sticks in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for sticks in the English»Spanish Dictionary

stick1 [Am stɪk, Brit stɪk] N

1. stick C:

See also up

I.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] ADV up often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (back up, pick up, sit up, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (back, pick, sit, etc).

1.1. up (in upward direction):

up a bitleft a bit
up United! Brit

II.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] PREP

III.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] ADJ

IV.up <pres part upping; pt, pp upped> [Am əp, Brit ʌp] VB trans inf

V.up <pres part upping; pt, pp upped> [Am əp, Brit ʌp] VB intr

3. stick (put, place):

stick inf

I.stick up VB (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.stick out VB (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

See also thumb, mile

I.thumb [Am θəm, Brit θʌm] N

dedo m gordo inf

mile [Am maɪl, Brit mʌɪl] N

it sticks or stands out a mile

stick-on [Am ˈstɪkɑn, Brit ˈstɪkɒn] ADJ

sticks in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for sticks in the English»Spanish Dictionary

sticks Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

in the sticks
to up sticks Brit inf
go and stick it up your arse Brit [or ass Am] !
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
For example, glow sticks glow due to a chemiluminescent process which is commonly mistaken for phosphorescence.
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The most common ingredients are scallops, peapods, boneless fish fillet, celery sticks, straw mushrooms, calamari, shrimp.
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Many migratory and threatened species fall victim to the indiscriminate nets and glue sticks.
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Whilst at the crime scene, her children play with a dead body, on which they paint cat whiskers and poke it with sticks.
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This ruined his knees, causing great pain and necessitating the use of walking sticks for the rest of his life.
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I was an impressionable twenty-one-year-old guy from the sticks.
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The nest is a thin cup of sticks with a layer of bark, grass and wool to create a thick mat.
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One memory from my flying visit home sticks in my mind.
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Plastic broom straw can be used instead of broom corn, as well as bamboo sticks, plastic pipettes, and eye droppers to drop the colors on the surface of the size.
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Us being married and it being our first house, it sticks in your craw, makes you feel sick.
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