harp

arpa

Instrumento musical grande con cuerdas verticales que se pulsan con los dedos.

En inglés sencillo: A large musical instrument with upright strings that you pull with your fingers to make sounds.

• She plays the harp.
• He gently plucked the harp strings.
• Two harps accompanied the singers at the concert.

Expresiones frecuentes: play the harp, harp strings, harp music

insistir, machacar

Hablar una y otra vez del mismo asunto hasta molestar a los demás.

En inglés sencillo: To keep talking about the same subject so much that other people become annoyed.

• Stop harping on my mistakes.
• He keeps harping on about the price.
• She harped on the same complaint all evening.

Cómo se usa: harp on something (Please do not harp on that old mistake.); harp on about something (He keeps harping on about how busy he is.)

Sinónimos: go on, dwell

Expresiones frecuentes: harp on something, harp on about, harp on mistakes