blind

ciego

Que no puede ver o ve muy poco.

En inglés sencillo: Unable to see, or able to see only very little.

• She has been blind since birth.
• He is partially blind in his left eye.
• The museum provides audio guides for blind visitors.

Cómo se usa: blind in one/both eyes (He is blind in one eye.)

Sinónimos: sightless

Antónimos: sighted

Expresiones frecuentes: blind person, partially blind, blind in something

ciego

Que no percibe un hecho o problema importante, o no quiere reconocerlo.

En inglés sencillo: Unable or unwilling to notice an important fact or problem.

• She was blind to his faults.
• How could we have been so blind about the risks?
• Their success made them blind to serious problems.

Cómo se usa: blind to something (He was blind to the danger.)

Sinónimos: unaware, oblivious

Antónimos: aware

Expresiones frecuentes: blind to something, blind about something

sin salida

Que no tiene salida en el otro extremo.

En inglés sencillo: Having no way out at the far end.

• We turned into a blind alley.
• The blind tunnel ended at a rock face.
• They found themselves in a narrow blind passage.

Sinónimos: dead-end

Expresiones frecuentes: blind alley, blind tunnel, blind passage

ciego, sin aberturas

Que no tiene ventanas, puertas ni otras aberturas.

En inglés sencillo: Having no windows, doors, or other openings.

• The courtyard faced a blind wall.
• A blind facade gave the building a severe appearance.
• They painted a mural on the warehouse’s blind side.

Sinónimos: windowless, blank

Expresiones frecuentes: blind wall, blind facade

persiana, estor

Cubierta de ventana que se sube, baja o ajusta para regular la luz.

En inglés sencillo: A window covering that you raise, lower, or adjust to control light.

• Please lower the blind.
• We fitted new blinds in the kitchen.
• Sunlight came through the gaps in the blind.

Sinónimos: shade

Expresiones frecuentes: roller blind, window blind, lower the blind

escondite, puesto de caza

Refugio donde alguien se oculta para observar o cazar animales.

En inglés sencillo: A shelter where people hide while watching or hunting animals.

• The hunter waited in a blind.
• We watched the ducks from a wooden blind.
• They built a blind beside the marsh.

Sinónimos: hide, hiding place

Expresiones frecuentes: duck blind, hunting blind, bird blind

ciega

Apuesta que un jugador de póquer debe hacer antes de ver sus cartas.

En inglés sencillo: A bet that a poker player must make before seeing their cards.

• He posted the small blind.
• The big blind increased after an hour.
• Players must pay their blinds before the cards are dealt.

Sinónimos: forced bet

Expresiones frecuentes: small blind, big blind, post a blind

cero

Puntuación de cero en una antigua forma de anotar los resultados del béisbol.

En inglés sencillo: A score of zero in an old form of baseball scoring.

• The scorer recorded a blind.
• Their first inning ended with a blind on the score sheet.
• The old baseball report lists three blinds for the visiting team.

Sinónimos: zero

Expresiones frecuentes: a blind, record a blind