Significado de iron en inglés
ironiron1 /ˈaɪən $ ˈaɪərn/ noun
Ver todas las traducciones1metal [uncountable] a common hard metal that is used to make steel, is magnetic, and is found in very small quantities in food and blood. It is a chemical element: symbol Femetal duro y común que se usa para fabricar acero, tiene propiedades magnéticas y se encuentra en cantidades muy pequeñas en los alimentos y en la sangre; es un elemento químico: símbolo Fe:
the iron and steel industryla industria del hierro y el acero
a driveway with large iron gatesuna entrada con grandes puertas de hierro
iron ore (=rock that contains iron)mineral de hierro (=roca que contiene hierro)
the absorption of iron from foodla absorción del hierro procedente de los alimentos → wrought iron, cast iron2for clothes [countable] a thing used for making clothes smooth, which has a heated flat metal baseutensilio para alisar la ropa que tiene una base metálica plana calentada3have several irons in the fire to be involved in several different activities or have several plans all happening at the same timeestar involucrado en varias actividades distintas o tener varios planes en marcha al mismo tiempo:
He has several economic irons in the fire, including gold and diamond mines.Tiene varios proyectos económicos en marcha, entre ellos minas de oro y de diamantes.4sport [countable] a golf club made of metal rather than woodpalo de golf hecho de metal en lugar de madera:
a 5-ironun hierro 55chains irons [plural] especially literaryespecialmente literario a chain used to prevent a prisoner from movingcadena usada para impedir que un prisionero se mueva:
leg ironsgrilletes → a will of iron/an iron will at will2(1), → pump iron at pump2(8), → rule somebody/something with a rod of iron at rule2(5), → strike while the iron’s hot at strike1(28)
Ver todas las traducciones1metal [uncountable] a common hard metal that is used to make steel, is magnetic, and is found in very small quantities in food and blood. It is a chemical element: symbol Femetal duro y común que se usa para fabricar acero, tiene propiedades magnéticas y se encuentra en cantidades muy pequeñas en los alimentos y en la sangre; es un elemento químico: símbolo Fe:
the iron and steel industryla industria del hierro y el acero
a driveway with large iron gatesuna entrada con grandes puertas de hierro
iron ore (=rock that contains iron)mineral de hierro (=roca que contiene hierro)
the absorption of iron from foodla absorción del hierro procedente de los alimentos → wrought iron, cast iron2for clothes [countable] a thing used for making clothes smooth, which has a heated flat metal baseutensilio para alisar la ropa que tiene una base metálica plana calentada3have several irons in the fire to be involved in several different activities or have several plans all happening at the same timeestar involucrado en varias actividades distintas o tener varios planes en marcha al mismo tiempo:
He has several economic irons in the fire, including gold and diamond mines.Tiene varios proyectos económicos en marcha, entre ellos minas de oro y de diamantes.4sport [countable] a golf club made of metal rather than woodpalo de golf hecho de metal en lugar de madera:
a 5-ironun hierro 55chains irons [plural] especially literaryespecialmente literario a chain used to prevent a prisoner from movingcadena usada para impedir que un prisionero se mueva:
leg ironsgrilletes → a will of iron/an iron will at will2(1), → pump iron at pump2(8), → rule somebody/something with a rod of iron at rule2(5), → strike while the iron’s hot at strike1(28)ironiron2 verb [transitive]
to make clothes smooth using an ironalisar la ropa con una plancha SYN press:
Have you ironed my shirt?¿Has planchado mi camisa? → ironingiron something ↔ out phrasal verb to solve or get rid of problems or difficulties, especially small onesresolver o eliminar problemas o dificultades, especialmente los de poca importancia:
We need to iron out a few problems first.Primero tenemos que resolver algunos problemas.
to make clothes smooth using an ironalisar la ropa con una plancha SYN press:
Have you ironed my shirt?¿Has planchado mi camisa? → ironingiron something ↔ out phrasal verb to solve or get rid of problems or difficulties, especially small onesresolver o eliminar problemas o dificultades, especialmente los de poca importancia:
We need to iron out a few problems first.Primero tenemos que resolver algunos problemas.