yoke

yugo, opresión

Control cruel o injusto que limita la libertad de las personas.

En inglés sencillo: Cruel or unfair control that limits people’s freedom.

• They lived under the yoke of a cruel ruler.
• The country finally threw off the yoke of foreign rule.
• She dreamed of escaping the yoke of slavery.

Cómo se usa: the yoke of something (They struggled under the yoke of foreign rule.)

Sinónimos: oppression, subjugation

Antónimos: freedom

Expresiones frecuentes: under the yoke, yoke of slavery, yoke of debt, escape the yoke

yugo

Armazón de madera sobre el cuello de dos animales para que tiren juntos de un carro o apero.

En inglés sencillo: A wooden frame placed across two animals’ necks so they can pull a cart or farm tool together.

• The oxen wore a wooden yoke.
• He lifted the yoke onto the animals’ necks.
• Old yokes hang on the wall of the farm museum.

Expresiones frecuentes: wooden yoke, ox yoke

canesú

Pieza de tela con forma definida sobre los hombros o las caderas que sostiene la tela de debajo.

En inglés sencillo: A shaped piece of clothing across the shoulders or hips that supports the material below it.

• The dress has a lace yoke.
• She sewed the sleeves to the yoke.
• This skirt hangs from a fitted yoke around the hips.

Expresiones frecuentes: lace yoke, shirt yoke

vínculo, lazo

Unión estrecha, especialmente el matrimonio, o deber que une a varias personas.

En inglés sencillo: A close connection, especially marriage, or a duty that joins people together.

• They accepted the yoke of marriage together.
• Friendship became a yoke binding the two families.
• Both partners carried the same yoke of responsibility.

Cómo se usa: the yoke of something (The poem describes the yoke of marriage as a shared duty.)

Sinónimos: bond, tie

Expresiones frecuentes: yoke of marriage, shared yoke

horquilla, yugo

Pieza transversal de una máquina que une o mantiene juntas otras piezas.

En inglés sencillo: A part across a machine that joins or holds other parts together.

• The metal yoke holds the two parts together.
• A cracked yoke caused the shaft to come loose.
• The engineer replaced the yoke in the steering assembly.

Sinónimos: crosspiece

Expresiones frecuentes: steering yoke, metal yoke

uncir, enyugar

Poner un armazón sobre el cuello de varios animales para que tiren juntos de algo.

En inglés sencillo: To put a frame across animals’ necks to join them together for pulling something.

• The farmer yoked the oxen together.
• They yoke the animals before sunrise.
• Two oxen were yoked to the wooden cart.

Cómo se usa: yoke something to something (They yoked the oxen to the cart.)

Sinónimos: harness

Antónimos: unyoke, unharness

Expresiones frecuentes: yoke the oxen, yoke animals together

vincular, unir

Vincular estrechamente a personas o cosas, a veces contra su voluntad.

En inglés sencillo: To connect people or things closely, sometimes in a way they do not want.

• The project yokes art and science together.
• Their futures were yoked by the agreement.
• Why yoke two unrelated ideas together?

Cómo se usa: yoke A to B (The agreement yoked the smaller company to a larger one.); yoke A and B together (The plan yokes housing and transport together.)

Sinónimos: link, join, unite, couple

Antónimos: separate, disconnect

Expresiones frecuentes: yoke things together, yoke someone to something

sojuzgar, someter

Obligar a alguien a vivir bajo un poder opresivo o una obligación muy pesada.

En inglés sencillo: To force someone to remain under harmful control or a heavy duty.

• Debt yoked him to his employer.
• The villagers were yoked to a cruel system.
• She refused to be yoked to endless unpaid work.

Cómo se usa: be yoked to something (The workers were yoked to a system they could not escape.)

Sinónimos: bind, enslave, subjugate

Antónimos: free, liberate

Expresiones frecuentes: yoke someone to something, yoke into servitude