tail

cola

Parte que sobresale de la zona trasera del cuerpo de un animal.

En inglés sencillo: The part that sticks out from the back of an animal's body.

• The dog has a short tail.
• Our cat lifted her tail.
• Some lizards can grow new tails.

Expresiones frecuentes: wag its tail, a long tail, cat's tail

cola

Parte trasera de un avión que ayuda a controlar su dirección y mantenerlo estable.

En inglés sencillo: The back part of an aircraft, which helps control its direction and keep it steady.

• The plane's tail is blue.
• Engineers checked the damaged tail.
• Ice had formed on the aircraft's tail.

Sinónimos: empennage

Expresiones frecuentes: aircraft tail, tail fin, plane's tail

cruz, reverso

Cara de una moneda opuesta a la que muestra una cabeza; en inglés suele llamarse tails.

En inglés sencillo: The side of a coin opposite the side with a person's head, usually called tails.

• The coin's tail shows a bird.
• Heads or tails: which do you choose?
• The coin landed tails up.

Sinónimos: reverse

Antónimos: head

Expresiones frecuentes: tail side, coin's tail

seguir, vigilar

Seguir a alguien sin que lo sepa para averiguar adónde va o qué hace.

En inglés sencillo: To follow someone secretly to find out where they go or what they do.

• The detective tailed the suspect.
• Someone has been tailing our car.
• Can you tail him without being seen?

Sinónimos: follow, shadow

Expresiones frecuentes: tail someone, tail a car, tail the suspect

girar la popa

Girar una embarcación anclada de modo que la popa apunte en una dirección determinada.

En inglés sencillo: To turn a boat’s back end in a particular direction while the boat is held by an anchor.

• The anchored boat began to tail downstream.
• Both vessels tailed upstream as the tide changed.
• The yacht tails into the wind at anchor.

Sinónimos: swing

Expresiones frecuentes: tail downstream, tail upstream, tail into wind

limitado, restringido

Limitado, especialmente cuando una propiedad solo puede heredarse por determinados miembros de una familia.

En inglés sencillo: Limited or reduced, especially when property can pass only to certain members of a family.

• He inherited an estate tail.
• The land was held in fee tail.
• A grant in tail male excluded daughters from inheriting.

Sinónimos: limited, restricted

Antónimos: unrestricted

Expresiones frecuentes: estate tail, fee tail, tail male