rook

torre

Pieza de ajedrez con forma de torre que se mueve en línea recta, horizontal o verticalmente.

En inglés sencillo: A chess piece shaped like a tower that moves in straight lines along rows or columns.

• Move your rook forward.
• She captured my rook with her bishop.
• Both rooks were still on the board.

Sinónimos: castle

Expresiones frecuentes: move a rook, capture a rook, rook and king

graja

Ave europea grande y negra, de la familia de los cuervos, que suele verse en grupos.

En inglés sencillo: A large black European bird related to the crow, often seen in groups.

• A rook landed in the field.
• Several rooks nested in the tall trees.
• We watched a rook searching for food.

Expresiones frecuentes: a rook nest, a young rook

estafador

Persona que engaña a otras para quedarse con su dinero o sus cosas.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who tricks other people to get their money or things.

• That man is a rook.
• The rook took all their money.
• She discovered that her partner was a rook.

Sinónimos: cheat, swindler

Expresiones frecuentes: a dishonest rook, a clever rook