| inglés > español | |
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| sail | |
| 1. s. Vela de un barco o bote. | |
| 2. Navegar. | |
| 3. Zarpar. | |
| inglés > inglés | |
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| sail | |
| 1. s. (nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes. |  |
| 2. s. (nautical,un) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance. | |
| Take in sail: a storm is coming. | |
| 3. s. The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use this power for travel or transport. | |
| 4. s. A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat. | |
| Let's go for a sail. | |
| 5. s. (dated, plural "sail") A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft. | |
| Twenty sail were in sight. | |
| 6. s. The blade of a windmill. | |
| 7. s. A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines. | |
| 8. s. The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war. | |
| 9. s. (fishing) A sailfish. | |
| We caught three sails today. | |
| 10. s. (paleontology) an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaur, dinosaurs and synapsid, synapsids | |
| 11. s. Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing. | |
| 12. v. To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power. | |
| 13. v. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl. | |
| 14. v. To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat. | |
| 15. v. To set sail; to begin a voyage. | |
| We sail for Australia tomorrow. | |
| 16. v. To move briskly and gracefully through the air. | |
| 17. v. To move briskly. | |
| The duchess sailed haughtily out of the room. | |
| español > inglés | |
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| vela | |
| 1. n-f. candle | |
| 2. n-f. wakefulness, sleeplessness | |
| una noche en vela (a sleepless night) | |
| 3. n-f. vigil, watch | |
| 4. n-f. (nautical) sail | |
| 5. n-f. (nautical) sailing | |
| Vela = see (or watch) her (a female); see (or watch) it (a feminine noun). | |
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