strain - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Nouns

strain   - pressure	el esfuerzo
strain   - pressure	la carga [fig.]
strain   - pressure	la labor
strain   - pressure	la tensión
strain   - pressure	el tensionamiento
strain   - pressure	la paliza [fig.]
strain [BIOL.]	la cepa
strain [BIOL.]	la estirpe
strain [MED.]	la distensión
strain [MED.]	el esguince (muscular)
strain [MED.]	desgarro muscular
strain [MED.]	distorsión de un músculo
strain [MED.]	tirón  non-technical usage   - contracción muscular
strain [MED.]	la diastrofia   - muscular

Verbs

to strain sth.  | strained, strained |   - pressure	cargar algo   - poner presión
to strain (oneself)  | strained, strained |	esforzarse
to strain (oneself)  | strained, strained |	hacer un esfuerzo
to strain sth.  | strained, strained |	percolar algo
to strain sth.  | strained, strained |   - pressure	esforzar algo
to strain sth.  | strained, strained |   - pressure	forzar algo
to strain sth.  | strained, strained |   - pressure	prensar algo
to strain sth.  | strained, strained |   - pressure	tensar algo
to strain sth.  | strained, strained |   - separate substances	cerner algo   or: cernir
to strain sth.  | strained, strained |   - separate substances	colar algo
to strain sth.  | strained, strained |   - separate substances	cribar algo
to strain sth.  | strained, strained |   - separate substances	filtrar algo
to strain sth.  | strained, strained |   - separate substances	tamizar algo
to strain sth.  | strained, strained |   - separate substances	destilar algo

Adjectives / Adverbs

strain gauge

extensiométrico, extensiométrica

Phrases / Collocations

to strain one's ears

aguzar el oído (or: los oídos) [fig.]

Orthographically similar words

sprain, stain, Strait, strait, strand, Strine, strine, string, train

trajín

Related search terms

stress, sift, struggle, filter, labor, percolate, screen-mesh, sieve, labour