flex

flexionar, contraer

Doblar una parte del cuerpo o tensar un músculo usando los músculos.

En inglés sencillo: To bend a body part or tighten a muscle by using your muscles.

• Flex your fingers slowly.
• He flexed his arm to show his muscles.
• Can you flex your knee without pain?

Sinónimos: bend, contract

Antónimos: extend

Expresiones frecuentes: flex your muscles, flex your fingers, flex your knee

doblar, flexionarse

Doblar algo o curvarse al recibir presión.

En inglés sencillo: To bend something, or to bend when pressure is applied.

• The thin board flexes under your weight.
• She flexed the plastic strip between her fingers.
• The bridge must flex slightly in strong winds.

Sinónimos: bend

Expresiones frecuentes: flex a rod, flex under pressure, flex slightly

alarde, fanfarronada

Acción de presumir, o algo impresionante que se muestra para presumir.

En inglés sencillo: An act of showing off, or something impressive used to show off.

• That expensive watch is quite a flex.
• Buying everyone dinner was a big flex.
• Posting his bank balance felt like a weird flex.

Sinónimos: boast, brag, display

Expresiones frecuentes: weird flex, big flex, ultimate flex

flexión, contracción

Movimiento que dobla una parte del cuerpo o contrae un músculo.

En inglés sencillo: A movement that bends a body part or makes a muscle tighten.

• Try a gentle flex of your wrist.
• A flex of her arm revealed the muscle.
• He finished the exercise with one final flex.

Cómo se usa: a flex of something (A quick flex of his wrist sent the ball spinning.)

Sinónimos: bend, contraction

Expresiones frecuentes: gentle flex, flex of something, muscle flex