Hacha in english

hacha = axe [ax, -USA] ; hatchet. 

Example: Soon the hills began to echo with the thud of the woodsman's axe and a sawmill was erected.Example: The activities, based on Gary Paulsen's novel 'Hatchet,' focus on struggling for survival.

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» asesino con hacha = axe murderer .

Example: It immediately made me think of the crazed axe murderers that had haunted my dreams ever since my childhood.

» desenterrar el hacha de guerra = take up + the tomahawk ; dig up + the tomahawk ; dig up + the hatchet ; dig up + the war axe .

Example: Many, many moons ago, they took up the tomahawk in tribal wars and many of their warriors were killed and their encampments destroyed.

Example: They call him a poet and magician, but when his favourite things are at stake, he does not hesitate to dig up the tomahawk.

Example: Let us dig up the hatchet of war, and revenge the bones of our countrymen; they lie unburied, and cry to us for vengeance.

Example: Too bad that other brave warriors in other parts of the world just decided to dig up the war axe and launch another crusade.

» enterrar el hacha de guerra = bury + the hatchet ; bury + the tomahawk ; bury + the war axe ; bury + the battle axe ; bury + the war hatchet .

Example: Idioms such as 'bury the hatchet' were presented to 48 college students in sentential contexts that either biased the subject toward a literal or a figurative interpretation or left the interpretation ambiguous.

Example: Now is the time of all times to bury the tomahawk, throw aside all differences and unite in one great purpose of saving the State from further turmoil.

Example: Long ago when tribes exchanged gifts and agreed to wash the spears or bury the war axe things were not as complex as they became later on.

Example: My plan for this is to sort out the final business I have with relatives, say my farewells and bury the battle axe and raise the white flag.

Example: A common danger, a common enemy, a common hate, makes them forget old feuds, bury the war-hatchet, and unite on common ground for a common object.

» hacha de armas = battle-axe .

Example: The museum houses a full selection of battle-ready battle-axes, spanning from the medieval period through the Renaissance.

» hacha de carnicero = meat cleaver ; cleaver  .

Example: The exhibition was a retrospective and featured clippings from pornographic magazines, props from past performances (including syringes, chains, tampons, meat cleavers, and Vaseline), and press cuttings.

Example: Professional cleavers used for carcass and sectional cutting also work for chops and chickens.

» hacha de combate = battle-axe .

Example: The museum houses a full selection of battle-ready battle-axes, spanning from the medieval period through the Renaissance.

» hacha de guerra = tomahawk [Típica de los indios nativos de Norteamérica] ; battle-axe .

Example: So when the king gave the word his men pulled their tomahawks from under the coats and killed several and took the rest prisoners.

Example: The museum houses a full selection of battle-ready battle-axes, spanning from the medieval period through the Renaissance.

» ser un hacha con = be a dab hand at .

Example: Sally is a dab hand at interior design, often called upon by friends for eccentric design advice.