Significado de pill en inglés
pillpill1 /pɪl/ noun 
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[countable] a small solid piece of medicine that you swallow wholepastilla pequeña y sólida de medicamento que se traga entera: 
He has to take pills to control his blood pressure.Tiene que tomar pastillas para controlar su presión arterial. sleeping pillspastillas para dormir a bottle of vitamin pillsun frasco de pastillas vitamínicas2the Pill/the pill a pill taken regularly by some women in order to prevent them having babiespíldora que toman regularmente algunas mujeres para evitar quedarse embarazadason the Pill My doctor advised me to go on the pill (=start taking it regularly).Mi médico me aconsejó empezar a tomar la píldora (=empezar a tomarla regularmente).3sugar/sweeten the pill to do something to make an unpleasant job or situation less unpleasant for the person who has to accept ithacer algo para que una tarea o situación desagradable resulte menos difícil de aceptar para quien debe afrontarla4be a pill American English informalinformal if someone, especially a child, is a pill, they are annoyingsi alguien, especialmente un niño, es un pill, resulta molesto o fastidioso: Luke can be a real pill sometimes.Luke puede ser un verdadero pesado a veces. → a bitter pill (to swallow) at bitter1(7), → morning-after pillCOLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONESverbsverbostake a pill (=use it by swallowing it)· Have you taken your pills?· ¿Has tomado tus pastillas?swallow a pill· He swallowed a handful of pills.· Se tragó un puñado de pastillas.pop a pill informalinformal (=take one too easily, without thinking about it seriously)· Some people just pop a pill to get a good night's sleep.· Algunas personas simplemente se toman una pastilla para dormir bien por la noche.a doctor prescribes pills (=tells someone to take them)· Her doctor just prescribed more pills and told her to take it easy.· Su médico simplemente le recetó más pastillas y le dijo que descansara.NOUN + pillSUSTANTIVO + pilla sleeping pill· I took a sleeping pill and tried to go back to sleep.· Tomé una pastilla para dormir e intenté volver a dormirme.malaria pills (=pills that prevent malaria)vitamin pillsdiet pills (=pills that are said to help you become thinner)
Ver todas las traducciones1 [countable] a small solid piece of medicine that you swallow wholepastilla pequeña y sólida de medicamento que se traga entera: He has to take pills to control his blood pressure.Tiene que tomar pastillas para controlar su presión arterial. sleeping pillspastillas para dormir a bottle of vitamin pillsun frasco de pastillas vitamínicas2the Pill/the pill a pill taken regularly by some women in order to prevent them having babiespíldora que toman regularmente algunas mujeres para evitar quedarse embarazadason the Pill My doctor advised me to go on the pill (=start taking it regularly).Mi médico me aconsejó empezar a tomar la píldora (=empezar a tomarla regularmente).3sugar/sweeten the pill to do something to make an unpleasant job or situation less unpleasant for the person who has to accept ithacer algo para que una tarea o situación desagradable resulte menos difícil de aceptar para quien debe afrontarla4be a pill American English informalinformal if someone, especially a child, is a pill, they are annoyingsi alguien, especialmente un niño, es un pill, resulta molesto o fastidioso: Luke can be a real pill sometimes.Luke puede ser un verdadero pesado a veces. → a bitter pill (to swallow) at bitter1(7), → morning-after pillCOLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONESverbsverbostake a pill (=use it by swallowing it)· Have you taken your pills?· ¿Has tomado tus pastillas?swallow a pill· He swallowed a handful of pills.· Se tragó un puñado de pastillas.pop a pill informalinformal (=take one too easily, without thinking about it seriously)· Some people just pop a pill to get a good night's sleep.· Algunas personas simplemente se toman una pastilla para dormir bien por la noche.a doctor prescribes pills (=tells someone to take them)· Her doctor just prescribed more pills and told her to take it easy.· Su médico simplemente le recetó más pastillas y le dijo que descansara.NOUN + pillSUSTANTIVO + pilla sleeping pill· I took a sleeping pill and tried to go back to sleep.· Tomé una pastilla para dormir e intenté volver a dormirme.malaria pills (=pills that prevent malaria)vitamin pillsdiet pills (=pills that are said to help you become thinner)pillpill2 verb [intransitive] American English if a piece of clothing pills, especially a sweater, it forms little balls on the surface of the cloth after it has been worn or washeddicho de una prenda de ropa, especialmente un suéter: formar pequeñas bolitas en la superficie del tejido tras su uso o lavado
if a piece of clothing pills, especially a sweater, it forms little balls on the surface of the cloth after it has been worn or washeddicho de una prenda de ropa, especialmente un suéter: formar pequeñas bolitas en la superficie del tejido tras su uso o lavado