Significado de heel en inglés
heelheel1 /hiːl/ noun [countable] 
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of your foot the curved back part of your footla parte posterior curva del pie2of a shoe the raised part on the bottom of a shoe that makes the shoe higher at the backla parte elevada en la suela del zapato que lo hace más alto por detrás: 
black boots with high heelsbotas negras de tacón altohigh-heeled/low-heeled/flat-heeled etc her low-heeled blue shoessus zapatos azules de tacón bajo3of a sock the part of a sock that covers your heella parte del calcetín que cubre el talón4of your hand the part of your hand between the bottom of your thumb and your wristla parte de la mano entre la base del pulgar y la muñeca: Using the heel of your hand, press the dough firmly into shape.Con el talón de la mano, presione la masa firmemente para darle forma.5heels [plural] a pair of women’s shoes with high heelsun par de zapatos de mujer con tacón alto: Whenever she wore heels she was taller than the men she worked with.Siempre que llevaba tacones, era más alta que los hombres con quienes trabajaba.6at somebody’s heels if a person or animal is at your heels, they are following closely behind yousi una persona o un animal está a tus talones, te sigue muy de cerca: He could hear the dog trotting at his heels.Podía oír al perro trotando a sus talones.7a)(hard/hot/close) on the heels of something very soon after somethingmuy poco después de algo: The decision to buy Peters came hard on the heels of the club’s promotion to Division One.La decisión de fichar a Peters llegó justo después del ascenso del club a la Primera División. b)(hard/hot/close) on somebody’s heels following closely behind someone, especially in order to catch or attack themsiguiendo muy de cerca a alguien, especialmente para atraparlo o atacarlo: With the enemy army hard on his heels, he crossed the Somme at Blanche-Taque.Con el ejército enemigo pisándole los talones, cruzó el Somme por Blanche-Taque.8bring somebody to heel to force someone to behave in the way that you want them toobligar a alguien a comportarse como uno quiere9come to heel British English a)if a dog comes to heel, it comes back to its owner when the owner calls itsi un perro obedece y viene al pie, regresa a su dueño cuando este lo llama b)if someone comes to heel, they start to behave in the way that you want them tosi alguien entra en vereda, empieza a comportarse como uno quiere10take to your heels writtenescrito to start running awayponerse a correr para huir; echar a correr: As soon as he saw me he took to his heels.En cuanto me vio, echó a correr.11turn/spin on your heel writtenescrito to suddenly turn away from someone, especially in an angry or rude waydarse la vuelta bruscamente, especialmente de manera airada o descortés: Before anyone could say a word, he turned on his heel and walked out of the room.Antes de que nadie pudiera decir una palabra, giró sobre sus talones y salió de la habitación.12under the heel of somebody/something completely controlled by a government or groupcompletamente controlado por un gobierno o grupo: a people under the heel of an increasingly dictatorial regimeun pueblo bajo la bota de un régimen cada vez más dictatorial13bad man old-fashionedanticuado a man who behaves badly towards other peopleun hombre que se comporta mal con los demás → Achilles' heel, down-at-heel, well-heeled, → click your heels at click1(1), → cool your heels at cool2(4), → dig your heels in at dig1(4), → drag your heels at drag1(8), → be/fall head over heels in love at head1(36), → kick your heels at kick1(9)
Ver todas las traducciones1of your foot the curved back part of your footla parte posterior curva del pie2of a shoe the raised part on the bottom of a shoe that makes the shoe higher at the backla parte elevada en la suela del zapato que lo hace más alto por detrás: black boots with high heelsbotas negras de tacón altohigh-heeled/low-heeled/flat-heeled etc her low-heeled blue shoessus zapatos azules de tacón bajo3of a sock the part of a sock that covers your heella parte del calcetín que cubre el talón4of your hand the part of your hand between the bottom of your thumb and your wristla parte de la mano entre la base del pulgar y la muñeca: Using the heel of your hand, press the dough firmly into shape.Con el talón de la mano, presione la masa firmemente para darle forma.5heels [plural] a pair of women’s shoes with high heelsun par de zapatos de mujer con tacón alto: Whenever she wore heels she was taller than the men she worked with.Siempre que llevaba tacones, era más alta que los hombres con quienes trabajaba.6at somebody’s heels if a person or animal is at your heels, they are following closely behind yousi una persona o un animal está a tus talones, te sigue muy de cerca: He could hear the dog trotting at his heels.Podía oír al perro trotando a sus talones.7a)(hard/hot/close) on the heels of something very soon after somethingmuy poco después de algo: The decision to buy Peters came hard on the heels of the club’s promotion to Division One.La decisión de fichar a Peters llegó justo después del ascenso del club a la Primera División. b)(hard/hot/close) on somebody’s heels following closely behind someone, especially in order to catch or attack themsiguiendo muy de cerca a alguien, especialmente para atraparlo o atacarlo: With the enemy army hard on his heels, he crossed the Somme at Blanche-Taque.Con el ejército enemigo pisándole los talones, cruzó el Somme por Blanche-Taque.8bring somebody to heel to force someone to behave in the way that you want them toobligar a alguien a comportarse como uno quiere9come to heel British English a)if a dog comes to heel, it comes back to its owner when the owner calls itsi un perro obedece y viene al pie, regresa a su dueño cuando este lo llama b)if someone comes to heel, they start to behave in the way that you want them tosi alguien entra en vereda, empieza a comportarse como uno quiere10take to your heels writtenescrito to start running awayponerse a correr para huir; echar a correr: As soon as he saw me he took to his heels.En cuanto me vio, echó a correr.11turn/spin on your heel writtenescrito to suddenly turn away from someone, especially in an angry or rude waydarse la vuelta bruscamente, especialmente de manera airada o descortés: Before anyone could say a word, he turned on his heel and walked out of the room.Antes de que nadie pudiera decir una palabra, giró sobre sus talones y salió de la habitación.12under the heel of somebody/something completely controlled by a government or groupcompletamente controlado por un gobierno o grupo: a people under the heel of an increasingly dictatorial regimeun pueblo bajo la bota de un régimen cada vez más dictatorial13bad man old-fashionedanticuado a man who behaves badly towards other peopleun hombre que se comporta mal con los demás → Achilles' heel, down-at-heel, well-heeled, → click your heels at click1(1), → cool your heels at cool2(4), → dig your heels in at dig1(4), → drag your heels at drag1(8), → be/fall head over heels in love at head1(36), → kick your heels at kick1(9)heelheel2 verb 1heel! spokenoral used to tell your dog to walk next to youse usa para ordenarle al perro que camine a tu lado2[transitive] to put a heel on a shoeponer un tacón a un zapatoheel over phrasal verb if something heels over, it leans to one side as if it is going to fallsi algo se escora, se inclina hacia un lado como si fuera a caerse: The ship was heeling over in the wind.El barco se estaba escorando con el viento.
1heel! spokenoral used to tell your dog to walk next to youse usa para ordenarle al perro que camine a tu lado2[transitive] to put a heel on a shoeponer un tacón a un zapatoheel over phrasal verb if something heels over, it leans to one side as if it is going to fallsi algo se escora, se inclina hacia un lado como si fuera a caerse: The ship was heeling over in the wind.El barco se estaba escorando con el viento.