stab

apuñalar, acuchillar

Herir a alguien introduciéndole un objeto afilado en el cuerpo.

En inglés sencillo: To push a sharp object into someone’s body and hurt them.

• Someone stabbed him outside the station.
• She was stabbed with a knife.
• Police arrested the man who had stabbed her.

Cómo se usa: stab someone with something (The attacker stabbed him with a knife.); stab someone in the + body part (He was stabbed in the arm.)

Sinónimos: knife, pierce

Expresiones frecuentes: stab someone, stab with something, stab someone repeatedly, stab someone twice

dar una estocada, pinchar

Hacer movimientos rápidos y bruscos hacia algo con la punta de un objeto.

En inglés sencillo: To make quick, rough movements toward something with the end of a pointed object.

• He stabbed at the button with his finger.
• She stabbed at the ground with a stick.
• His finger stabbed the air as he argued.

Cómo se usa: stab at something with something (He stabbed at the screen with one finger.)

Sinónimos: jab, poke, thrust

Expresiones frecuentes: stab at something, stab a button

intento

Intento de hacer algo, a menudo sin saber si se logrará.

En inglés sencillo: An attempt to do something, often without knowing whether you can succeed.

• Let me take a stab at it.
• She had a stab at solving the puzzle.
• His first stab at a novel was surprisingly good.

Cómo se usa: a stab at something/doing something (I took a stab at repairing the radio.)

Sinónimos: try, attempt

Expresiones frecuentes: take a stab, stab at something, have a stab

puñalada

Golpe que introduce un objeto afilado en el cuerpo de alguien para herirlo.

En inglés sencillo: An act of pushing a sharp object into someone to hurt them.

• The stab left a deep wound.
• He narrowly avoided a stab to the chest.
• The attacker delivered several stabs with a knife.

Sinónimos: thrust

Expresiones frecuentes: a knife stab, stab wound, stab to something

acorde breve

Conjunto de notas tocadas juntas de forma breve y repentina para producir un efecto intenso.

En inglés sencillo: A short, sudden group of musical notes played together for a strong effect.

• A horn stab opens the song.
• The producer added sharp synth stabs.
• Each brass stab lands just before the beat.

Expresiones frecuentes: horn stab, brass stab, synth stab