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL familiar (friction) pique nombre masculino
3 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL familiar (injection) inyección nombre femenino
4 (leaf) hoja
■ pine needles hojas de pino
transitive verb
1 familiar pinchar
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
it's like looking for a needle in a haystack es como buscar una aguja en un pajar
to get the needle SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL familiar picarse
needle ['ni:dəl] vt, -dled ; -dling : pinchar
needle n
1) : aguja f
to thread a needle: enhebrar una aguja
knitting needle: aguja de tejer
2) pointer: aguja f, indicador m
needle
n.
• aguja s.f.
• lengüeta s.f.
• púa s.f.
v.
• fastidiar v.

I 'niːdḷ
count noun
a) (for sewing, on syringe, for etching) aguja f; (on record player) aguja f, púa f (RPl); (knitting needle) aguja f de tejer or (Esp) de hacer punto, palillo m (Chi)

to give somebody the needle — (colloq) (taunt) (AmE) pinchar a alguien (fam); (irritate) (BrE) sacar* de quicio a alguien

to look for a needle in a haystack — buscar* una aguja en un pajar

b) (on gauge) aguja f
c) (Bot) aguja f

II
transitive verb pinchar (fam)

what really needles me is that ... — lo que de verdad me saca de quicio or me fastidia es que ...

['niːdl]
1. N
1) (for sewing) aguja f
- get the needle
- give sb the needle
knitting, pin 1., 1)
2) (Bot) aguja f, acícula f

pine needle — aguja f de pino

3) * rivalidad f, pique m
4) ** (=drugs) droga f
2. VT
1) * pinchar *, fastidiar
2) (US) ** [+ drink] añadir alcohol a
3.
CPD

needle case N — alfiletero m

needle exchange N — (centro m) de intercambio m de jeringuillas

needle match N — partido m de máxima rivalidad

* * *

I ['niːdḷ]
count noun
a) (for sewing, on syringe, for etching) aguja f; (on record player) aguja f, púa f (RPl); (knitting needle) aguja f de tejer or (Esp) de hacer punto, palillo m (Chi)

to give somebody the needle — (colloq) (taunt) (AmE) pinchar a alguien (fam); (irritate) (BrE) sacar* de quicio a alguien

to look for a needle in a haystack — buscar* una aguja en un pajar

b) (on gauge) aguja f
c) (Bot) aguja f

II
transitive verb pinchar (fam)

what really needles me is that ... — lo que de verdad me saca de quicio or me fastidia es que ...


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