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Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
carve /kɑ:rv / || /kɑ:v/ verbo transitivo
- (Art) ‹wood/stone› tallar;
‹figure/bust› esculpir, tallar;
‹initials› grabar
- (Culin) ‹meat› cortar, trinchar
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Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:
carve [kɑ:v] verbo transitivo
1 (la madera) tallar
(una piedra, un metal) cincelar, esculpir: the mayor's name was carved in large letters on the wall, el nombre del alcalde fue esculpido en letra grande en el muro
2 (la carne) trinchar
1 (la madera) tallar
(una piedra, un metal) cincelar, esculpir: the mayor's name was carved in large letters on the wall, el nombre del alcalde fue esculpido en letra grande en el muro
2 (la carne) trinchar
carve: WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2009
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| carve out | vtr | literal (sculpt) | esculpir vtr | ||||||
| Michelangelo liked to carve huge athletic nudes out of marble. | |||||||||
| carve out | vtr | figurative (career, etc.: build up) | forjar vtr | ||||||
| She's succeeded in carving out a nice career for herself in marketing. | |||||||||
| carve-up | vtr | literal (cut into pieces) | cortar en pedacitos / en cachitos vtr | ||||||
| carve-up | vtr | slang (drive a car very fast) España vulg | ir cagando leches loc verb | ||||||
| Ese Ferrari va cagando leches. | |||||||||
| México vulg | ir hecho la chingada loc verb | ||||||||
| Argentina vulg | manejar a los pedos loc verb | ||||||||
| Cómo no se iba a torcer el cogote en una curva si siempre anda manejando a los pedos. | |||||||||
| España vulg | ir follado loc verb | ||||||||
| Da miedo subir a su coche porque va siempre follado. | |||||||||
| Argentina fam | ir a todo pique loc verb | ||||||||
| Lo pisó a fondo y fuimos los 50 kilómetros a todo pique, llegamos en menos de veinte minutos. | |||||||||
| carve-up | vtr | figurative (to divide sth ) | repartirse vpron | ||||||
| After the war, the victors carved the defeated nations up into new administrative regions. | |||||||||
| En 1772 Prusia, Austria y Rusia se repartieron Polonia. | |||||||||
| desguazar vtr | |||||||||
| Los separatistas han provocado una espiral de violencia que pretende desguazar el Estado. | |||||||||
| carve-up | vtr | slang (injure sb badly with a knife) | coser a cuchilladas loc verb | ||||||
| acuchillar vtr | |||||||||
| Tras la acalorada discusión trató de acuchillar al vecino con una navaja. | |||||||||
| México | tasajear vtr | ||||||||
| Ya se tasajearon al Borras, todos dicen que fue El Muelas. | |||||||||
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