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/kræk/Translation
v [t, i]
›
⇨ resquebrajar(se)
The ice cracked before we could begin to skate El hielo se resquebrajó antes de que empezáramos a patinar
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⇨ crujir(se)
Don't crack your knuckles! ¡No te crujas los dedos!
› (un látigo)
⇨ restallar
⇨ chasquear
v [t]
› (un huevo o una nuez)
⇨ cascar
⇨ romper
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⇨ golpear(se)
I cracked my foot against the wall of the swimming pool Me golpeé el pie con la pared de la piscina
› (inform)
⇨ solucionar
We've cracked the problem Hemos solucionado el problema
v [i]
→ to crack down (on sth/sb)→ to crack up→ to crack (sb) up [m]Véase tb: to be a {hard/tough} nut to crack›
⇨ desmoronar(se)
In the end, he cracked Al final se desmoronó
not all it's cracked up to be (inform)
⇨ no es tan bueno como lo pintan col.
to crack a joke
⇨ contar un chiste
to get cracking (inform)
⇨ poner(se) manos a la obra
(Definition of crack vvv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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