latch in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for latch in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.latch [Am lætʃ, Brit latʃ] N

latch

pasador m

latch

pestillo m

latch (on lock)

seguro m

the door is on the latch

la puerta no está cerrada con llave

II.latch [Am lætʃ, Brit latʃ] VB trans

the door is latched

la puerta está con pestillo or con el pasador echado

latch onto VB [Am lætʃ -, Brit latʃ -] inf (v + prep + o)

1.1. latch onto (get hold of, catch):

latch onto

agarrarse de

1.2. latch onto (obtain):

latch onto Am

hacerse con

latch onto Am

conseguir

1.3. latch onto (attach oneself to):

latch onto

pegarse a inf

he latched onto our group

se pegó a nuestro grupo inf

he latched onto our group

se nos pegó inf

she finally latched onto a rich widower

al fin atrapó a un viudo rico

she finally latched onto a rich widower

al fin pescó a un viudo rico inf

2. latch onto (perceive, seize on):

she latched onto the idea very quickly

enseguida captó la idea

they soon latched onto the advantages offered by the scheme

pronto se dieron cuenta de las ventajas que ofrecía el plan

he latches onto the slightest error you make

no te deja pasar ni el más mínimo error

latch on VB [Am lætʃ -, Brit latʃ -] (v + adv (+ prep + o)) (understand)

latch on inf

agarrar la onda

latch on inf

coger la onda Spain

to latch on to sth

entender or captar algo

to latch on to sth (realize)

darse cuenta de algo

Translations for latch in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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aldabilla

latch

picaporte

latch

pestillo (de una cerradura)

latch

latch in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for latch in the English»Spanish Dictionary

latch <-tches> [lætʃ] N

latch

pestillo m

on the latch

cerrado con picaporte

latch on VB intr inf

1. latch on Brit (understand):

latch on

darse cuenta

to latch on to sth

captar algo

2. latch on (attach oneself):

to latch on to sb/sth

agarrarse a alguien/algo

Translations for latch in the Spanish»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

picaporte

latch

tarabilla

latch

latch Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

on the latch

cerrado con picaporte

to latch on to sth

captar algo

to latch on to sb/sth

agarrarse a alguien/algo

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It can be a separate device or seal or sometimes an integral latch or lock.

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Such bolts are often used in space applications to ensure separation between rocket stages, because they are lighter and much more reliable than mechanical latches.

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It finds victims, and then desperately latches onto them with its legs and pincers before finding a weak spot and driving its deadly proboscis in.

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Distinctive lever latches complement the floor plates (button releases were optional).

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Merging the latch function can implement the latch with no additional gate delays.

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Then they are rotated in opposite directions until they are tight, or latches engage.

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This allows the signal captured at the rising edge of the clock by the now locked master latch to pass through the slave latch.

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It is called masterslave because the second latch in the series only changes in response to a change in the first (master) latch.

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The old handle was pulled down to latch/lock the door and pushed up to unlatch/unlock the door.

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The relay will then latch and store the state to which it was driven.

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