| inglés > español | |
| beetle | |
| 1. escarabajo | |
| inglés > inglés | |
| beetle | |
| 1. s. Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest. |  |
| 2. s. A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts. |  |
| 3. s. alternative case form of Beetle car |  |
| 4. v. To move away quickly, to scurry away. |  |
| He beetled off on his vacation. |  |
| 5. adj. Protruding, jutting, overhanging. (As in beetle brows.) |  |
| 6. v. To loom over; to extend or jut. |  |
| The heavy chimney beetled over the thatched roof. |  |
| 7. s. A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc. |  |
| 8. s. A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine. |  |
| 9. v. To beat with a heavy mallet. |  |
| 10. v. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine. |  |
| to beetle cotton goods |  |
| español > inglés | |
| escarabajo | |
| 1. n-m. beetle |  |
| 2. n-m. (automotive) Volkswagen Beetle |  |