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Es un pájaro rosado de cuello largo cuyo nombre en español es idéntico al baile flamenco del sur de España.
rock / roca
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rock
A. -noun
1. (=substance) roca (f)
(=crag, rock face) peñasco (m), peñónoun (m)
(=large stone, boulder) roca (f)
(United States)
(=small stone) piedra (f) (in sea) escollo (m), roca (f)
·hewn out of solid rock
·tallado en la roca viva
·they were drilling into solid rock
·estaban perforando rocas vivas
·porous/volcanic rock
·roca porosa/volcánica
·the Rock (of Gibraltar)
·el Peñónoun (de Gibraltar)
·an outcrop of rock
·un peñasco, un peñónoun
·danger: falling rocks
·desprendimiento de rocas
2. (in phrases)
a. to be at rock [bottom]
[person, prices, morale, confidence] estar por los suelos, haber tocado fondo
·prices are at rock bottom
·los precios estánoun por los suelos or han tocado fondo
·morale in the armed forces was at rock bottom
·los ánimos en las fuerzas armadas habían tocado fondo or estaban por los suelos
·to [hit] or [reach] rock [bottom]
[person, prices] tocar fondo
c. rock [hard] = duro como una piedra
·it dries rock hard in less than an hour
·en menos de una hora se seca hasta quedarse duro como una piedra
d. he'noun [like] a rock, I totally depend on him = es mi pilar or puntal, dependo totalmente de él
e. whisky [on] the rocks = whisky con hielo
f. to [run] on(to) the rocks (nautical) chocar contra los escollos, encallar en las rocas
g. rock [solid] (literally, figurative) nounólido como una roca
·the pound was rock solid against the mark
·la libra permanecía nounólida como una roca frente al marco
h. he held the gun rock [steady] = sujetó la pistola con pulso firme
i. to be on the rocks *
(=be broke) no tener un céntimo, estar sin blanca Spain Spain
(=fail)
[marriage] andar fatal *
·his business went on the rocks last year
·su negocio se fue a pique or se hundió el año pasado
j. to be between or be caught between a rock and a hard place estar entre la espada y la pared
3. (British, Great Britain)
(=sweet) palo (m) de caramelo
a. a [stick] of rock = un palo de caramelo
4. *
(=diamond) diamante (m) rocks piedras feminine plural, joyas feminine plural
5. *
(=drug) crack (m)
6. (especially United States) rocks **
a. to get one'noun rocks off echar un polvo **
B. -compound
·rock cake
·rock bun -noun bollito con frutos secos
·rock candy -noun
(United States) palo (m) de caramelo
·rock carving -noun escultura (f) rupestre
·rock climber -noun escalador (m) / escaladoa (f)
·rock climbing -noun (Sport) escalada (f) en rocas
·to [go] rock climbing
·ir a escalar en roca
·rock crystal -noun cristal (m) de roca
·rock face -noun vertiente (f) rocosa, pared (f) de roca
·rock fall -noun desprendimiento (m) de rocas
·rock formation -noun formaciónoun (f) rocosa
·rock garden -noun jardínoun (m) de roca or de rocalla
·rock painting -noun pintura (f) rupestre
·rock plant -noun planta (f) rupestre or de roca
·rock pool -noun charca (f) (de agua de mar) entre rocas
·rock rose -noun jara (f), heliantemo (m)
·rock salmon -noun
(British, Great Britain) cazónoun (m)
·rock salt -noun sal (f) gema or mineral or sin refinar
rock / acunar
rock
A. -transitive verb
1. (=swing to and fro)
[+child] acunar
[+cradle] mecer
·she rocked the child in her arms
·acunó al niño en sus brazos
·to rock [o.noun.] in a chair
·mecerse en una silla
·to rock a child to [sleep]
·arrullar a un niño
2. (=shake) (literally, figurative) sacudir
·his death rocked the fashion business
·su muerte sacudió or convulsionó al mundo de la moda
B. -intransitive verb
1. (gently) mecerse, balancearse
·the ship rocked gently on the waves
·el buque se mecía or se balanceaba suavemente en las olas
·his body rocked from side to side with the train
·su cuerpo se mecía or se balanceaba de un lado a otro con el movimiento del tren
·he rocked back on his heels
·apoyando los talones, se inclinó hacia atránoun
2. (violently)
[ground, vehicle, building] sacudirse
·the theatre rocked with laughter
·las risas estremecieron el teatro
·the audience rocked with laughter
·el público se rió a carcajada limpia
3. (=dance) bailar rock
C. -noun (music) also rock music rock (m), masculineúsica (f) rock
·[heavy]/[soft] rock
rock (m) duro/blando
D. -compound
·rock and [roll] -noun rocanrol (m), rock and roll (m)
·to do the rock and roll
·bailar el rocanrol or el rock and roll
·rock band -noun grupo (m) de rock
·rock concert -noun concierto (m) de rock
·rock festival -noun festival (m) de rock
·rock group -noun grupo (m) de rock
·rock music -noun rock (m), masculineúsica (f) rock
·rock musical -noun musical (m) de rock
·rock musician -noun masculineúsico (m) / masculineúsica (f)
·rock star -noun estrella (f) de rock
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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