Palabra Inglés del Día

king

rey

Definiciones

inglés > español
king
1. s. Rey.
2. Reinar.
3. Coronarse rey o coronar al nuevo rey.
inglés > inglés
king
1. s. A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it's an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.
Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 to 1547.
2. s. A powerful or majorly influential person.
Howard Stern styled himself as the "king of all media".
3. s. Something that has a preeminent position.
In times of financial panic, cash is king.
4. s. A component of certain games.
5. s. (chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest
6. s. (card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
7. s. A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking
8. s. (slang) A king skin.
Oi mate, have you got kings?
9. s. A male dragonfly; a drake.
10. s. A king-sized bed.
11. v. To crown king, to make (a person) king.
12. v. To rule over as king.
13. v. To perform the duties of a king.
14. v. To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
15. v. To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
16. v. To dress and perform as a drag king.
17. s. alternative form of qinges (Chinese musical instrument)
español > inglés
rey
1. n-m. king
2. n-m. (chess) king