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stick (EN)
sustantivo, verbo

sustantivo “stick”

sing. stick, pl. sticks o no contable
  1. palo
    He used a long stick to poke the campfire.
  2. bastón
    Grandma always takes her stick with her when she goes for a walk in the park.
  3. porra
    The officer pulled out his stick when he saw the crowd getting unruly.
  4. barra (de mantequilla o margarina)
    For the cookies, you'll need to melt a whole stick of margarine.
  5. chicle
    I bought a pack of mint gum, but I'll only need one stick for now.
  6. objeto enrollado o adjunto a un palo
    At the fair, I treated myself to a stick of delicious caramel apples.
  7. coche de cambios manuales (en EE. UU.)
    Learning to drive stick is a useful skill, even though automatic cars are more common now.
  8. palanca de mando
    He quickly moved the stick to the left to avoid crashing his spaceship in the game.
  9. memoria USB
    I transferred all my project files onto a stick to easily share them with my team.
  10. palo (en deportes)
    He skillfully maneuvered the puck towards the goal with his hockey stick.
  11. fusta
    During the race, the jockey used his stick to encourage his horse to run faster.
  12. tabla (en deportes de tabla)
    He waxed his stick carefully before hitting the waves.
  13. banderín (en golf)
    She aimed carefully, hoping to get her ball close to the stick on the green.
  14. palillo (persona delgada)
    Despite her athletic prowess, the other girls cruelly called her a stick because of her slender frame.
  15. montante (en carpintería)
    In assembling the cabinet door, he carefully measured and cut the sticks before joining them with the horizontal pieces.
  16. tablón
    We bought several sticks at the lumberyard to frame the new wall in our kitchen.
  17. hélice (de un avión, en jerga militar de EE. UU.)
    After the engine failure, the pilot sadly remarked that the stick wasn't spinning anymore.
  18. pegajosidad
    The stick of the gum to the bottom of the table was so strong that it took me an hour to scrape it off.

verbo “stick”

infinitivo stick; él sticks; pret. stuck; part. stuck; ger. sticking
  1. pegarse
    The label stuck to the jar even after washing it.
  2. pegar
    She stuck the poster to the wall with double-sided tape.
  3. atascarse
    The key in the lock stuck and wouldn't turn anymore.
  4. seguir con
    She decided to stick with her old car, despite its many issues, because she couldn't afford a new one.
  5. perdurar
    Despite the years, the habit of waking up early stuck with her.
  6. mantenerse fiel
    Even when things got tough, she stuck to her friends, never wavering in her support.
  7. colocar de manera descuidada
    It's fine, just stick the backpack in the corner.
  8. clavar
    She stuck the needle into the fabric to start sewing.