Tapa in english
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pronunciation: tɑp part of speech: noun, adjective
pronunciation: tɑp part of speech: noun, adjective
In gestures
tapa1 = cover ; lid ; flap ; board ; top ; housing cover.
Example: Thus, for instance, a title statement will be extracted from a title page, and not from the cover or the spine.Example: The casting-box for flong moulds was a flat iron case like a portfolio with one hinged lid.Example: This article argues that box designs for small books have 3 shortcomings: their corners tend to gape; strings, buttons and other fixing arrangements clutter the outside of the box; and the box flaps are too soft causing it to be pushed out of alignment.Example: A covering material of fast, even colour, was eventually produced that was impervious to the adhesive with which it was stuck to the boards.Example: Documents should be kept in acid free boxes with loose fitting tops on shelves preferably made from baked enamel steel.Example: A spoken dialogue between the system and the trainee would proceed as follows: System 'Try to assemble the air compressor' Trainee : 'How?' System: 'Install pump, install pump brace, install pulley, install belt housing cover.more:
» edición en tapa = hardback [Tirada de una publicación encuadernada con dos superficies rígidas y resistentes, normalmente de cartón] ; hardbound [Nombre] ; hardcover .
Example: This magazine gives quarterly figures of the UK publishing industry's turnover by book categories, by hardback and paperback and by home and export. Example: There are many versions of a work -- paperbacks, hardbound, and each different binding that a publisher may put on a given work -- and even if they used identical printing plates, each version would have a different ISBN. Example: Over the last few years, more and more authors of mass market romances have crossed over the paper genre line and found success in hardcover.» edición en tapas duras = hardback [Tirada de una publicación encuadernada con dos superficies rígidas y resistentes, normalmente de cartón] ; hardcover .
Example: This magazine gives quarterly figures of the UK publishing industry's turnover by book categories, by hardback and paperback and by home and export. Example: Over the last few years, more and more authors of mass market romances have crossed over the paper genre line and found success in hardcover.» encuadernado en tapa = hardbound [Adjetivo] ; cased .
Example: Environment Abstracts is a monthly journal of abstracts and indexes with hardbound annual cumulations. Example: ISBN 1-85000-831-0 (cased): 35.00 pounds; ISBN 1-85000-832 9 (pbk), 11.95 pounds.» fabricación de tapas = casemaking [case-making] .
Example: In 1843 this prestigious bindery had a rolling press, two cloth-embossing machines, and three arming presses, but folding, gathering, sewing, rounding and backing, ploughing, casemaking, and casing-in were all carried out by hand.» libro encuadernado en tapa = hard book cover ; hardback cover ; hardback book .
Example: Most libraries now use plastic jackets on hard book covers and either laminate paperbacks or use one of the slip-on plastic jackets specially designed for paperbacks. Example: Many paperbacks actually stand up to this usage better than the flimsy hardback covers now being produced. Example: The agency also estimated that 54.5 per cent of households bought no paperbacks and 63.2 per cent of households bought no hardback books.» máquina de fabricar tapas = casemaking machine .
Example: Machines were developed for carrying out these remaining processes between 1856 and 1903, all of them American in origin: case-making machines (1891-5); gathering machines (1900-3); and casing-in machines (1903).» quitar la tapa = uncap .
Example: He took a bottle of water from a vintage refrigerator, uncapped it, and drank thirstily, emptying the entire bottle.» tapa anterior = front cover .
Example: The periodicals themselves may be slipped inside protective plastic or perspex cases with transparent front covers.» tapa de alcantarilla = manhole cover .
Example: Grooves in manhole covers are necessary to provide traction in all kinds of weather to the vehicles above.» tapa de frasco = jar lid .
Example: One of the most common problems in the modern kitchen is dealing with tight jar lids.» tapa del inodoro = toilet lid ; loo lid .
Example: The above experiment can be very useful in encouraging pupils to close the toilet lid before they flush. Example: There is a continual fight in our house about whether the loo lid should be left up or down.» tapa del lector de CDROM = drive door .
Example: If a drive is disconnected or if a drive door or tray is open, a message similar to the following will appear.» tapa del váter = toilet lid ; loo lid .
Example: The above experiment can be very useful in encouraging pupils to close the toilet lid before they flush. Example: There is a continual fight in our house about whether the loo lid should be left up or down.» tapa de registro = manhole cover .
Example: Grooves in manhole covers are necessary to provide traction in all kinds of weather to the vehicles above.» tapa de rosca = screw(-on) cap ; screw(-on) top .
Example: Winemakers are increasingly turning to screw caps. Example: Next, it's a lot easier to have a picnic with a screw top bottle.» tapa de tarro = jar lid .
Example: One of the most common problems in the modern kitchen is dealing with tight jar lids.» volarle la tapa de los sesos a Alguien = blow + Posesivo + head off .
Example: My aunt's asshole exhusband blew his head off this weekend.tapa2 = appetiser [appetizer, -USA] ; snack ; tapa ; snack food ; snack meal ; nibble.
Example: To begin with, both methods are appetizers since they stimulate a desire to read for oneself what one has heard told = To begin with, both methods are appetizers since they stimulate a desire to read for oneself what one has heard told.Example: Many receptions this year will serve sufficient snacks and hors d'oeuvres, so you may not have to plan to have a meal afterwards.Example: A watering hole in Spain is serving up free beer and tapas to recession-weary customers who insult its bartenders as a way to let off steam.Example: First developed in the seventh century, pretzels have been called one of the world's oldest snack food.Example: Welsh rarebit is a great snack meal which can be prepared and cooked in less tham 15 minutes.Example: What better way to pass the time than with a couple of glasses of your favourite red and a few nibbles courtesy of the airline.more:
» tapas = finger food .
Example: The building has two levels, the first being a café where people can sit and hang out with some finger food whereas the upper storey is a music studio.tapar = whitewash ; cover up ; screen ; blot out ; pug ; enshroud ; seal ; screen from + view ; shield from + view ; hide from + view.
Example: A number of volumes whitewashing this fascist wartime state were published in 2001.Example: The grating was used to cover up dryer and toilet vents on the side of the building.Example: During the war, all of the light fittings on the bridge were screened as a blackout measure.Example: Las Vegas was once notorious for loose morals, fast living and financial transactions murky enough to blot out the desert sun.Example: He fixed the leaky faucet by pugging it with a cork, hammering it in with a mallet, wrapping it up with electrical tape, and leaving it to increase in water pressure until the pipe exploded .Example: Come, sweet slumber, enshroud me in thy purple cloak.Example: A spider web of metal, sealed in a thin glass container, a wire heated to brilliant glow, in short, the thermionic tube of radio sets is made by the hundred million, tossed about in packages, plugged into sockets -- and it works!.Example: Pool equipment must be screened from view with landscaping or walls that match the color and finish of the house.Example: The idea that nursing mothers need to be 'shielded from view' may strike breastfeeding advocates as unnecessarily modest.Example: Cigarettes and other tobacco products will now have to be hidden from view in all large shops and supermarkets in England.more:
» sin tapar = uncovered .
Example: A man who fell down an uncovered drain and was stuck for three hours today spoke of his ordeal.» tapar grietas = caulk + cracks ; chink .
Example: The article 'Caulking the cracks: scholarly social science resources on the Web' argues that although the main body of scholarly literature is still in print the Web has to be approached as an additional research resource that has information. Example: The resulting spaces and gaps are then chinked using synthetic materials that are essentially polymerized rubber with adhesive.» tapar la vista = block + the view ; obscure + the view .
Example: This version of the Molotov cocktail produces a heavy black smoke, blocking the view of anything near the impact scene. Example: These sprays usually allow light to enter the room while creating a frosty film on the window to obscure the view from outside.» tapar rendijas = caulk + cracks ; chink .
Example: The article 'Caulking the cracks: scholarly social science resources on the Web' argues that although the main body of scholarly literature is still in print the Web has to be approached as an additional research resource that has information. Example: The resulting spaces and gaps are then chinked using synthetic materials that are essentially polymerized rubber with adhesive.» taparse = gunge up [Generalmente debido a la acumulación de suciedad] ; gunk up .
Example: Low temperature washes don't kill bacteria and germs and can cause washing machines to gunge up with layers of soft soap and chemicals. Example: I'm assuming the valve is gunked up simply because on my previous diesel I examined it when I bought it and it was 50% blocked with gunk.