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alquitrán

Sustancia negra, espesa y pegajosa, usada en carreteras y tejados, que suele obtenerse del carbón.

En inglés sencillo: A thick, sticky black substance used on roads and roofs, often made from coal.

• The tar stuck to my shoes.
• Workers spread hot tar along the road.
• The roof smelled of fresh tar.

Sinónimos: coal tar

Expresiones frecuentes: coal tar, hot tar, tar roof

tar

Instrumento de cuerda con mástil largo y cuerpo estrecho en el centro, tocado en Irán y países cercanos.

En inglés sencillo: A long-necked string instrument with a narrow middle, played in Iran and nearby countries.

• She plays the tar.
• The musician tuned his tar before the concert.
• A gentle melody came from the Persian tar.

Expresiones frecuentes: play the tar, Persian tar, tar player

alquitranar

Cubrir una superficie con alquitrán, una sustancia negra y pegajosa, a menudo para protegerla del agua.

En inglés sencillo: To cover a surface with a thick, sticky black material, often to protect it from water.

• They will tar the road tomorrow.
• He tarred the roof to stop leaks.
• Workers were tarring the fence posts.

Expresiones frecuentes: tar a road, tar a roof, tar the surface

manchar, difamar

Hacer que otros piensen mal de alguien, a menudo relacionándolo injustamente con algo malo.

En inglés sencillo: To make others think badly of someone, often by unfairly connecting them with something wrong.

• The scandal tarred his reputation.
• Critics tarred the whole group with the same brush.
• One false accusation can tar someone’s good name.

Cómo se usa: tar someone with something (They tarred him with accusations of dishonesty.); tar someone with the same brush (It is unfair to tar all politicians with the same brush.)

Sinónimos: smear, besmirch, blacken

Expresiones frecuentes: tar someone’s reputation, tar someone with something