CHISEL - Translation from English into Spanish

Oxford Spanish Dictionary

English

Spanish

I. chisel [Am ˈtʃɪzəl, Brit ˈtʃɪz(ə)l] N

chisel (for stone): cincel m

chisel (for wood): formón m

chisel (for wood): escoplo m

II. chisel <chiseling chiseled Am chiselling chiselled Brit> [Am ˈtʃɪzəl, Brit ˈtʃɪz(ə)l] VB trans

1.1. chisel:

chisel stone: cincelar

chisel wood/metal: labrar

chisel wood/metal: tallar

chisel groove/slot/inscription: grabar

chisel groove/slot/inscription: cincelar

the statue was chiseled out of granite: la estatua estaba esculpida en granito

1.2. chisel <chiseled, pp >:

his finely chiseled features: sus finamente cincelados or dibujados rasgos

2. chisel (cheat) sl:

to chisel sb out of sth: birlarle algo a alguien inf

to chisel sb out of sth: tumbarle algo a alguien Col inf

Spanish

English

cincel (de escultor): chisel

cincel (de albañil): chisel

cincel (de albañil): cold chisel

bedano: chisel

formón: chisel

escoplo: chisel

escoplear: to chisel

cortafrío: cold chisel

cortafierro: cold chisel

buril: engraver's chisel

cincelar piedra: to chisel

in the PONS Dictionary

English

Spanish

I. chisel [ˈtʃɪzl] -ll-, Am -l- N

chisel: cincel m

II. chisel [ˈtʃɪzl] -ll-, Am -l- VB trans

1. chisel (cut):

chisel: esculpir

2. chisel Am inf (get by trickery):

chisel: estafar

Spanish

English

cincel: chisel

formón: chisel

buril: engraver's chisel

cincelar: to chisel

esculpir a cincel: to sculpt using a chisel

in the PONS Dictionary

English

Spanish

I. chisel [ˈtʃɪz·əl] N

chisel: cincel m

II. chisel <-ll-, -l-> [ˈtʃɪz·əl] VB trans

1. chisel (cut):

chisel: esculpir

2. chisel inf (get by trickery):

chisel: estafar

Spanish

English

cincel: chisel

cincelar: to chisel

esculpir a cincel: to sculpt using a chisel

Present
I	chisel
you	chisel
he/she/it	chisels
we	chisel
you	chisel
they	chisel

Past
I	chiselled / chiseled
you	chiselled / chiseled
he/she/it	chiselled / chiseled
we	chiselled / chiseled
you	chiselled / chiseled
they	chiselled / chiseled

Present Perfect
I	have	chiselled / chiseled
you	have	chiselled / chiseled
he/she/it	has	chiselled / chiseled
we	have	chiselled / chiseled
you	have	chiselled / chiseled
they	have	chiselled / chiseled

Past Perfect
I	had	chiselled / chiseled
you	had	chiselled / chiseled
he/she/it	had	chiselled / chiseled
we	had	chiselled / chiseled
you	had	chiselled / chiseled
they	had	chiselled / chiseled

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To extract a single mass of copper, miners could spend months chiseling it into pieces small enough to hoist out of the mine.

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Most t moko applied today is done using a tattoo machine, but there has also been a revival of the use of uhi (chisels).

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The skull had a tall arch anterior to the eyes, consisting of the bony nares, a number of other openings, and spatulate teeth (resembling chisels).

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They were involved in making cutlery or other smallish items such as edge tools (i.e. woodworking chisels).

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The dentition is complete with strong, procumbent, chisel-shaped incisors, strong sharp-pointed canines, and low-crowned cheek teeth with bilophodont molars.

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