towel - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Nouns

towel	la toalla
towel distributor	distribuidor de toallas
towel rail	el toallero   [Sanitary installations]
bath towel	toalla de baño
beach towel	toalla de playa
dish towel   or: dishtowel (Amer.)	paño de cocina
dish towel   or: dishtowel (Amer.)	trapo de cocina
dish towel   or: dishtowel (Amer.)	trapo de secar los platos
kitchen towel (Brit.)	rollo de (papel de) cocina
paper towel	papel absorbente
paper towel	papel de cocina
paper towel	rollo (de papel) de cocina
sanitary towel (Brit.)	la compresa (higiénica)
tea towel	paño de cocina

Examples

I need a towel to dry my hands.

Necesito una toalla para secarme las manos.

Phrases / Collocations

to throw in the towel [fig.]	abandonar una empresa [fig.]
to throw in the towel [fig.]	desalentarse
to throw in the towel [fig.]	perder el ánimo
to throw in the towel [fig.]   - give up	arrojar la toalla [fig.]   - rendirse
to throw in the towel [fig.]   - give up	tirar la toalla [fig.]   - rendirse
to throw in the towel [SPORT.]	arrojar la toalla   [Boxing]
to throw in the towel [SPORT.]	tirar la toalla   [Boxing]

Orthographically similar words

bowel, dowel, rowel, tower, trowel, vowel

tonel