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For the verb: "to stick"
Simple Past: stuck
Past Participle: stuck

Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
stick1 /stɪk/ sustantivo
  1. (of wood) palo m, vara f;
    (twig) ramita f;
    (for fire) astilla f
    1. (walking ~) bastón m
    1. (hockey ~) palo m
  1. (of celery, rhubarb) rama f, penca f;
    (of dynamite) cartucho m;
    (of rock, candy) palo m;
    a ~ of chalk una tiza;
    a ~ of chewing gum un chicle
  1. sticks pl the ~s (colloq): to live out in the ~s vivir en la Cochinchina or (Esp tb) en las Batuecas
stick2 (past & past p stuck) verbo transitivo
  1. (attach, glue) pegar(conj.⇒)
    1. (thrust) ‹needle/knife/sword› clavar
    1. (impale) to ~ sth ON sth clavar algo en algo
  1. (put, place) (colloq) poner(conj.⇒)
  1. (tolerate) (esp BrE colloq) aguantar, soportar
verbo intransitivo
  1. (adhere) [glue] pegar(conj.⇒);
    [food] pegarse(conj.⇒);
    to ~ TO sth pegarse(conj.⇒) or (frml) adherirse(conj.⇒) a algo;
    the two pages have stuck together las dos páginas se han pegado;
    the song stuck in my mind la canción se me quedó grabada
  1. (become jammed) atascarse(conj.⇒);
    see also stuck2

Phrasal Verbs
stick at v + prep + o (colloq) seguir(conj.⇒) con;
~ at it sigue así stick by v + prep + o ‹friend› no abandonar;
‹promise› mantener(conj.⇒) en pie stick out
  1. v + adv
    1. (protrude) sobresalir(conj.⇒)
    1. (be obvious) resaltar;
      he really ~s out in a crowd uno enseguida lo nota en un grupo de gente
  1. v + o + adv, v + adv + o (stretch out) (colloq) ‹hand› extender(conj.⇒);
    ‹tongue› sacar(conj.⇒)
 stick to v + prep + o
  1. (hold to) ‹road/path› seguir(conj.⇒) por;
    ‹principles› mantener(conj.⇒);
    ‹rules› ceñirse(conj.⇒) a, atenerse(conj.⇒) a;
    I'll ~ to my original plan seguiré con mi plan original
  1. (not digress from) ‹subject/facts› ceñirse(conj.⇒) a
  1. (restrict oneself to) limitarse a
 stick together v + adv no separarse;
(support each other) mantenerse(conj.⇒) unidos stick up
  1. v + o + adv, v + adv + o
    1. (on wall) ‹notice› colocar(conj.⇒), poner(conj.⇒)
    1. (raise) ‹hand› levantar
  1. v + adv (project): something was ~ing up out of the ground algo sobresalía del suelo;
    her hair was ~ing up tenía el pelo de punta, tenía el pelo parado (AmL)
 stick up for v + adv + prep + o ‹person› sacar(conj.⇒) la cara por, defender(conj.⇒);
to ~ up for oneself hacerse(conj.⇒) valer
stick: stick insect~ insect sustantivo
insecto m palo;
stick-in-the-mud~-in-the-mud sustantivo (colloq): don't be such a ~-in-the-mud no seas tan rutinario e inflexible
stick: stick-on~-on adjetivo
adhesivo;
stick shift~ shift sustantivo (AmE)
  1. (lever) palanca f de cambio(s) or (Méx) de velocidades
  1. (car) coche m (de transmisión) estándar or manual;
stickup~up sustantivo (colloq) atraco m, asalto m

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Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:
stick [stɪk] nombre
1   palo
     (walking) stick, bastón
2   (de un árbol) ramita
     (de apio) rama
     (de dinamita) cartucho
    
II vtr (ps & pp stuck)
1   clavar: he stuck a knife into my leg, me clavó una navaja en la pierna
2   familiar meter
     to stick one's nose into sthg, entrometerse en algo
3   poner: stick it on the table, ponlo en la mesa
     vulgar you can stick your money!, ¡sabes dónde te puedes meter el dinero!
4   pegar (con cola)
5   familiar aguantar: I can't stick him, no lo aguanto
    
III verbo intransitivo
1   (con pegamento) pegar
     (barro, comida, etiquetas, etc) pegarse
2   (no poder mover) atascarse
3   (un cuchillo) clavarse
    ♦ LOC: to get the wrong end of the stick, coger el rábano por las hojas
     to give sb stick, dar un palo a alguien
     to live (out) in the sticks, vivir en el quinto pino
     to stick at nothing, no detenerse ante nada



stick: WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2009
Compound Forms:
big stickmano dura
cancer stickn US slang (cigarette)pitillo nm
cancer stickn US slang (cigarette)pito nm
carrot and stickn (figurative phrase: attraction and repulsion) fig: herramientas para motivarel palo y la zanahoria x
gear stickn automotrizpalanca de cambios nf
gear stickn automotrizpalanca de marchas nf
hockey stickstick de hockey n
joss sticknpebete nm
joss sticknvarita de incienso nf
joy stick (computing) informáticapalanca de juego
lacrosse stick (sports) deportepalo de lacrosse nm
measuring stickbarra de medición
pick-up stickjuego de las pajitas nm
pogo sticksaltador nm
pogo-stickncangurín nm
pogo-sticknpalo de acero para saltar con el impulso de las piernas nm
pogo-sticknpalo de pogo nm
pogo-stickntambién pogo
pogo-stickntambién pogo stick
shooting stickn imprentabotador
shooting sticknbastón taburete
ski stickn para esquiarbastón
stick aroundquedarse vi
stick at (stick at nothing)no tener miramientos
stick at (stick at it!)no te amedrentes
stick at (stick at something)no desviarse de v
stick down GB (to write)apuntar rápidamente v
stick downpegar v
stick insectninsecto palo nm
stick outsobresalir v
stick out (stick out for)porfiar v
stick topegarse a v
stick together (people)mantenerse unidos v
stick up (stick up one's legs up in the air)levantar v
stick up for (stick up for oneself)hacerse valer v
stick up for (stick up for someone)defender a v
stick with (stick with someone)permanecer con v
stick with (stick with something)quedarse con v
swizzle sticknagitador nm
swizzle sticknvarilla de coctel nf
walking stickbastón nm
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