triple

triple

Que tiene tres veces la cantidad o el tamaño de otra cosa.

En inglés sencillo: Three times as much or as large as something else.

• This house is triple the size of ours.
• She now earns triple her old salary.
• They paid triple the usual price for tickets.

Cómo se usa: triple the + noun (The larger room costs triple the price of the smaller one.)

Sinónimos: threefold, treble

Expresiones frecuentes: triple the price, triple the size, triple the amount, triple serving

triple

Formado por tres partes conectadas o que se corresponden.

En inglés sencillo: Made of three connected or matching parts.

• The cake has a triple layer of chocolate.
• The door has a triple lock.
• A triple row of trees lines the path.

Sinónimos: three-part

Expresiones frecuentes: triple layer, triple lock, triple threat

triplicar

Hacer que algo tenga tres veces su cantidad o tamaño inicial.

En inglés sencillo: To make something three times as large or as much.

• We need to triple the amount of rice.
• The shop tripled its sales last year.
• Can you triple this recipe for the party?

Cómo se usa: triple something (The company plans to triple its production.)

Sinónimos: treble

Expresiones frecuentes: triple the amount, triple your income, triple production

triplicarse

Pasar a tener tres veces la cantidad o el tamaño inicial.

En inglés sencillo: To become three times as large or as much.

• Our costs have tripled.
• The population tripled in twenty years.
• Sales could triple if we open another shop.

Cómo se usa: triple in something (The village has tripled in size.)

Sinónimos: treble

Expresiones frecuentes: prices triple, sales triple, triple in size

batear un triple

Golpear la pelota de béisbol y llegar a tercera base sin ser eliminado ni beneficiarse de un error rival.

En inglés sencillo: To hit a baseball and reach third base safely without a mistake by the other team.

• He tripled in the first inning.
• She tripled to right field and drove in two runs.
• The batter tripled, then scored on the next hit.

Sinónimos: hit a triple

Expresiones frecuentes: triple to right, triple to left, triple and score

triple

Bebida que contiene tres veces la medida habitual de alcohol.

En inglés sencillo: An alcoholic drink containing three times the usual amount of alcohol.

• He ordered a triple at the bar.
• She poured him a triple of whisky.
• Two triples were waiting on the counter.

Expresiones frecuentes: a triple whisky, order a triple, make it a triple

hamburguesa triple

Hamburguesa con tres piezas de carne colocadas una encima de otra.

En inglés sencillo: A hamburger containing three pieces of meat, one above another.

• He ordered a triple with cheese.
• The triple was too big for me to finish.
• They sell singles, doubles, and triples.

Sinónimos: triple burger

Expresiones frecuentes: triple with cheese, order a triple, beef triple