gut

barriga, panza

La parte delantera del cuerpo debajo del pecho, especialmente cuando es grande o abultada.

En inglés sencillo: The front part of your body below your chest, especially when it is large.

• His shirt barely covered his gut.
• He wants to lose his beer gut.
• The boxer took a punch in the gut.

Sinónimos: belly, stomach, abdomen

Expresiones frecuentes: beer gut, big gut, in the gut

instinto, intuición

La capacidad interior de sentir o saber algo sin pensarlo conscientemente.

En inglés sencillo: The part of you that feels or knows something without conscious thought.

• My gut told me to leave.
• She knew in her gut that something was wrong.
• Do you trust your gut when making decisions?

Sinónimos: instinct, intuition

Expresiones frecuentes: trust your gut, in your gut, listen to your gut

asignatura fácil

Una asignatura escolar o universitaria que exige muy poco esfuerzo.

En inglés sencillo: A school or college course that requires very little effort.

• Everyone says that course is a gut.
• He took a gut to earn extra credits.
• She chose two guts for her final semester.

Sinónimos: easy course

Expresiones frecuentes: a gut course, take a gut, easy gut

vaciar, desmantelar

Quitar o destruir el interior de algo o sus partes más importantes.

En inglés sencillo: To remove or destroy the inside of something or its most important parts.

• They plan to gut the house.
• The fire gutted the old theater.
• Lawmakers gutted the bill by removing its strongest protections.

Sinónimos: strip, hollow out

Expresiones frecuentes: gut a building, gut a house, gut a bill

destripar, eviscerar

Quitar los órganos internos de un animal, normalmente antes de cocinarlo.

En inglés sencillo: To remove the organs from inside an animal, usually before cooking it.

• You need to gut the fish first.
• He gutted the trout by the river.
• Can you clean and gut these fish for me?

Sinónimos: eviscerate

Expresiones frecuentes: gut a fish, gut a trout, gut an animal, gut a deer

destrozar, desmoralizar

Causar a alguien una decepción o tristeza muy intensa.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone feel extremely disappointed or upset.

• The defeat gutted the team.
• Losing that chance really gutted me.
• It gutted her to hear that the trip was canceled.

Sinónimos: devastate, crush, dishearten

Expresiones frecuentes: gut someone, gut the fans, gut the team

instintivo, intuitivo

Basado en una sensación interior fuerte, más que en una reflexión cuidadosa.

En inglés sencillo: Based on a strong inner feeling rather than careful thought.

• My gut feeling is that we should wait.
• Her first gut reaction was to refuse.
• He trusted his gut instinct and chose the quieter road.

Sinónimos: instinctive, intuitive

Antónimos: reasoned, calculated

Expresiones frecuentes: gut feeling, gut reaction, gut instinct, gut response

de tripa

Hecho con intestinos de animales, especialmente para cuerdas de instrumentos musicales o raquetas.

En inglés sencillo: Made from the intestines of an animal, especially when used for musical or racket strings.

• The violin has gut strings.
• Some tennis players prefer natural gut strings.
• Gut strings can produce a warm sound.

Expresiones frecuentes: gut strings, gut string, gut cord