moss

musgo

Planta verde pequeña que forma capas suaves sobre tierra húmeda, rocas o árboles.

En inglés sencillo: A small green plant that grows in soft layers on wet ground, rocks, or trees.

• Moss covers the rock.
• We found soft moss beside the stream.
• Does moss grow on this side of the tree?

Expresiones frecuentes: green moss, covered in moss, moss on stones

musgo

Nombre dado a ciertas plantas sencillas u organismos parecidos a plantas que se parecen al musgo.

En inglés sencillo: A name for certain simple plants or plantlike things that look like small green ground plants.

• Spanish moss hangs from the branches.
• Irish moss grows along rocky coasts.
• This sea moss is sold as a food ingredient.

Expresiones frecuentes: Spanish moss, Irish moss

turbera, pantano

Zona de suelo muy húmedo que suele contener capas gruesas de restos de plantas.

En inglés sencillo: An area of very wet ground, often containing thick layers of dead plants.

• The path crosses a moss.
• They cut peat from the moss nearby.
• These Scottish mosses were once much wetter.

Sinónimos: bog, fen

Expresiones frecuentes: peat moss, cross a moss

cubrirse de musgo

Quedar cubierto de pequeñas plantas verdes que crecen en superficies húmedas.

En inglés sencillo: To become covered with small green plants that grow on wet surfaces.

• The old stones began to moss.
• The wall mossed over in the damp shade.
• Untreated roofs can moss with age.

Expresiones frecuentes: moss over, moss with age

atrapar por encima del defensor

En fútbol americano, atrapar el balón por encima de uno o varios defensores de forma impresionante.

En inglés sencillo: To catch a football impressively by reaching over one or more players trying to stop you.

• He can moss any defender.
• Our receiver mossed two players for a touchdown.
• Did you see her moss that cornerback?

Expresiones frecuentes: moss a defender, moss someone