pluck

pluck
1. verb
1) (to pull: She plucked a grey hair from her head; He plucked at my sleeve.) arrancar
2) (to pull the feathers off (a chicken etc) before cooking it.) desplumar
3) (to pick (flowers etc).) coger
4) (to pull hairs out of (eyebrows) in order to improve their shape.) depilar (las cejas)
5) (to pull and let go (the strings of a musical instrument).) puntear

2. noun
(courage He showed a lot of pluck.) valor, ánimo
- pluckily
- pluckiness
- pluck up the courage
- pluck up courage
- energy
pluck
tr[plʌk]
noun
1 valor nombre masculino, ánimo, coraje nombre masculino, arrojo
transitive verb
1 (gen) arrancar; (flower, fruit) coger
2 (bird) desplumar
noun
1 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL puntear
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to pluck one's eyebrows depilarse las cejas
to pluck up courage armarse de valor, cobrar ánimo
pluck ['plʌk] vt
1) pick: arrancar
2) : desplumar (un pollo, etc.)
pluck vi
to pluck at : tirar de
pluck n
1) tug: tirón m
2) courage, spirit: valor m, ánimo m
pluck
n.
• redaños s.m.pl.
• tirón s.m.
• valor (Coraje) s.m.
• ánimo s.m.
v.
• arrancar v.
• coger v.
• desplumar v.
• pisar v.
• puntear v.
• rasguear v.

I
1. plʌk
transitive verb
a) \<\<chicken\>\> desplumar

to pluck one's eyebrows — depilarse las cejas

b) \<\<fruit/flower\>\> arrancar*

to pluck something/somebody from something — arrancar* algo/a alguien de algo

to pluck up (one's) courage — armarse de valor or de coraje

to pluck up courage to + inf —; armarse de valor or de coraje para + inf

c) (Mus) \<\<string/guitar\>\> puntear

2.
vi

to pluck at something — tirar de algo, jalar de algo (AmL exc CS)


II
mass noun valor m, coraje m
[plʌk]
1. N
1) (=tug) tirón m
2) (=courage) valor m , ánimo m ; (=guts) agallas fpl

it takes pluck to do that — hace falta mucho valor para hacer eso

he's got plenty of pluck — tiene muchas agallas

I didn't have the pluck to own up — no tuve el valor para confesar

2.
VT [+ fruit, flower] liter arrancar; [+ bird] desplumar; [+ guitar] pulsar, puntear

to pluck one's eyebrows — depilarse las cejas

the helicopter plucked him from the sea — el helicóptero lo recogió del mar

it's an idea I've just plucked out of the air — es una idea que he tenido al vuelo

he was plucked from obscurity to star in the show — fue rescatado del anonimato para protagonizar el espectáculo

3.
VI

to pluck at — tirar de, dar un tirón a

to pluck at sb's sleeve — tirar a algn de la manga

* * *

I
1. [plʌk]
transitive verb
a) \<\<chicken\>\> desplumar

to pluck one's eyebrows — depilarse las cejas

b) \<\<fruit/flower\>\> arrancar*

to pluck something/somebody from something — arrancar* algo/a alguien de algo

to pluck up (one's) courage — armarse de valor or de coraje

to pluck up courage to + inf —; armarse de valor or de coraje para + inf

c) (Mus) \<\<string/guitar\>\> puntear

2.
vi

to pluck at something — tirar de algo, jalar de algo (AmL exc CS)


II
mass noun valor m, coraje m

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