Significado de leg en inglés
legleg1 /leɡ/ noun
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body part [countable] one of the long parts of your body that your feet are joined to, or a similar part on an animal or insectuna de las partes largas del cuerpo a la que están unidos los pies, o una parte similar en un animal o insecto:
a young boy with skinny legsun niño pequeño con piernas delgadas
She fell and broke her leg.Se cayó y se rompió la pierna.four-legged/long-legged etc
four-legged animalsanimales de cuatro patas2meat [countable, uncountable] the leg of an animal when it is cooked and eaten as foodla pata de un animal cuando se cocina y se come como alimento:
roast leg of lambpierna de cordero asada3furniture [countable] one of the upright parts that support a piece of furnitureuna de las partes verticales que sostienen un mueble:
One of the legs on the table was a bit wobbly.Una de las patas de la mesa estaba un poco floja.
a chair leguna pata de silla
a three-legged stoolun taburete de tres patas4clothing [countable] the part of your trousers that covers your legla parte del pantalón que cubre la pierna; pernera:
The legs of my jeans were covered in mud.Las perneras de mis vaqueros estaban cubiertas de barro.
He rolled up his trouser legs and waded out into the stream.Se arremangó las perneras del pantalón y se adentró en el arroyo.5journey/race [countable] one part of a long journey or raceuna etapa de un largo viaje o una carreraleg of
the final leg of the Tour de Francela etapa final del Tour de Francia6sport [countable] British English one of the series of games in a football competition played between two teamsuno de los partidos de una eliminatoria de fútbol disputada entre dos equipos:
Leeds will have to win the second leg if they are to go forward to the finals.Leeds tendrá que ganar el segundo partido si quiere pasar a la final.7not have a leg to stand on informalinformal to be in a situation where you cannot prove or legally support what you sayestar en una situación en la que no se puede probar ni defender legalmente lo que se dice:
If you didn’t sign a contract, you won’t have a leg to stand on.Si no firmaste un contrato, no tendrás ningún argumento en qué apoyarte.8get your leg over British English informalinformal not politepoco cortés to have sex with someonetener relaciones sexuales con alguien9have legs American English informalinformal if a piece of news has legs, people continue to be interested in it and talk about itsi una noticia "has legs" (tiene recorrido), la gente sigue interesándose por ella y hablando de ella → on its last legs at last1(9), → on your last legs at last1(8), → pull somebody’s leg at pull1(11), → leg-pull, leg-up, peg leg, sea legs, → shake a leg at shake1(9), → show a leg at show1(24), → stretch your legs at stretch1(7)
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body part [countable] one of the long parts of your body that your feet are joined to, or a similar part on an animal or insectuna de las partes largas del cuerpo a la que están unidos los pies, o una parte similar en un animal o insecto:
a young boy with skinny legsun niño pequeño con piernas delgadas
She fell and broke her leg.Se cayó y se rompió la pierna.four-legged/long-legged etc
four-legged animalsanimales de cuatro patas2meat [countable, uncountable] the leg of an animal when it is cooked and eaten as foodla pata de un animal cuando se cocina y se come como alimento:
roast leg of lambpierna de cordero asada3furniture [countable] one of the upright parts that support a piece of furnitureuna de las partes verticales que sostienen un mueble:
One of the legs on the table was a bit wobbly.Una de las patas de la mesa estaba un poco floja.
a chair leguna pata de silla
a three-legged stoolun taburete de tres patas4clothing [countable] the part of your trousers that covers your legla parte del pantalón que cubre la pierna; pernera:
The legs of my jeans were covered in mud.Las perneras de mis vaqueros estaban cubiertas de barro.
He rolled up his trouser legs and waded out into the stream.Se arremangó las perneras del pantalón y se adentró en el arroyo.5journey/race [countable] one part of a long journey or raceuna etapa de un largo viaje o una carreraleg of
the final leg of the Tour de Francela etapa final del Tour de Francia6sport [countable] British English one of the series of games in a football competition played between two teamsuno de los partidos de una eliminatoria de fútbol disputada entre dos equipos:
Leeds will have to win the second leg if they are to go forward to the finals.Leeds tendrá que ganar el segundo partido si quiere pasar a la final.7not have a leg to stand on informalinformal to be in a situation where you cannot prove or legally support what you sayestar en una situación en la que no se puede probar ni defender legalmente lo que se dice:
If you didn’t sign a contract, you won’t have a leg to stand on.Si no firmaste un contrato, no tendrás ningún argumento en qué apoyarte.8get your leg over British English informalinformal not politepoco cortés to have sex with someonetener relaciones sexuales con alguien9have legs American English informalinformal if a piece of news has legs, people continue to be interested in it and talk about itsi una noticia "has legs" (tiene recorrido), la gente sigue interesándose por ella y hablando de ella → on its last legs at last1(9), → on your last legs at last1(8), → pull somebody’s leg at pull1(11), → leg-pull, leg-up, peg leg, sea legs, → shake a leg at shake1(9), → show a leg at show1(24), → stretch your legs at stretch1(7)legleg2 verb (past tense and past participle legged, present participle legging)
leg it British English informalinformal to run in order to escape from someone or somethingcorrer para escapar de alguien o algo:
We saw him coming, and legged it out of the house.Lo vimos venir y salimos corriendo de la casa.
leg it British English informalinformal to run in order to escape from someone or somethingcorrer para escapar de alguien o algo:
We saw him coming, and legged it out of the house.Lo vimos venir y salimos corriendo de la casa.