bottle

botella

Recipiente de vidrio o plástico con una abertura estrecha, usado normalmente para líquidos.

En inglés sencillo: A glass or plastic container with a narrow opening, usually used for liquids.

• The bottle is empty.
• She filled two bottles with water.
• Can you open this bottle?

Expresiones frecuentes: plastic bottle, empty bottle, water bottle, bottle cap

botella

Cantidad de líquido que contiene una botella de vidrio o plástico.

En inglés sencillo: The amount of liquid held in one glass or plastic container.

• We drank a bottle of water.
• He ordered two bottles of wine.
• Have you finished the whole bottle?

Cómo se usa: a bottle of something (We shared a bottle of juice.)

Expresiones frecuentes: bottle of wine, bottle of milk, drink a bottle

valor, agallas

Coraje para hacer algo difícil o que da miedo.

En inglés sencillo: The courage to do something difficult or frightening.

• She has plenty of bottle.
• I lost my bottle before the jump.
• Have you got the bottle to tell him?

Cómo se usa: have the bottle to do something (He had the bottle to challenge the boss.)

Sinónimos: courage, nerve, guts

Antónimos: cowardice

Expresiones frecuentes: have the bottle, lose your bottle, bottle to act

reprimir, guardarse

Guardar los sentimientos dentro en vez de expresarlos.

En inglés sencillo: To keep your feelings inside instead of expressing them.

• Do not bottle up your anger.
• She bottled up her feelings for years.
• He bottles everything up until he explodes.

Cómo se usa: bottle up something (You should not bottle up your sadness.)

Sinónimos: suppress, hold in

Antónimos: express

Expresiones frecuentes: bottle up feelings, bottle something up, bottle up anger

embotellar

Poner un líquido en botellas de vidrio o plástico y cerrarlas para usarlo más adelante.

En inglés sencillo: To put a liquid into glass or plastic containers and close them for later use.

• They bottle fresh apple juice.
• The wine was bottled last summer.
• This factory bottles water from a nearby spring.

Expresiones frecuentes: bottle wine, bottle water, bottle the juice

encerrar, embotellar

Mantener personas o cosas atrapadas en un espacio pequeño, sin poder moverse libremente.

En inglés sencillo: To keep people or things trapped in a small space, unable to move freely.

• The enemy bottled up our troops.
• We were bottled up in a tiny room.
• Roadworks bottled up traffic for hours.

Cómo se usa: bottle someone/something up in something (The storm bottled us up in the cabin.)

Sinónimos: confine, trap

Antónimos: release

Expresiones frecuentes: bottle someone up, bottle up traffic, bottle up troops

acobardarse, echarse atrás

Decidir no hacer algo en el último momento porque te entra miedo.

En inglés sencillo: To decide against doing something at the last moment because you become afraid.

• I bottled it at the last second.
• She bottled the jump after looking down.
• He always bottles it when the pressure rises.

Sinónimos: chicken out, back out

Expresiones frecuentes: bottle it, bottle a jump, bottle the challenge

alimentar con biberón

Dar a un bebé leche de fórmula mediante un biberón con tetina de goma.

En inglés sencillo: To feed a baby milk made from formula through a container with a rubber teat.

• The nurse bottled the baby.
• She bottles her son before bed.
• They bottled the twins throughout their first year.

Sinónimos: bottle-feed

Antónimos: breastfeed

Expresiones frecuentes: bottle the baby, bottle an infant