curls in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for curls in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.curl [Am kərl, Brit kəːl] N

1. curl:

curl (of hair)

rizo m

curl (of hair)

rulo m CSur

curl (of hair)

chino m Mex

curl (ringlet)

bucle m

curl (ringlet)

tirabuzón m

2. curl (of lips):

curl

mueca f de desprecio

3. curl (of smoke):

curl

voluta f

II.curl [Am kərl, Brit kəːl] VB trans

1. curl hair:

curl

rizar

curl

encrespar CSur

curl

enchinar Mex

curl

enrular RioPl

2. curl (twist, bend):

to curl one's lip

hacer una mueca

to curl one's lip

torcer el gesto

the snake curled itself around the branch

la serpiente se enroscó or se enrolló alrededor de la rama

she curled herself into a ball

se hizo un ovillo

III.curl [Am kərl, Brit kəːl] VB intr

1. curl hair:

curl

rizarse

curl

ensortijarse liter

curl

encresparse CSur

curl

enchinarse Mex

curl

enrularse RioPl

2. curl paper/leaf/edge:

curl

ondularse

curl

rizarse

3. curl (spiral):

curl path:

serpentear

curl smoke:

formar volutas

curl smoke:

hacer volutas

curl smoke:

subir en espirales

curl up VB [Am kərl -, Brit kəːl -] (v + adv)

1. curl up (twist):

curl up leaf/pages:

ondularse

curl up leaf/pages:

rizarse

the cat curled up in front of the fire

el gato se hizo un ovillo frente a la chimenea

to curl up in a chair with a good book

acurrucarse or repatingarse en un sillón con un buen libro

to curl up in a chair with a good book

repantigarse en un sillón con un buen libro Spain

I was so embarrassed, I just wanted to curl up and die inf

me dio tanta vergüenza que hubiera querido que la tierra me tragara

2. curl up (rise):

curl up smoke/steam:

subir en espirales

curl up smoke/steam:

formar volutas

curl up smoke/steam:

hacer volutas

kiss-curl N Brit

kiss-curl

caracol m

kiss-curl

rizo m

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corkscrew curl

tirabuzón m

Translations for curls in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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caracolillo

spit curl Am

caracolillo

kiss curl Brit

los rizos se le arremolinaban sobre la frente

his hair fell in curls over his forehead

lulo

curl

anchoa

pin curl Am

colocho

curl

enrular

to curl

curls in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for curls in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.curl [kɜ:l, Am kɜ:rl] N

1. curl (loop of hair):

curl

rizo m

2. curl (sinuosity):

curl

serpenteo m

3. curl (spiral):

curl

espiral f

curl of smoke

voluta f de humo

4. curl (of the lips):

curl

mueca f de desprecio

II.curl [kɜ:l, Am kɜ:rl] VB intr (hair)

curl

rizarse

curl paper

ondularse

curl path

serpentear

curl smoke

hacer volutas

III.curl [kɜ:l, Am kɜ:rl] VB trans

curl hair:

curl

rizar

to curl oneself up

acurrucarse

Phrases:

to curl one's lip

hacer una mueca de desprecio

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corkscrew curls

tirabuzones m pl

Translations for curls in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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ensortijar

to curl

enrular

to curl

bucle

curl

rulo

curl

rizar

to curl

rizarse

to curl

tirabuzón

curl

sortija

curl

aovillarse

to curl up

curls Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

curl of smoke

voluta f de humo

to curl oneself up

acurrucarse

to curl one's lip

hacer una mueca de desprecio

corkscrew curls

tirabuzones m pl

to make sb's hairs curl inf

poner los pelos de punta a alguien

to curl up into a ball

hacerse un ovillo (encogerse)

to curl up in an armchair

acurrucarse en un sillón

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Wrist curls can be performed with a dumbbell or with both hands holding a barbell.

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On the hair front, we're thinking loose waves this Crimbo, because after all nothing says glamour like tumbling, loose curls.

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Two brain systems govern the decision to snack on an apple versus a big bag of cheese curls.

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Instead of a wild nest of curls, my face now appeared beneath a short, fleecy helmet.

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Both features are exclusive characteristics of this rank, but the curls can be missing.

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Start by curling your hair with a narrow-barrelled curling iron and then lightly tease the curls with a bristled brush.

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Previously, wigs had been set with caustic chemicals to form curls, but these recipes were too harsh to use next to human skin.

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The curls were, for instance, worn like cockades in men's hats as potency talismans, or exchanged among lovers as tokens of affection.

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His real inclination was to lie where the birds sing, where the fish glide noiselessly through the water, where the sun warms and the wind strokes mildly round one's curls.

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And there is an infectious avidity to him: he gets springy, as if his famously electric curls, now shorn from his head, had taken up residence inside his body.

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