Locuciones verbales
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fence [sth] in vtr phrasal sep | (animals: confine) (animales) | cercar⇒, encerrar⇒ vtr |
fence [sth] in vtr phrasal sep | (area: enclose) | cercar⇒ vtr |
| | enrejar⇒ vtr |
| They fenced in the yard in the hope of keeping foxes away from their chickens. |
fence [sb] in vtr phrasal sep | figurative ([sb]: confine, restrict) (figurado) | encerrar⇒, restringir⇒, confinar⇒ vtr |
fence [sth] off, fence off [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (partition with fence) | cercar⇒ vtr |
Compound Forms:
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barbed-wire fence, also US: barbwire fence, barb-wire fence n | (metal security fence) (AR) | cerca de alambre de púa nf + loc adj |
| (ES) | cerca de alambre de espino nf + loc adj |
chain-link fence n | (wire enclosure) (ES) | valla metálica nf + adj |
| (CO) | cerca de malla, cerca de alambre nf + loc prep |
| (MX) | cerca de malla ciclónica nf + loc prep |
| (NI) | cerca de malla ciclón nf + loc prep |
| Private tennis courts are usually surrounded with chain-link fences. |
| Las canchas de tenis privadas suelen estar rodeadas de vallas metálicas. |
| (AR) | cerco de tejido nm + loc prep |
fence post n | (stake or picket of a fence) | poste nm |
| You should install the fence posts in postholes that are deep enough to go below the frostline. |
| ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Necesita tres puntos de sujeción por poste. |
fence sitter n | figurative (person who is undecided or neutral) (figurado, informal) | que no se moja expr |
| He became a famous fence sitter as he never chose sides. |
| Se convirtió en un famoso hombre que no se moja porque nunca elige de qué lado estar. |
| | observador pasivo nm + adj |
| Se convirtió en un famoso observador pasivo porque nunca elige de qué lado estar. |
on the fence adv | figurative (undecided) | indeciso/a adj |
| Is nuclear power a good or bad thing? I'm still on the fence. |
perimeter fence n | (fence surrounding an area) | verja perimetral, reja perimetral nf + adj |
picket fence n | (fence made of wooden stakes or posts) (de estacas puntiagudas) | cerca de madera nf + loc adj |
| ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. El jardín estaba rodeado por una cerca de madera. |
rabbit-proof fence n | (enclosure, barrier: to keep out rabbits) | valla anticonejos nf + adj inv |
| | valla contra conejos nf + loc prep |
rabbit-proof fence n | AU, informal (boundary between Australian states) | frontera entre estados australianos nf + loc prep |
Rabbit Proof Fence, State Barrier Fence of Western Australia n | (long fence in Australia) | Barrera a prueba de conejos de Australia n propio f |
rail fence | (fence made of rails) | cerca nf |
ring fence n | (restrictive agreement) (figurado) | cerca de protección, cerca protectora loc nom f |
| | acuerdo con condiciones restrictivas nm + loc adj |
ring-fence [sth], ringfence [sth]⇒ vtr | (assign to [sth]) | conceder⇒ vtr |
| | asignar⇒ vtr |
ring-fence [sth], ringfence [sth] vtr | (oblige to use for [sth]) | obligar a usar algo de manera determinada loc verb |
sit on the fence v expr | figurative (be undecided) | estar indeciso loc verb |
| | no definirse loc verb |
snake fence, Virginia fence, Virginia rail fence, worm fence n | (zigzag of rails) | cerca zigzag nf + adj |
steeplechase fence n | (obstacle used in a horse race) (equitación, valla) | obstáculo metálico nm + adj |
sunk fence n | (barrier in ditch) | cerca en un pozo nf + loc adj |
the grass is always greener, the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence v expr | figurative (things seem better from afar) | la grama del vecino se ve más verde expr |
wire fence n | (fence made of wire) | alambrada nf |
| | alambrado nm |