- buckle
- 1. noun
(a fastening for a strap or band: a belt with a silver buckle.) hebilla
2. verb1) (to fasten with a buckle: He buckled on his sword.) abrochar2) ((usually of something metal) to make or become bent or crushed: The metal buckled in the great heat.) torcersebuckle n hebillabuckletr['bʌkəl]noun1 (on shoe, belt) hebillatransitive verb1 (belt) abrocharintransitive verb1 (metal, object) torcerse, combarse2 (knees) doblarsebuckle ['bʌkəl] v, -led ; -ling vt1) fasten: abrochar2) bend, twist: combar, torcerbuckle vi1) bend, twist: combarse, torcerse, doblarse (dícese de las rodillas)2)to buckle down : ponerse a trabajar con esmero3)to buckle up : abrocharsebuckle n1) : hebilla f2) twisting: torcedura fbucklen.• brida s.f.• broche s.m.• hebilla (Textil) s.f.v.• doblar v.• hebillar v.'bʌkəl
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noun hebilla f
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transitive verb1) (fasten) abrochar2) (bend) torcer*, combar
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vi (bend, crumple) \<\<wheel/metal\>\> torcerse*, combarsehis knees buckled beneath him — se le doblaron las rodillas
Phrasal Verbs:['bʌkl]1.N [of shoe, belt] hebilla f2. VT1) [+ shoe, belt] abrochar2) (=warp) [+ wheel, girder] combar, torcer3) [+ knees] doblar3.VI [wheel, girder] combarse, torcerse; [knees] doblarse* * *['bʌkəl]
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noun hebilla f
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transitive verb1) (fasten) abrochar2) (bend) torcer*, combar
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vi (bend, crumple) \<\<wheel/metal\>\> torcerse*, combarsehis knees buckled beneath him — se le doblaron las rodillas
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English-spanish dictionary. 2013.