pale

pálido, claro

De color poco intenso, o con menos color de lo normal en la cara.

En inglés sencillo: Having a light colour, or less colour than usual in your face.

• She wore a pale blue dress.
• You look pale today.
• His face went pale when he heard the news.

Sinónimos: light, pallid

Antónimos: dark

Expresiones frecuentes: pale blue, pale skin, look pale

débil, deslucido

Mucho más débil o menos impresionante que el original o que antes.

En inglés sencillo: Much weaker or less impressive than the original or than before.

• The sequel is a pale imitation of the original.
• He is a pale shadow of his former self.
• Their celebrations were a pale reflection of past festivals.

Sinónimos: feeble, weak, faint

Antónimos: strong

Expresiones frecuentes: pale shadow, pale imitation, pale reflection

palidecer

Parecer menos importante o impresionante al compararse con otra cosa.

En inglés sencillo: To seem less important or impressive when compared with something else.

• Our problems pale in comparison with theirs.
• His earlier achievements paled beside this victory.
• These costs pale into insignificance against the potential losses.

Cómo se usa: pale in comparison with/to something (My worries pale in comparison with yours.); pale beside something (Their offer pales beside the one we received yesterday.)

Sinónimos: diminish

Expresiones frecuentes: pale in comparison, pale into insignificance, pale beside something

palidecer

Perder color, sobre todo en la cara por miedo o por una impresión fuerte.

En inglés sencillo: To lose colour, especially in your face because of fear or shock.

• She paled at the news.
• His face paled when the police arrived.
• He began to pale with fear.

Cómo se usa: pale at something (He paled at the sight of the blood.)

Sinónimos: blanch

Expresiones frecuentes: pale with fear, pale at something

cercar, vallar

Rodear un terreno con postes de madera o una valla.

En inglés sencillo: To surround an area with wooden posts or a fence.

• They paled the field with wooden stakes.
• The owner ordered workers to pale the garden.
• A strip of land had been paled against wandering cattle.

Sinónimos: fence, enclose

Expresiones frecuentes: pale a field, pale a garden

estaca

Poste estrecho de madera que forma parte de una cerca.

En inglés sencillo: A narrow wooden post used as part of a fence.

• One wooden pale had broken.
• They replaced the rotten pales along the fence.
• Each pale was fixed to a horizontal rail.

Sinónimos: picket, stake

Expresiones frecuentes: wooden pale, fence pale, pointed pale