BRICK WALL - Traducción inglés-español

Oxford Spanish Dictionary

inglés

español

atrbv. a brick wall/house

una pared/una casa de ladrillo

to come up against a brick wall

darse de narices contra una pared

it's like talking to a brick wall

es como hablarle a la pared

to bang one's head against a (brick) wall

darse (con) la cabeza contra la pared

español

inglés

pandereta

brick wall

una pared de ladrillo

a brick wall

es como hablarle a la pared coloq.

it's like talking to a brick wall

es como darse contra las paredes

it's like banging your head against a brick wall

es como si estuviera hablando con las paredes

it's like talking to a brick wall

ladrarle a la luna

to talk to a brick wall coloq.

Oxford Spanish Dictionary

I. brick [ingl. am. brɪk, ingl. brit. brɪk] SUST.

1.1. brick CONSTR.:

brick

ladrillo m

made of brick

(hecho) de ladrillo

to put one's money into bricks and mortar ingl. brit.

invertir en inmuebles

to drop a brick ingl. brit.

meter la pata coloq.

you can't make bricks without straw

no se puede trabajar sin materia prima

atrbv. a brick wall/house

una pared/una casa de ladrillo

1.2. brick (toy):

brick

cubo m

1.3. brick (of ice cream):

brick ingl. brit.

barra f

2. brick (reliable person) ingl. brit.:

brick coloq., arcznte.

persona f de confianza

II. brick [ingl. am. brɪk, ingl. brit. brɪk] V. trans. ingl. brit. coloq.

brick

lanzar ladrillos contra

brick

lanzar ladrillos a

wall [ingl. am. wɔl, ingl. brit. wɔːl] SUST.

1.1. wall:

wall (freestanding)

muro m

wall (of castle, city)

muralla f

I'd put them up against a wall and shoot them

yo los llevaría a todos al paredón

garden wall

tapia f

garden wall

muro m

sea wall

espigón m

sea wall

malecón m

sea wall

tajamar m Co. Sur

the Berlin Wall HIST.

el muro de Berlín

Hadrian's Wall

la muralla or el muro de Adriano

it's like talking to a brick wall

es como hablarle a la pared

to go/be driven to the wall company/business:

irse a pique

up the wall I was going or crawling up the wall with boredom

estaba que me trepaba or subía por las paredes del aburrimiento

she drives me up the wall

me saca de quicio

she drives me up the wall

me enerva

she'll go up the wall when she finds out

se va a poner furiosa cuando se entere

1.2. wall (barrier):

wall

barrera f

a wall of fire/flames/silence

una barrera de fuego/llamas/silencio

an impenetrable wall of prejudice

una barrera infranqueable de prejuicios

to come up against a brick wall

darse de narices contra una pared

2. wall (of building, room):

wall

pared f

wall

muralla f Chile

is that an outside or a common or ingl. brit. party wall?

¿esa pared es exterior o medianera?

this must not go or pass beyond these (four) walls

esto que no salga de aquí

to have one's back to the wall

estar en un apuro or en un aprieto

walls have ears

las paredes oyen

atrbv. wall bars DEP.

espalderas fpl

wall light/lamp

aplique m

3.1. wall (of stomach, artery):

wall

pared f

3.2. wall (of tire):

wall

flanco m

en el diccionario PONS

brick wall SUST.

brick wall

pared f (de ladrillos)

locuciones, giros idiomáticos:

to be banging one's head against a brick wall coloq.

llevar todas las de perder

en el diccionario PONS

inglés

español

to bang one's head against a brick wall

darse de cabeza contra la pared

español

inglés

hablar a la pared

to talk to a brick wall

en el diccionario PONS

brick [brɪk] SUST.

1. brick (block):

brick

ladrillo m

2. brick coloq.:

bricks and mortar

inmueble m

to invest in bricks and mortar

invertir en bienes inmuebles

locuciones, giros idiomáticos:

you can't make bricks without straw provb.

sin paja no hay ladrillos

I. wall [wɔ:l] SUST.

1. wall a. ANAT.:

wall

muro

wall (in the interior)

pared f

wall (enclosing town)

muralla f

wall (enclosing house)

tapia f

artery wall

pared arterial

the city walls

las murallas de la ciudad

the Great Wall of China

la Gran Muralla China

dry-stone wall

muro de piedra

2. wall (barrier):

wall

barrera f

a wall of silence

un muro de silencio

a wall of water

una cortina de agua

3. wall AUTO.:

wall

valla f

locuciones, giros idiomáticos:

to have one's back to the wall

estar entre la espada y la pared

walls have ears provb.

las paredes oyen provb.

to go to the wall (fail)

fracasar

to go to the wall (go bankrupt)

quebrar

to go up [or to climb] the wall

subirse por las paredes

II. wall [wɔ:l] V. trans.

wall garden

cercar con un muro

wall town

amurallar

en el diccionario PONS

brick wall SUST.

brick wall

pared f (de ladrillos)

locuciones, giros idiomáticos:

to be banging one's head against a brick wall coloq.

llevar todas las de perder

en el diccionario PONS

inglés

español

to hit a brick wall

haber llegado a un callejón sin salida

español

inglés

hablar a la pared

to talk to a brick wall

en el diccionario PONS

I. wall [wɔl] SUST.

1. wall a. ANAT.:

wall

muro

wall (in the interior)

pared f

wall (enclosing town)

muralla f

wall (enclosing house)

tapia f

the city walls

las murallas de la ciudad

the Great Wall of China

la Gran Muralla China

artery wall

pared arterial

2. wall (barrier):

wall

barrera f

a wall of silence

un muro de silencio

a wall of water

una cortina de agua

locuciones, giros idiomáticos:

to have one's back to [or up against] the wall

estar entre la espada y la pared

to drive sb up the wall argot

sacar a alguien de quicio

to hit the wall argot

quedarse sin fuerzas

to hit the wall argot

venirse abajo fig.

to hit a brick wall

haber llegado a un callejón sin salida

to be off the wall argot

ser un freaky

the writing [or handwriting] is on the wall

tiene los días contados

II. wall [wɔl] V. trans.

wall garden

cercar con un muro

wall town

amurallar

brick [brɪk] SUST.

brick

ladrillo m

Present

I	brick
you	brick
he/she/it	bricks
we	brick
you	brick
they	brick

Past

I	bricked
you	bricked
he/she/it	bricked
we	bricked
you	bricked
they	bricked

Present Perfect

I	have	bricked
you	have	bricked
he/she/it	has	bricked
we	have	bricked
you	have	bricked
they	have	bricked

Past Perfect

I	had	bricked
you	had	bricked
he/she/it	had	bricked
we	had	bricked
you	had	bricked
they	had	bricked

Ejemplos monolingües (no verificados por la redacción de PONS)

Use elements of it, do a wall light and maybe a lovely floor lamp then pick more classic shapes in sofas.

www.independent.ie

Fixing heavy loads to a dry-lined plasterboard wall is not difficult.

www.telegraph.co.uk

This creates a wall that the other player then has to work around, although they may still slip past diagonally.

www.eurogamer.net

This allows multiple electrical devices to be powered where only a single wall socket is available.

en.wikipedia.org

Show walks towards a coffee dispensing machine, picks up a bucket and walks to a wall-mounted hot water dispenser.

www.stuff.co.nz