foil - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Nouns

(aluminum^AE) foil; (aluminium^BE) foil	papel de aluminio
foil   - complement	complemento perfecto
(aluminum^AE) foil; (aluminium^BE) foil	papel de plata [coll.]
foil   - transparency [coll.] (Brit.)	la película   - para cubrir
foil   - transparency [coll.] (Brit.)	la transparencia   - proyector
foil [SPORT.]	el florete
foil [TECH.]	la lámina
foil fencing   or: foil-fencing [SPORT.]	esgrima de florete
adhesive foil	el celo®
adhesive foil	el celofán®
adhesive foil	cinta adhesiva
gold foil	oropel
gold foil	lámina de oro batido
gold foil	oro en panes

Verbs

to foil  | foiled, foiled |	abortar algo
to foil  | foiled, foiled |	hacer fracasar algo
to foil  | foiled, foiled |	frustrar algo   - planes, etc.
to foil  | foiled, foiled |	dar al traste con algo [coll.]
to foil  | foiled, foiled |	echar por tierra algo [fig.]
to foil  | foiled, foiled |	hundir algo [fig.]   - esperanzas, etc.

Orthographically similar words

boil, coil, fail, file, fill, film, foal, fold, folk, fool, foul, fowl, moil, oil, oily, roil, soil, toil

fiel, fila, film, filo, fósil

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