crib

cuna

Cama pequeña con lados altos que protegen a un bebé o a un niño pequeño.

En inglés sencillo: A small bed with high sides that keep a baby or young child safe.

• The baby is in her crib.
• We bought a new mattress for the crib.
• Has he grown too big for his crib?

Sinónimos: cot

Expresiones frecuentes: baby crib, wooden crib, in the crib

casa, choza

En lenguaje informal, la casa o el piso donde vive alguien.

En inglés sencillo: The house or apartment where someone lives.

• Come over to my crib tonight.
• We hung out at his crib after school.
• Have you seen her new crib?

Sinónimos: place, home, pad

Expresiones frecuentes: my crib, someone's crib, at the crib

copiar, tomar prestado

Tomar palabras, ideas o información de otra fuente para usarlas en un escrito, discurso o apuntes propios.

En inglés sencillo: To take words, ideas, or information from another source for your own writing, speech, or notes.

• I cribbed the recipe from a magazine.
• She cribbed useful quotations for her speech.
• Did you crib those notes from the textbook?

Cómo se usa: crib something from someone/something (He cribbed several facts from a history website.); crib from something (She cribbed from her notes while preparing the speech.)

Sinónimos: copy, borrow, lift

Expresiones frecuentes: crib from something, crib some notes, crib a recipe