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Dictionary translations for "cuerda"

la cuerda f noun

pl. cuerdas

rope [rəup]

Él tiró de la cuerda.

He pulled the rope.

string [strɪŋ] (mús-instrum)

Pásame algo con qué cortar la cuerda.

Lend me something with which to cut the string.

cord [kɔ:d] (cordel)

Las boleadoras consisten de una cuerda larga con dos bolas de piedra en los extremos.

Bolas are made up of a long cord with two stone balls at the free ends.

line [laɪn] (dep)

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cuerdo adjective

cuerda / cuerdos / cuerdas

sane [seɪn]

En un mundo de locos, sólo los locos están cuerdos.

In a mad world only the mad are sane.

accountable [əˈkauntəbl] (der)

Phrases with "cuerda" (4)

cuerda floja - tightrope
cuerda vocal - vocal chord
instrumento de cuerda - stringed instrument
política de la cuerda floja - brinkmanship

Contexts with "cuerda"

Él tiró de la cuerda. He pulled the rope.

La verdad es pura, pero dolorosa. Ninguna persona cuerda y egoísta aceptaría nunca las cosas como son. Ése es el masoquismo inherente a la "verdad". Truth is pure, but truth is painful. No sane, selfish person would ever accept things for what they are. Such is the masochism inherent in "truth".

Pásame algo con qué cortar la cuerda. Lend me something with which to cut the string.

Las boleadoras consisten de una cuerda larga con dos bolas de piedra en los extremos. Bolas are made up of a long cord with two stone balls at the free ends.

Esta cuerda es muy firme. This rope is very tough.

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