spear

lanza

Palo largo con una punta afilada, usado para atacar a personas o cazar animales.

En inglés sencillo: A long stick with a sharp point, used to attack people or hunt animals.

• The hunter carried a spear.
• A warrior threw his spear at the enemy.
• The museum displays ancient spears and shields.

Sinónimos: lance

Expresiones frecuentes: throw a spear, a sharp spear, spear and shield

brote, tira

Trozo o brote largo y fino de una verdura, especialmente de espárrago.

En inglés sencillo: A long, thin piece or shoot of a vegetable, especially asparagus.

• Put an asparagus spear on each plate.
• We grilled the tender spears with a little oil.
• She served the sandwich with a pickle spear.

Sinónimos: shoot, strip

Expresiones frecuentes: an asparagus spear, a pickle spear, spear of asparagus

arpón, fisga

Herramienta larga y puntiaguda con puntas en forma de gancho, usada para capturar peces.

En inglés sencillo: A long pointed tool with hooked tips, used to catch fish.

• He caught the fish with a spear.
• The fishing spear had three barbed points.
• They carried spears into the shallow river.

Sinónimos: fish gig

Expresiones frecuentes: a fishing spear, a barbed spear, a three-pronged spear

pinchar, ensartar

Clavar un objeto puntiagudo en algo, a menudo para levantarlo.

En inglés sencillo: To push a pointed object into something, often to pick it up.

• He speared a potato with his fork.
• She carefully speared the olives onto a wooden stick.
• Can you spear that last piece of cheese?

Cómo se usa: spear something with something (She speared a piece of melon with her fork.)

Sinónimos: pierce, skewer, impale

Expresiones frecuentes: spear with something, spear an olive, spear a potato

alancear, arponear

Clavar un arma larga y afilada en una persona o un animal, empujándola o lanzándola.

En inglés sencillo: To push or throw a long, sharp weapon into a person or animal.

• They learned to spear fish.
• The hunter speared a large animal.
• People once speared salmon in this river.

Sinónimos: impale, pierce

Expresiones frecuentes: spear a fish, spear an animal

masculino

Que corresponde al sexo masculino, especialmente frente a una versión o equivalente femenino.

En inglés sencillo: Male, especially when compared with a female version or equivalent.

• The story gives the heroine a spear counterpart.
• He described the prince as the queen's spear equivalent.
• The writer contrasted the distaff character with her spear counterpart.

Sinónimos: male, masculine

Antónimos: female

Expresiones frecuentes: spear counterpart, spear equivalent

paterno, patrilineal

Relacionado con los hombres de una familia o con la descendencia transmitida por los padres varones.

En inglés sencillo: Connected with the men in a family or the family line through fathers.

• The title passed down the spear line.
• His spear ancestors came from the north.
• She traced the spear side of the family back four generations.

Sinónimos: paternal, patrilineal

Antónimos: maternal

Expresiones frecuentes: spear side, spear line