rag

trapo

Trozo de tela vieja que suele usarse para limpiar.

En inglés sencillo: A piece of old cloth, often used for cleaning.

• Wipe the table with a rag.
• He kept oily rags beside his tools.
• Can you find a clean rag for the window?

Sinónimos: cloth, scrap

Expresiones frecuentes: a dirty rag, wipe with a rag, an oily rag

harapos, andrajos

Ropa vieja o muy rota; también una prenda que se considera sin valor.

En inglés sencillo: Old or badly torn clothing, or a piece of clothing described as worthless.

• He arrived wearing filthy rags.
• This old rag used to be my favorite dress.
• The children were dressed in rags and had no shoes.

Cómo se usa: be dressed in rags (The family were dressed in rags.)

Sinónimos: tatters

Expresiones frecuentes: an old rag, rag of a dress

carta baja

Carta de poco valor que difícilmente ayuda a ganar con tu mano de póquer.

En inglés sencillo: A low-value card that is unlikely to help your poker hand win.

• His second card was a rag.
• She folded because her ace came with a rag.
• A strong pair can still lose with a rag as its kicker.

Sinónimos: low kicker

Expresiones frecuentes: ace rag, a low rag, hold a rag

desbastar, hacer áspero

Cortar o dar forma tosca a una piedra, especialmente para volver áspera una superficie de molienda.

En inglés sencillo: To cut or shape a stone roughly, especially to make a grinding surface rough again.

• The worker used a tool to rag the grindstone.
• He ragged the worn surface before sharpening the blade.
• They needed to rag the stone to restore its roughness.

Sinónimos: roughen, rough

Antónimos: smooth

Expresiones frecuentes: rag a grindstone, rag the surface