dope

droga, marihuana

Sustancias que se consumen por placer, especialmente las ilegales.

En inglés sencillo: Drugs taken for pleasure, especially illegal ones.

• They were smoking dope outside.
• The police found dope in his bag.
• She stopped buying dope after leaving college.

Sinónimos: drugs, weed

Expresiones frecuentes: smoke dope, sell dope, buy dope

información, datos

Información sobre un asunto, sobre todo datos que pocas personas conocen.

En inglés sencillo: Information about something, especially facts that few people know.

• Give me the latest dope.
• He had the inside dope on tomorrow’s race.
• What’s the dope on the proposed merger?

Cómo se usa: dope on someone/something (Have you got the latest dope on the new manager?)

Sinónimos: information, news, inside information

Expresiones frecuentes: the latest dope, dope on something, inside dope

barniz, pasta de recubrimiento

Líquido espeso o pasta que se aplica a una superficie para protegerla o prepararla.

En inglés sencillo: A thick liquid or paste put on a surface to protect or prepare it.

• Brush the dope onto the fabric.
• The coating of dope dried overnight.
• They used dope to protect the aircraft’s fabric covering.

Sinónimos: coating compound

Expresiones frecuentes: aircraft dope, apply dope, coat with dope

material absorbente

Material que absorbe un líquido y lo retiene.

En inglés sencillo: A material that takes in liquid and holds it.

• The dope holds the liquid.
• They chose a porous material as the dope.
• The liquid was absorbed into the dope.

Sinónimos: absorbent, absorbent material

Expresiones frecuentes: absorbent dope, liquid in dope

doparse, drogarse

Consumir drogas, especialmente sustancias prohibidas que mejoran el rendimiento deportivo.

En inglés sencillo: To take drugs, especially banned ones that improve performance in sport.

• Some athletes dope to win.
• He denied doping before the race.
• Cyclists caught doping may receive lengthy bans.

Cómo se usa: dope with something (The cyclist admitted doping with steroids.)

Expresiones frecuentes: dope before competing, dope with steroids

drogar, dopar

Dar a una persona o animal sustancias que alteran cómo se siente o su rendimiento.

En inglés sencillo: To give someone or an animal drugs that change how they feel or perform.

• Someone had doped her drink.
• The horse was doped before the race.
• They found that the athlete had been doped with a banned substance.

Cómo se usa: dope someone/something with something (The horse had been doped with a banned drug.)

Sinónimos: drug

Expresiones frecuentes: dope someone, dope a horse, dope with something

barnizar, recubrir

Cubrir o tratar una superficie con un líquido espeso o una pasta protectora.

En inglés sencillo: To cover or treat a surface with a thick protective liquid or paste.

• They doped the aircraft’s wings.
• The worker doped the fabric and left it to dry.
• This surface must be doped before use.

Cómo se usa: dope something with something (They doped the fabric with a protective liquid.)

Sinónimos: coat, treat

Expresiones frecuentes: dope the fabric, dope a surface, dope with something

dopar

Añadir una pequeña cantidad de otra sustancia a un material para modificar sus propiedades eléctricas.

En inglés sencillo: To add a small amount of another substance to a material to change its electrical properties.

• The engineers doped the silicon.
• This crystal was doped with arsenic.
• Manufacturers dope semiconductors to control how they conduct electricity.

Cómo se usa: dope something with something (They dope silicon with boron to change its conductivity.)

Expresiones frecuentes: dope silicon, dope a semiconductor, dope with boron