thread - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Nouns

thread	la madeja
thread	el filamento
thread	el hilacho
thread [fig.]	asociación de ideas
thread [fig.]	la hebra
thread [fig.]	el razonamiento
thread [TECH.][TEXTIL.]	la hebra
thread [TECH.][TEXTIL.] [COMP.] [BOT.]	el hilo   or
thread breakage [TECH.]	rotura del hilo   [Sewing Machines]
thread guide [TECH.][TEXTIL.]	guía del hilo   [Sewing Machines]
thread loop [TEXTIL.]	lazo del hilo
thread lubricator [TEXTIL.][TECH.]	lubrificador del hilo   [Sewing Machines]
thread path [TECH.]	recorrido del hilo   [Sewing Machines]
thread puller [TECH.]	el entregahilos   [Sewing Machines]

Verbs

to thread  | threaded, threaded |	arrastrarse (por el suelo)
to thread  | threaded, threaded |	enhebrar
to thread  | threaded, threaded |	ensartar
to thread  | threaded, threaded |	reptar
to hang by a thread	estar en una situación (muy) precaria
to hang by a thread	ser (muy) incierto(-a)

Adjectives / Adverbs

three-thread  adj.	de tres hilos
two-thread  adj. [TEXTIL.]	de doble hilo
two-thread  adj. [TEXTIL.]	de dos hilos

Phrases / Collocations

to hang by a thread	pender de un hilo
to lose the thread	írsele a alguien el santo al cielo [fig.]
to lose the thread	perder el hilo [fig.]

Examples

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?

Orthographically similar words

thready, threat, tread

Related search terms

yarn, strand, crawl, fibre, twine, creep, fiber