pile driver in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for pile driver in the English»Spanish Dictionary

pile driver N CONSTR

pile driver

martinete m

Translations for pile driver in the Spanish»English Dictionary

martinete

pile driver

Translations for pile driver in the English»Spanish Dictionary

driver [Am ˈdraɪvər, Brit ˈdrʌɪvə] N

1. driver:

driver (of car, truck, bus)

conductor m / conductora f

driver (of car, truck, bus)

chofer mf

driver (of car, truck, bus)

chófer mf Spain

driver (of racing car)

piloto mf

driver (of carriage)

cochero m

driver (of cart)

carretero m

driver (of train) Brit

maquinista mf

cab driver

taxista mf

drivers are asked to avoid this area

se ruega a los automovilistas que eviten circular por esta zona

she's a good driver

maneja bien

she's a good driver

conduce bien Spain

2. driver (in golf club):

driver

madera f número 1

3. driver COMPUT:

driver

driver m

4. driver (agent, cause):

driver

propulsor m / propulsora f

the drivers of change

los propulsores de cambio

I.pile¹ [Am paɪl, Brit pʌɪl] N

1.1. pile (stack, heap):

pile

montón m

pile

pila f

there was nothing left of the house but a pile of rubble

de la casa no quedaba más que un montón de escombros

1.2. pile (large amount, number) Brit inf:

pile usu pl

montón m inf

pile usu pl

pila f inf

pile usu pl

carrada f RioPl inf

1.3. pile (fortune, money):

pile inf

fortuna f

that's how he made his pile

así hizo su fortuna or se enriqueció

she made a pile on the stock market

hizo un fortunón en la bolsa inf

she made a pile on the stock market

hizo un platal en la bolsa AmS inf

2. pile ELEC:

pile

pila f

3. pile (large building):

pile hum

mole f

II.pile¹ [Am paɪl, Brit pʌɪl] VB trans

pile

amontonar

pile

apilar

pile

hacer un montón con

pile

hacer una pila con

my desk was piled high with boxes

había un montón or una pila enorme de cajas sobre mi escritorio

he piled more rice onto his plate

se sirvió otro montón de arroz

we piled all the luggage on the back seat

amontonamos todo el equipaje en el asiento trasero

her hair was piled on top of her head

llevaba el pelo recogido en alto

pile² [Am paɪl, Brit pʌɪl] N CONSTR

pile

pilote m

pile³ [Am paɪl, Brit pʌɪl] N C or U (of fabric)

pile

pelo m

with a thick pile

de pelo tupido

pile driver in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pile driver in the English»Spanish Dictionary

pile-driver [ˈpaɪlˌdraɪvəʳ, Am -vɚ] N

pile-driver

martinete m

Translations for pile driver in the English»Spanish Dictionary

driver [ˈdraɪvəʳ, Am -vɚ] N

1. driver AUTO:

driver

conductor(a) m (f)

truck driver

camionero(-a) m (f)

taxi driver

taxista mf

driver's license Am

carné m de conducir

driver's license Am

brevete m Peru

to be in the driver's seat fig

llevar las riendas de algo

2. driver COMPUT:

driver

driver m

I.pile [paɪl] N

1. pile (heap):

pile

montón m

to have piles of sth inf

tener montones de algo

to make a pile fig inf

hacer fortuna

2. pile (stack):

pile

pila f

3. pile ELEC:

pile

pila f

4. pile ARCHIT:

pile

pila f

5. pile of carpet:

pile

pelo m

II.pile [paɪl] VB trans

pile

amontonar

to pile sth high

apilar algo

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

But in the rapid, brutal, whambam style of a man swatting flies with a pile driver, he has produced a sometimes, often wonderfully funny exercise in nonstop nuttiness.

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After creating a pulley system, the cannon was used as a pile driver to compact the lava rock and earth and create a firm foundation.

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The pile driver attachment has twice the length of both previous systems so as to accommodate a claw on one end and a hand on the other.

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The water hose method took three minutes, fifteen times faster than using a pile driver.

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The two-legged skeletal frames must be anchored to the river floor in concrete and forced into the ground by a massive pile driver.

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It can also be referred to as a "drive pipe" because it is often "driven" into the ground with a pile driver.

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A pile driver achieves the same end, although on a much larger scale, the method being commonly used during civil construction projects to make building and bridge foundations.

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This was a great success, and many orders for his pile driver resulted.

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When the pile driver is connected to a dragline excavator, it is powered by the excavator's own diesel engine.

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All of that was done with his little tug and pile driver.

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