wall

pared, muro

Parte vertical de un edificio que rodea una habitación o separa unas habitaciones de otras.

En inglés sencillo: An upright part of a building that surrounds a room or separates rooms.

• The wall is white.
• She hung pictures on the walls.
• We removed a wall to make the kitchen bigger.

Expresiones frecuentes: bedroom wall, paint a wall, wall of something, outside wall

muro

Construcción alta y sólida que separa zonas o impide la entrada de personas o cosas.

En inglés sencillo: A high solid structure that separates areas or keeps people or things out.

• A wall divides the two gardens.
• They built a high wall around the factory.
• The children climbed over the wall.

Sinónimos: barrier

Expresiones frecuentes: garden wall, stone wall, boundary wall

muralla

Muro resistente que rodea una ciudad o un castillo para protegerlos de ataques.

En inglés sencillo: A strong structure around a city or castle that protects it from attack.

• Soldiers stood on the castle wall.
• The old city walls still survive.
• The attackers broke through the northern wall.

Sinónimos: rampart

Expresiones frecuentes: city wall, castle wall, defensive wall

amurallar, cercar

Rodear una zona o cerrarla construyendo muros.

En inglés sencillo: To surround an area or close it off by building solid barriers.

• They walled the garden with stone.
• The courtyard was walled on three sides.
• Workers walled off the dangerous part of the building.

Cómo se usa: wall something in (They walled the garden in to keep animals out.); wall something off (The builders walled off the unused room.)

Sinónimos: enclose

Expresiones frecuentes: wall something in, wall something off, wall a garden

disparar a través de paredes

En un videojuego, disparar a otro jugador a través de una barrera sólida.

En inglés sencillo: In a video game, to shoot another player through a solid barrier.

• I walled the enemy hiding inside.
• She walled me before I could escape.
• You can wall opponents with this weapon.

Sinónimos: wallbang

Expresiones frecuentes: wall an enemy, wall someone