telegraph

revelar, delatar

Mostrar sentimientos o planes mediante movimientos o comportamiento, a menudo sin querer.

En inglés sencillo: To show your feelings or plans through your movements or behaviour, often without meaning to.

• His face telegraphed his disappointment.
• Try not to telegraph your next move.
• She telegraphed her impatience by repeatedly checking the clock.

Sinónimos: signal, reveal, give away

Antónimos: conceal, hide

Expresiones frecuentes: telegraph your intentions, telegraph a punch, telegraph your next move

telegrafiar

Enviar un mensaje mediante un sistema de señales eléctricas que era común antes del teléfono.

En inglés sencillo: To send someone a message using an electrical signal system once common before telephones.

• They telegraphed for help.
• She telegraphed the news to her brother.
• The captain telegraphed that the ship had reached port.

Cómo se usa: telegraph someone that… (He telegraphed his wife that he would arrive on Monday.)

Sinónimos: wire, cable

Expresiones frecuentes: telegraph someone, telegraph the news, telegraph for help

telégrafo

Aparato o sistema antiguo que transmite mensajes a largas distancias mediante señales eléctricas.

En inglés sencillo: An older device or system that sends messages over long distances using electrical signals.

• The museum has an old telegraph.
• Messages once travelled across the country by telegraph.
• The telegraph operator tapped out a message in code.

Expresiones frecuentes: electric telegraph, telegraph operator, by telegraph