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/pɪn/ [pinned, pinning]Translation
v [t]
→ to pin sth down [m]→ to pin sb down [m]→ to pin sth on sb›
⇨ prender [con alfileres]
She pinned up the hem of her dress Prendió el bajo del vestido con alfileres
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⇨ inmovilizar
⇨ atrapar
He was pinned under a fallen tree Estaba atrapado bajo un árbol caído
■ constr. Se usa generalmente seguido de una preposición o un adverbio(Definition of pin v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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