Gate in spanish

portón

pronunciation: poʊɹ̩toʊn part of speech: noun
In gestures

gate1 = verja, cancela, puerta. 

Example: The fifth kind of relationship is that in which an entity is defined by one of its attributes; for example, in Lewis Carroll's poem, 'I'll tell thee everything I can: I saw an aged, aged man, a-sitting on a gate'.

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» boarding gate = puerta de embarque.

Example: So, having stated these thoughts about librarians and digital libraries, I am happy to announce that the airplane has now pulled into its boarding gate.

» city gate = puerta de la ciudad.

Example: The bodies of some of the executed were thrown into the sea, while others were dumped, without burial, before the city gates.

» entrance gate = puerta de entrada.

Example: This article describes the survey undertaken at Dartford and Margate libraries which consisted of 3 separate exercises: a comparison of entrance gate and borrowing figures; a survey; and activity sampling.

» floodgate = esclusa, compuerta.

Example: I always think of you as a great river dammed up by a floodgate, so that the water only escapes here and there through holes and by channels.

» gatecrash = colarse en una fiesta, colarse en una celebración.

Example: Four Greenpeace activists who were jailed in Copenhagen last month for gatecrashing a royal gala dinner for heads of state have been released.

» give + Nombre + the gate = enseñarle la puerta a Alguien, deshacerse de, liberarse de, quitarse de encima.

Example: I suppose you had your own reasons for giving her the gate.

» level-crossing gate = barrera de paso a nivel.

Example: The waters had destroyed the station and railway lines and level-crossing gates lay bent and twisted .

» metal gate = cancela de hierro.

Example: We offer massive savings on a huge selection of metal and wooden gates with free delivery included.

» metal gate detector = arco detector de metales.

Example: After that incident, metal gate detectors were put in place and various security guards were assigned around the hospital.

» revolving gate = torniquete, puerta de cancela giratoria, cancela giratoria.

Example: A path flanked by rows of trees runs from the front door of the schoolhouse to a fence with a revolving gate.

» sluice gate = esclusa, compuerta.

Example: One such improvement was an opening and closing mechanism applied to the sluice gates.

» tailgate = puerta del maletero.

Example: There is a possibility that the bolts attaching the tailgate strut mounting bracket to the body may become loose.

» tailgate = conducir demasiado cerca de otro, chupar rueda.

Example: It was hailing cats and dogs the other day, and I was still tailgated by a moron in a large SUV (sport utilitarian vehicle).

» wooden gate = cancela de madera.

Example: We offer massive savings on a huge selection of metal and wooden gates with free delivery included.

gate2 = poner una cancela de acceso, poner una verja de acceso, tener una cancela de acceso, tener una verja de acceso. 

Example: Since the small park was fenced and gated and we decided to let her off the lead.

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» gate + Alguien = castigar a Alguien. [Sin dejar que salga de casa]

Example: I have been forced to resort to gating her for part of weekends and docking her weekly allowance in an attempt to curtail her wayward tendencies.
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