grind - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Nouns

grind   - coffee	el molido
grind   - coffee	la molienda
grind   - work	la rutina
grind   - work	trabajo monótono
grind   - work	trabajo de esclavos [coll.]
grind   - work	trabajo de negros [coll.] [pej.]
grind (Amer.) [coll.]	el empollón | la empollona (Span.)
grind stone [HIST.]	piedra de moler   [Molinology]
daily grind	trajín diario
fineness of grind [TECH.]	la granulosidad
ground penetrating radar [abbr.: GPR] [GEOG.]	el georradar
ground cable [TECH.]	cable a masa
ground fault (Amer.) [ELEC.]	defecto a tierra
ground floor [ARCH.]	el semisótano

Verbs

to grind sth.  | ground, ground |   - make sharp	afilar algo
to grind sth.  | ground, ground |   - make sharp	aguzar algo
to grind sth.  | ground, ground |   - make smaller	atomizar algo
to grind sth.  | ground, ground |   - make smaller	pulverizar algo
to grind sth.  | ground, ground |   - make smaller	triturar
to grind sth.  | ground, ground |   - make smaller	triturar algo
to grind sth.  | ground, ground |   - make smooth	alisar algo
to grind sth.  | ground, ground |   - make smooth	bruñir algo
to grind sth.  | ground, ground |   - make smooth	friccionar algo
to grind sth.  | ground, ground |   - make smooth	frotar algo
to grind sth.  | ground, ground |   - make smooth	lijar algo
to grind sth.  | ground, ground |   - make smooth	pulimentar algo
to grind sth.  | ground, ground |   - make smooth	pulir algo
to grind sth.  | ground, ground |   - make smaller	moler algo   - café, trigo, etc.

Phrases / Collocations

The mills of God grind slowly.	Las cosas de palacio van despacio.
to go back to the grind [coll.]	volver a ala rutina
to go back to the grind [coll.]	volver al tajo [coll.] (Span.)

Orthographically similar words

grain, grand, Grand, grid, grin, groin, rind

Related search terms

mill, burnish, buff, polish, streamline, sleek, powder, rub, smooth, brighten