horn

claxon, bocina

Dispositivo de un vehículo que emite un sonido fuerte para avisar a otras personas.

En inglés sencillo: A device on a vehicle that makes a loud sound to warn people.

• Press the horn to warn him.
• The driver sounded her horn twice.
• Why are all those car horns beeping?

Sinónimos: hooter, klaxon

Expresiones frecuentes: car horn, sound the horn, horn button

cuerno

Parte dura y puntiaguda que crece en la cabeza de un animal, o el material que la forma.

En inglés sencillo: A hard pointed growth on an animal’s head, or the material it is made of.

• The goat has a broken horn.
• The bull lowered its horns.
• Her old comb was made of horn.

Sinónimos: keratin

Expresiones frecuentes: curved horn, horn handle, horn on something

trompa, corno

Instrumento musical, normalmente de metal, que se toca soplando.

En inglés sencillo: A musical instrument, usually metal, that you play by blowing into it.

• She plays the horn.
• The orchestra needs two more horn players.
• A horn solo opened the concert.

Expresiones frecuentes: play the horn, french horn, horn section

cuerno, corneta

Instrumento que se sopla para producir una señal sonora fuerte.

En inglés sencillo: An instrument you blow into to make a loud signal.

• The hunter blew his horn.
• A horn sounded across the valley.
• They used horns to call everyone together.

Expresiones frecuentes: hunting horn, blow a horn, sound a horn

tocar el claxon

Hacer sonar el dispositivo de aviso de un vehículo.

En inglés sencillo: To make a vehicle’s warning device sound.

• The driver horned twice.
• She horned at the cyclist ahead.
• Cars kept horning outside the gate.

Cómo se usa: horn at someone/something (He horned at a car blocking the entrance.)

Sinónimos: honk

Expresiones frecuentes: horn at someone, horn loudly