stall

compartimento, cabina

Espacio pequeño separado de otros, destinado a una persona o un animal.

En inglés sencillo: A small separate space for one person or animal, often divided from others by walls.

• The horse is in its stall.
• She closed the shower stall door.
• All the toilet stalls were occupied.

Sinónimos: compartment, cubicle

Expresiones frecuentes: shower stall, toilet stall, horse stall

pérdida de sustentación

Situación en que el ala deja de sostener el avión por formar un ángulo demasiado grande con el aire.

En inglés sencillo: A situation in which a wing stops supporting an aircraft because its angle to the air is too large.

• The pilot avoided a stall.
• A stall warning sounded in the cockpit.
• The plane lost height after entering a stall.

Expresiones frecuentes: aerodynamic stall, stall warning, recover from stall

maniobra dilatoria

Acción que retrasa algo, normalmente para ganar tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: An action that delays something, often to gain more time.

• His request was just a stall.
• We recognized the question as a deliberate stall.
• The repeated stalls gave their lawyer time to arrive.

Sinónimos: delaying tactic, delay

Expresiones frecuentes: deliberate stall, stall tactic, another stall

estancarse

Dejar de avanzar o de hacer progresos en un proceso.

En inglés sencillo: If a process stops moving forward, it has stopped making progress.

• The talks stalled yesterday.
• Economic growth has stalled for three months.
• Will the project stall without more money?

Sinónimos: stop, halt

Expresiones frecuentes: talks stall, progress stall

calarse

Pararse el motor inesperadamente, a menudo porque el vehículo va demasiado despacio para la marcha utilizada.

En inglés sencillo: If an engine stops unexpectedly, often because the vehicle is moving too slowly for its gear.

• The engine stalled.
• I stalled the car at the lights.
• Release the clutch slowly so you do not stall.

Sinónimos: cut out

Expresiones frecuentes: stall the engine, car engines stall

dar largas, ganar tiempo

Hacer esperar a alguien o retrasar algo a propósito para disponer de más tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: To deliberately make someone wait or delay doing something because you need more time.

• Stop stalling and answer me.
• She stalled for time by asking another question.
• They stalled us until their manager arrived.

Cómo se usa: stall for time (He stalled for time while his friend found the keys.)

Sinónimos: delay, play for time

Expresiones frecuentes: stall for time, stall someone

detenerse

Detenerse de golpe.

En inglés sencillo: To come to a sudden stop.

• The machine stalled suddenly.
• The conveyor stalled halfway through the job.
• A jammed mechanism caused the lift to stall.

Sinónimos: stop, halt

Expresiones frecuentes: stall suddenly, stall halfway

estabular

Meter un animal en un compartimento separado dentro de un edificio de la granja.

En inglés sencillo: To put an animal in a small separate space inside a farm building.

• They stall the horses at night.
• The farmer stalled each ox separately.
• We stall young cattle inside during winter.

Sinónimos: stable, house

Expresiones frecuentes: stall a horse, stall the cattle