nails in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for nails in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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I.nail [Am neɪl, Brit neɪl] N

II.nail [Am neɪl, Brit neɪl] VB trans

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nail down VB [Am neɪl -, Brit neɪl -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

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nail up VB [Am neɪl -, Brit neɪl -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

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nail-biting [Am ˈneɪlˌbaɪdɪŋ, Brit ˈneɪlbʌɪtɪŋ] ADJ

nail brush [Am ˈneɪl ˌbrəʃ, Brit] N

nails in the PONS Dictionary

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nails Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a bed of nails
un calvario
to be (as) hard as nails fig
tener un corazón de piedra
to do one's nails (varnish)
pintarse las uñas
to do one's nails (cut)
cortarse las uñas
to file one's nails
limarse las uñas
to bite/cut nails to the quick
dejar las uñas en carne viva
to manicure one's nails
hacerse la manicura
to bite one's nails/lips
morderse las uñas/los labios
to pare one's nails
cortarse las uñas
to have the bad habit of biting one's nails
tener el vicio de comerse las uñas
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Alopecia, hypodontia, abnormal tooth shape, and dystrophic nails are observed.
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None but a free man might cut his hair; the clippings of which, together with the parings of his nails, were buried beneath a "felix arbor".
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She had small, delicate hands whose nails she kept manicured and shined and was vain about and that she gestured with absently.
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Podiatrists and chiropodists can also treat ingrowing nails.
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She had been to the beauty parlor that morning where she had her hair and nails done.
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He was able not only to talk but also to jump up and down on the nails.
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Due to its rarity in the ancient world, steel was usually recycled, so broken tools, nails and cookwear often provided a ready supply of steel.
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Captive specimens, deprived of adequate wallowing, have quickly developed broken and inflamed skins, suppurations, eye problems, inflamed nails, and hair loss, and have eventually died.
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The leather cigar case has evolved considerably over the past 20 years, from a soft leather pouch to a hard-leather safe, seemingly strong enough to pound nails.
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They have 4-toed front feet and 3-toed back feet with rounded nails, and rubbery soles that help them climb.
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