tack - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Nouns

tack	la chincheta
tack	el saetín
tack	la tachuela
tack	el alfiler
tack	la chinche   - chincheta
tack   - approach	el enfoque
tack   - approach	la vía
tack   - approach	el modo
tack   - approach	el derrotero   - camino
tack [GEOL.]	la orientación
tack [NAUT.]	el rumbo
tack [TEXTIL.]	pespunte de hilvanado
tack [NAUT.]	la dirección   - rumbo
tack welder [TECH.]	la grapadora
bar tack [TEXTIL.]	costura corta   [Sewing]
brass tacks [coll.]   - the neutral article is used in Spanish only when adjectives function as nouns	lo esencial
to get down to brass tacks [coll.]	concentrarse en lo esencial

Verbs

to tack  | tacked, tacked | [NAUT.]   also  [fig.]	dar la vuelta
to tack  | tacked, tacked | [NAUT.]   also  [fig.]	cambiar de rumbo
to tack  | tacked, tacked | [NAUT.]   also  [fig.]	cambiar de sentido
to tack  | tacked, tacked | [NAUT.]   also  [fig.]	girar
to tack  | tacked, tacked | [NAUT.]   also  [fig.]	tornar
to tack  | tacked, tacked | [NAUT.]   also  [fig.]	virar
to tack sth.  | tacked, tacked |	asegurar algo
to tack sth.  | tacked, tacked |	clavar algo
to tack sth.  | tacked, tacked |	fijar algo
to tack sth.  | tacked, tacked | [TEXTIL.]	hilvanar algo
to tack sth. ⇔  on  | tacked, tacked |	agregar algo
to tack sth. ⇔  on  | tacked, tacked |	añadir algo
to tack about  | tacked, tacked | [NAUT.]	dar la vuelta
to tack about  | tacked, tacked | [NAUT.]	cambiar de sentido

Phrases / Collocations

(as) sharp as a tack	muy inteligente
(as) sharp as a tack	muy listo(-a)
to be on the wrong tack	estar equivocado

Orthographically similar words

back, Back, hack, Jack, jack, lack, mack, pack, rack, sack, stack, tacky, Taco, taco, tact, take, Take, talc, talk, tank, task, teak, tick, track, tuck, wack, yack

Jack, jack, pack, taco

Related search terms

rotate, pin, shift, direction, veer, way, track, reverse, slue, bearing, route, course, thumbtack, turn