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bend / curva
bend
bent verb: past tense past participle
A. -noun
1. (generally) curva (f) (in pipe etcetera) ángulo (m)
(=corner) recodo (m) (nautical) gaza (f)
·dangerous bend
·curva peligrosa
a. he'noun round the bend!
(British, Great Britain) * ¡está chiflado! *
·to go round the bend
·volverse loco
·to drive somebody round the bend
volver loco a somebody, someone *
2. ·the bends
(medicine) la enfermedad de descompresiónoun
3. (Heraldry) banda (f)
B. -transitive verb
1. (=make curved)
[+wire] curvar, doblar
(=cause to sag) combar
[+arm, knee] doblar
[+sail] envergar
·on bended knee
·de rodillas
·to bend the rules for somebody
·adaptar las normas a beneficio de somebody, someone
·to bend somebody to one'noun will
·doblar a somebody, someone a su voluntad
a. to bend somebody'noun ear * marear a somebody, someone *
2. (=incline)
[+body, head] inclinar
3. (=direct)
[+efforts, steps etcetera] dirigir (to a)
·to bend one'noun mind to a problem
·aplicarse a un problema
C. -intransitive verb
1. [branch] doblarse
[wire] torcerse
[arm, knee] doblarse
[road, river] torcer (to the left a la izquierda)
2. [person]
(=stoop) inclinarse, doblarse
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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