skin

piel

Capa exterior que cubre el cuerpo de una persona o un animal.

En inglés sencillo: The outer covering of a person’s or animal’s body.

• My skin feels dry.
• The sun burned his skin.
• Does this cream help sensitive skin?

Expresiones frecuentes: dry skin, soft skin, skin care, sensitive skin

piel, cáscara

Capa fina que recubre una fruta o verdura.

En inglés sencillo: The thin outer covering of a fruit or vegetable.

• You can eat the apple skin.
• She removed the skins from the tomatoes.
• The potato skin turned crisp in the oven.

Sinónimos: peel

Expresiones frecuentes: apple skin, potato skin, banana skin, remove the skin

piel

Cubierta exterior de un animal, a menudo con pelo, retirada para fabricar objetos.

En inglés sencillo: An animal’s outer covering, often with fur, taken off and used to make things.

• They made a rug from a sheep skin.
• The hunters dried the animal skins.
• This coat was made from rabbit skins.

Sinónimos: hide, pelt

Expresiones frecuentes: animal skin, bear skin, sheep skin, dried skin

tema, apariencia

Conjunto de diseños que cambia el aspecto de un programa informático.

En inglés sencillo: A collection of designs that changes how a computer program looks.

• I downloaded a new skin for the app.
• This skin makes the buttons easier to see.
• You can choose from several skins in the settings.

Sinónimos: theme

Expresiones frecuentes: custom skin, default skin, install a skin, download a skin

tipo, persona

Persona, especialmente cuando se la describe como amable o agradable.

En inglés sencillo: A person, especially someone described as kind or pleasant.

• He was a decent old skin.
• That kind old skin offered us tea.
• Everyone liked her; she was a good old skin.

Sinónimos: person, fellow, chap

Expresiones frecuentes: decent old skin, good old skin, kind old skin

desollar

Quitar la piel o el pellejo con pelo de un animal.

En inglés sencillo: To remove the outer covering or fur from an animal.

• The butcher showed us how to skin a rabbit.
• He skinned the deer before cutting the meat.
• Have you ever skinned a fish?

Sinónimos: flay

Expresiones frecuentes: skin a rabbit, skin a deer, skin a fish

rasparse, pelarse

Perder parte de la capa superficial de la piel por un roce, normalmente al caerse.

En inglés sencillo: To scrape off the outer surface of a part of your body, usually by falling.

• I skinned my knee.
• He fell and skinned both elbows.
• Did you skin your hand on that wall?

Cómo se usa: skin something on something (She skinned her knee on the rough path.)

Sinónimos: scrape, graze

Expresiones frecuentes: skin your knee, skin your elbow, skin your knuckles

formar una costra

Cubrirse en la superficie de una nueva capa fina o costra.

En inglés sencillo: To become covered with a new thin layer on the surface.

• The wound began to skin over.
• The paint skinned over before I could use it.
• Leave the soup uncovered and it may skin over.

Cómo se usa: skin over (The cut will skin over in a few days.)

Expresiones frecuentes: skin over, skin over quickly