plucked in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for plucked in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.pluck [Am plək, Brit plʌk] VB trans

1. pluck (pull feathers, hair from):

pluck chicken

desplumar

to pluck one's eyebrows

depilarse las cejas

2. pluck (pull, pick):

pluck fruit/flower

arrancar

to pluck sth/sb from sth

arrancar algo/a alguien de algo

he was plucked from the bosom of his family

fue arrancado del seno de su familia

to pluck sb from the jaws of death

arrancar a alguien de las garras de la muerte

she plucked a thorn from my finger

me sacó una espina del dedo

3. pluck MUS:

pluck string/guitar

puntear

II.to pluck at VB intr

to pluck at

tirar de

to pluck at

jalar de LatAm excl CSur

to pluck at a guitar

puntear la guitarra

III.pluck [Am plək, Brit plʌk] N U inf

pluck

valor m

pluck

coraje m

it takes real pluck to …

hace falta valor or hay que tener coraje para …

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to pluck up (the) courage (to + infin)

armarse de valor or de coraje (para +  infin)

Translations for plucked in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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desplumar

to pluck

verraquera

pluck inf

puntear

to pluck

puntear la guitarra

to pluck the guitar

pulsar cuerda

to pluck

depilar cejas

to pluck

pelado (pelada) pollo

plucked

se revistieron de valor

they plucked up (their) courage o they armed themselves with courage

hacer de tripas corazón

to pluck up courage

hice de tripas corazón y me lo comí

I plucked up courage and ate it

plucked in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for plucked in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.pluck [plʌk] N

1. pluck (sharp pull):

pluck

tirón m

2. pluck (courage):

pluck

valor m

to have a lot of pluck

tener agallas

it takes a lot of pluck

hace falta mucho valor

II.pluck [plʌk] VB trans

1. pluck (remove quickly):

pluck

arrancar

2. pluck (remove hair or feathers):

to pluck a chicken

desplumar un pollo

to pluck one's eyebrows

depilarse las cejas

3. pluck MUS:

pluck

puntear

III.pluck [plʌk] VB intr

to pluck at sb's sleeve

tirar a alguien de la manga

pluck up VB trans

to pluck up one's courage

armarse de valor

to pluck up the courage to do sth

armarse de valor para hacer algo

pluck out VB trans

pluck out

arrancar

Translations for plucked in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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puntear

to pluck

desplumar

to pluck

depilarse las cejas

to pluck one's eyebrows

despeluznar

to pluck

herir (instrumento de cuerda)

to pluck

armarse de valor

to pluck up courage

hacer de tripas corazón

to pluck up courage

plucked Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to have a lot of pluck

tener agallas

it takes a lot of pluck

hace falta mucho valor

to pluck a chicken

desplumar un pollo

to pluck one's eyebrows

depilarse las cejas

to pluck at sb's sleeve

tirar a alguien de la manga

to pluck up one's courage

armarse de valor

to pluck up the courage to do sth

armarse de valor para hacer algo

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The gayageum (12-string zither) and geomungo (six-string plucked zither) are part of the string fold instruments.

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Depicting a girl counting petals plucked from a daisy, the voiceover changes to a countdown that ends with the mushroom cloud of a muclear explosion.

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In 1840, she plucked up courage and asked for a tray of tea, bread and butter, and cake to be brought to her room.

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The earliest viols had flat, glued-down bridges just like their plucked counterpart vihuelas.

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The crane plucked its own feathers to weave between the threads to produce a glittering cloth.

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She plucked all the hairs out of her belly (hence the lack of hair on a woodchuck's belly) and wove them into a magical bag.

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His disk was full of hard plucked electric guitar ditties with some out-there lyrics.

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The strings are plucked or strummed by the right hand without a plectrum.

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It is made jackfruit or teak wood, and it has four strings in two courses that are plucked with a plectrum.

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The "sples" is simply a primitive musical bow that can be plucked, or bowed with a second bow.

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