wall socket in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for wall socket in the Spanish»English Dictionary

enchufe de pared

wall socket

toma de corriente

(wall) socket

tomacorriente

(wall) socket

Translations for wall socket in the English»Spanish Dictionary

socket [Am ˈsɑkət, Brit ˈsɒkɪt] N

1. socket ANAT:

socket (of eye)

cuenca f

socket (of eye)

cavidad f

socket (of eye)

órbita f

socket (of joint)

fosa f

socket (of joint)

hueco m

socket (of tooth)

alvéolo m

you nearly pulled my arm out of its socket

casi me desencajas or me sacas el brazo

2. socket ELEC:

socket (for plug)

enchufe m

socket (for plug)

toma f de corriente

socket (for plug)

tomacorriente m LatAm

socket (for light bulb)

portalámparas m

3. socket TECH:

socket

encaje m

wall [Am wɔl, Brit wɔːl] N

1.1. wall:

wall (freestanding)

muro m

wall (of castle, city)

muralla f

I'd put them up against a wall and shoot them

yo los llevaría a todos al paredón

garden wall

tapia f

garden wall

muro m

sea wall

espigón m

sea wall

malecón m

sea wall

tajamar m CSur

the Berlin Wall HISTORY

el muro de Berlín

Hadrian's Wall

la muralla or el muro de Adriano

it's like talking to a brick wall

es como hablarle a la pared

to go/be driven to the wall company/business:

irse a pique

up the wall I was going or crawling up the wall with boredom

estaba que me trepaba or subía por las paredes del aburrimiento

she drives me up the wall

me saca de quicio

she drives me up the wall

me enerva

she'll go up the wall when she finds out

se va a poner furiosa cuando se entere

1.2. wall (barrier):

wall

barrera f

a wall of fire/flames/silence

una barrera de fuego/llamas/silencio

an impenetrable wall of prejudice

una barrera infranqueable de prejuicios

to come up against a brick wall

darse de narices contra una pared

2. wall (of building, room):

wall

pared f

wall

muralla f Chil

is that an outside or a common or Brit party wall?

¿esa pared es exterior o medianera?

this must not go or pass beyond these (four) walls

esto que no salga de aquí

to have one's back to the wall

estar en un apuro or en un aprieto

walls have ears

las paredes oyen

attr wall bars SPORTS

espalderas fpl

wall light/lamp

aplique m

3.1. wall (of stomach, artery):

wall

pared f

3.2. wall (of tire):

wall

flanco m

wall socket in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for wall socket in the English»Spanish Dictionary

wall socket N

wall socket

enchufe m de pared

Translations for wall socket in the English»Spanish Dictionary

socket [ˈsɒkɪt, Am ˈsɑ:kɪt] N

1. socket ELEC:

socket

enchufe m

socket

tomacorriente m Arg, Peru

mains socket

toma f de la red

double/triple socket

enchufe de dos/tres entradas

2. socket:

socket of eye

cuenca f

socket of eye

órbita f

socket of tooth

alvéolo m

socket of knee, arm, hip

fosa f

I.wall [wɔ:l] N

1. wall a. ANAT:

wall

muro

wall (in the interior)

pared f

wall (enclosing town)

muralla f

wall (enclosing house)

tapia f

artery wall

pared arterial

the city walls

las murallas de la ciudad

the Great Wall of China

la Gran Muralla China

dry-stone wall

muro de piedra

2. wall (barrier):

wall

barrera f

a wall of silence

un muro de silencio

a wall of water

una cortina de agua

3. wall AUTO:

wall

valla f

Phrases:

to have one's back to the wall

estar entre la espada y la pared

walls have ears prov

las paredes oyen prov

to go to the wall (fail)

fracasar

to go to the wall (go bankrupt)

quebrar

to go up [or to climb] the wall

subirse por las paredes

II.wall [wɔ:l] VB trans

wall garden

cercar con un muro

wall town

amurallar

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Every available wall socket is encrusted with barnacle-like charging devices.

cosmosmagazine.com

This could cause the plug in the wall socket to overheat and possibly cause a fire.

www.leitrimobserver.ie

She has a great surreal sight gag involving a radio and a wall socket, but her other bits aren't fully realized.

www.theglobeandmail.com

Long, significant relationships were ended like yanking a cord from a wall socket.

www.theverge.com

It uses solar energy and thus takes longer to charge than if it were plugged into a wall socket.

www.independent.co.uk

Then each country could have standardised rubberised cables to plug into that country's wall socket and into the euro-standard appliance socket.

www.telegraph.co.uk

You can see the wall socket behind the tree and cabinets in the left image.

www.androidpolice.com

They recommend pre-charging the power bank from a wall socket before the festival, then any sun you're lucky enough to see will top it up.

www.telegraph.co.uk

These can free you from the tyranny of the wall socket and allow you to charge your phone while on the move.

www.stuff.co.nz

However, the term plug-in hybrid has come to mean a hybrid vehicle that can be charged from a standard electrical wall socket.

en.wikipedia.org