Significado de gun en inglés
gungun1 /ɡʌn/ noun [countable] 
Ver todas las traducciones1a metal weapon which shoots bullets or shellsarma de metal que dispara balas o proyectileshave/hold/carry a gun
I could see he was carrying a gun.Podía ver que llevaba un arma. I’ve never fired a gun in my life.Nunca he disparado un arma en mi vida. Jake was pointing a gun at the door.Jake apuntaba con una pistola hacia la puerta. Two policemen were killed in a gun battle.Dos policías murieron en un tiroteo.2put/hold a gun to somebody’s head a)to put a gun very close to someone’s head to shoot them or to force them to do somethingponer un arma muy cerca de la cabeza de alguien para dispararle o para obligarle a hacer algo: He put a gun to her head and told the cashier to hand over the money.Le puso una pistola en la cabeza y le dijo al cajero que entregara el dinero. b)to force someone to do something they do not want to doobligar a alguien a hacer algo que no quiere hacer: You chose to live here. Nobody put a gun to your head.Tú elegiste vivir aquí. Nadie te puso una pistola en la cabeza.3a tool that forces out small objects or a liquid by pressureherramienta que expulsa pequeños objetos o líquidos a presión: a paint gununa pistola de pintura a nail gununa pistola de clavos → flashgun, spray gun4 (also starting pistol) a gun which is fired into the air at the start of a racepistola que se dispara al aire para dar la salida de una carrera5 big/top gun American English informalinformal someone who is very important within an organizationpersona muy importante dentro de una organización: Jed wanted to impress a Harvard professor and some other big guns.Jed quería impresionar a un profesor de Harvard y a otros peces gordos.6hired gun American English informalinformal someone who is paid to shoot someone elsepistolero a sueldo; persona contratada para matar a otra7with all guns blazing if you do something with all guns blazing, you do it with a lot of energy, determination, and noisesi haces algo with all guns blazing, lo haces con mucha energía, determinación y contundencia → son of a gun, → stick to your guns at stick1, → jump the gun at jump1(11), → be going great guns at great1(11), → spike somebody’s guns at spike2(6)
Ver todas las traducciones1a metal weapon which shoots bullets or shellsarma de metal que dispara balas o proyectileshave/hold/carry a gun I could see he was carrying a gun.Podía ver que llevaba un arma. I’ve never fired a gun in my life.Nunca he disparado un arma en mi vida. Jake was pointing a gun at the door.Jake apuntaba con una pistola hacia la puerta. Two policemen were killed in a gun battle.Dos policías murieron en un tiroteo.2put/hold a gun to somebody’s head a)to put a gun very close to someone’s head to shoot them or to force them to do somethingponer un arma muy cerca de la cabeza de alguien para dispararle o para obligarle a hacer algo: He put a gun to her head and told the cashier to hand over the money.Le puso una pistola en la cabeza y le dijo al cajero que entregara el dinero. b)to force someone to do something they do not want to doobligar a alguien a hacer algo que no quiere hacer: You chose to live here. Nobody put a gun to your head.Tú elegiste vivir aquí. Nadie te puso una pistola en la cabeza.3a tool that forces out small objects or a liquid by pressureherramienta que expulsa pequeños objetos o líquidos a presión: a paint gununa pistola de pintura a nail gununa pistola de clavos → flashgun, spray gun4 (also starting pistol) a gun which is fired into the air at the start of a racepistola que se dispara al aire para dar la salida de una carrera5 big/top gun American English informalinformal someone who is very important within an organizationpersona muy importante dentro de una organización: Jed wanted to impress a Harvard professor and some other big guns.Jed quería impresionar a un profesor de Harvard y a otros peces gordos.6hired gun American English informalinformal someone who is paid to shoot someone elsepistolero a sueldo; persona contratada para matar a otra7with all guns blazing if you do something with all guns blazing, you do it with a lot of energy, determination, and noisesi haces algo with all guns blazing, lo haces con mucha energía, determinación y contundencia → son of a gun, → stick to your guns at stick1, → jump the gun at jump1(11), → be going great guns at great1(11), → spike somebody’s guns at spike2(6)gungun2 verb (past tense and past participle gunned, present participle gunning) 1be gunning for somebody informalinformal to be trying to find an opportunity to criticize or harm someoneestar buscando la oportunidad de criticar o perjudicar a alguien: Why is he gunning for me?¿Por qué me tiene en el punto de mira?2be gunning for something informalinformal to be trying very hard to obtain somethingestar esforzándose mucho por conseguir algo: He’s gunning for your job.Está intentando quitarte el puesto.3[transitive] American English informalinformal to make the engine of a car go very fast by pressing the accelerator very hardhacer que el motor de un coche funcione muy rápido pisando el acelerador a fondogun somebody ↔ down phrasal verb to shoot someone and badly injure or kill them, especially someone who cannot defend themselvesdisparar a alguien y herirle gravemente o matarle, especialmente si no puede defenderse: A policeman was gunned down as he left his house this morning.Esta mañana, un policía fue abatido a tiros cuando salía de su casa.GRAMMAR Gun down is usually passive.
1be gunning for somebody informalinformal to be trying to find an opportunity to criticize or harm someoneestar buscando la oportunidad de criticar o perjudicar a alguien: Why is he gunning for me?¿Por qué me tiene en el punto de mira?2be gunning for something informalinformal to be trying very hard to obtain somethingestar esforzándose mucho por conseguir algo: He’s gunning for your job.Está intentando quitarte el puesto.3[transitive] American English informalinformal to make the engine of a car go very fast by pressing the accelerator very hardhacer que el motor de un coche funcione muy rápido pisando el acelerador a fondogun somebody ↔ down phrasal verb to shoot someone and badly injure or kill them, especially someone who cannot defend themselvesdisparar a alguien y herirle gravemente o matarle, especialmente si no puede defenderse: A policeman was gunned down as he left his house this morning.Esta mañana, un policía fue abatido a tiros cuando salía de su casa.GRAMMAR Gun down is usually passive.