Nouns | |||||||
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| string | el hilo | ||||||
| twine | el hilo | ||||||
| fence wire | el hilo | ||||||
| train of thought | el hilo [fig.] - razonamiento, idea | ||||||
| yarn [TEXTIL.] | el hilo | ||||||
| thread [TECH.][TEXTIL.] [COMP.] [BOT.] | el hilo or | ||||||
| strand - thread [TEXTIL.] | el hilo | ||||||
| wire - metal thread [ELEC.] | el hilo - cable eléctrico | ||||||
| cord - electric flex [TECH.] | el hilo - cable transmisor | ||||||
| dental floss | hilo dental | ||||||
| floss | hilo dental | ||||||
| elevator music | hilo musical | ||||||
| Muzak® or: muzak® | hilo musical | ||||||
| darning cotton | hilo de zurcir | ||||||
Possible base forms | |||||||
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| hilo | |||||||
| hilar (Verb) | |||||||
Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| spinning adj. | de hilar | ||||||
| long-wire adj. - before noun | de hilo largo | ||||||
| two-wire adj. [TECH.] | de doble hilo | ||||||
| two-thread adj. [TEXTIL.] | de doble hilo | ||||||
| in fabric grain direction [TEXTIL.] | en la dirección del hilo | ||||||
| 4-wire adj. | de cuatro hilos | ||||||
| 2-wire adj. | de dos hilos | ||||||
| three-thread adj. | de tres hilos | ||||||
| four-wire adj. - used before noun | de cuatro hilos - cables | ||||||
| two-wire adj. [TECH.] | de dos hilos | ||||||
| two-thread adj. [TEXTIL.] | de dos hilos | ||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| to spin sth. | spun, spun | | hilar algo | ||||||
| to floss | flossed, flossed | | usar el hilo dental | ||||||
| to rattle so. | rattled, rattled | | hacer perder a alguien el hilo | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| to hang by a hair | pender de un hilo | ||||||
| to hang by a thread | pender de un hilo | ||||||
| to lose the thread | perder el hilo [fig.] | ||||||
| to lose the plot | perder el hilo [fig.] | ||||||
| to lose so.'s train of thought | perder el hilo [fig.] | ||||||
| old as the hills | más viejo que el hilo negro | ||||||
| to put two and two together | hilar fino [fig.] | ||||||
| to spin a yarn [fig.] | hilar una historia | ||||||
| Haste makes waste. | Poquito a poco hila la vieja el copo. | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| She used a string to tie the box shut. | Ella usó un hilo para atar la caja. | ||||||
| A button fell off my jacket, do you have some thread to sew it on? | Se me ha caído un botón de la chaqueta, ¿tienes algo de hilo para cosérmelo? | ||||||
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Orthographically similar words | |
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| hail, halo, hill, hilt, kilo, silo, whio | filo, halo, hiel, hielo, higo, hijo, hilio, hipo, hito, kilo, Nilo, silo, tilo, vilo |
Related search terms | |
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| patrañas, torzal, cordel, cordón, cable, sedal, lizo, carrendilla, hebra, hilacho | |
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