club

club, asociación

Personas que se reúnen o hacen actividades porque comparten un interés.

En inglés sencillo: A group of people who meet or do activities together because they share an interest.

• I joined a chess club.
• Our club meets every Tuesday.
• Which school clubs would you like to join?

Sinónimos: association, society

Expresiones frecuentes: join a club, a book club, a football club

discoteca, club nocturno

Local donde se va de noche para bailar, beber y escuchar música.

En inglés sencillo: A place where people go, usually at night, to dance, drink, and listen to music.

• We danced at a club.
• The club stayed open until four.
• Have you been to that new club downtown?

Sinónimos: nightclub

Expresiones frecuentes: a dance club, at the club, a night club

club deportivo, centro deportivo

Lugar donde los socios practican deportes, hacen ejercicio o usan aparatos para entrenar.

En inglés sencillo: A place where members go to play sports, exercise, or use fitness equipment.

• The club has a pool.
• I exercise at the health club every morning.
• Our tennis club built two new courts.

Sinónimos: sports center, fitness center

Expresiones frecuentes: a health club, a tennis club, a sports club

garrote, porra

Palo grueso y pesado usado como arma para golpear a personas o animales.

En inglés sencillo: A thick, heavy stick used as a weapon to hit people or animals.

• He carried a wooden club.
• The attacker struck the door with a club.
• Two heavy clubs lay beside the gate.

Sinónimos: cudgel, bludgeon

Expresiones frecuentes: a wooden club, carry a club, a heavy club

trébol

Símbolo negro de tres hojas redondeadas en las cartas; también el conjunto de cartas que lo llevan.

En inglés sencillo: The black symbol with three rounded leaves on playing cards; also the group of cards with this symbol.

• This card has a club on it.
• She played the ace of clubs.
• Have you got any clubs in your hand?

Expresiones frecuentes: a club card, the club suit, a club symbol

maza

Cada uno de los dos palos cortos que una gimnasta mueve y lanza durante su ejercicio.

En inglés sencillo: One of a pair of short sticks that a gymnast swings and throws during a performance.

• The gymnast caught the club.
• She swung both clubs above her head.
• His routine ended with a high club throw.

Expresiones frecuentes: a gymnastics club, a club routine, throw a club

ir de discotecas

Salir de noche a locales para bailar, beber y escuchar música.

En inglés sencillo: To visit places at night where people dance, drink, and listen to music.

• We went clubbing last night.
• She enjoys clubbing with her friends.
• Do you still go clubbing every weekend?

Cómo se usa: go clubbing (We go clubbing on Saturday nights.)

Sinónimos: go clubbing

Expresiones frecuentes: club with friends, club all night, club in town, club in london

aporrear, golpear

Golpear a una persona o un animal con un palo grueso u otro objeto pesado.

En inglés sencillo: To hit a person or animal with a thick stick or another heavy object.

• Someone clubbed him from behind.
• The hunters clubbed the seals on the ice.
• He was clubbed with a wooden bat.

Cómo se usa: club someone/something with something (The attacker clubbed him with a heavy stick.)

Sinónimos: bludgeon, cudgel

Expresiones frecuentes: club someone down, club someone to death