cardán in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for cardán in the Spanish»English Dictionary

cardán, cardan N m

cardán (articulación)

universal joint

cardán (articulación)

Cardan joint

cardán (suspensión)

Cardan mount

cardán (suspensión)

gimbal mount

cardán (eje)

axle

junta cardán N f

junta cardán

universal joint

I.cardar VB trans

1. cardar lana:

cardar

to card

2. cardar pelo:

cardar

to backcomb

cardar

to tease

3. cardar vulg sl (follar):

cardar

to screw vulg sl

II.cardarse VB vpr

cardarse refl:

cardarse

to backcomb one's hair

cardarse

to tease one's hair

See also lana

lana N f

1. lana:

lana (material)

wool

lana (vellón, pelambre)

fleece

lana de alpaca

alpaca wool

una madeja de lana

a skein of wool

usó tres lanas distintas

she used three different wools o kinds of wool

una bufanda de lana

a wool o woolen scarf

una bufanda de lana

a woolly scarf inf

tela de lana

woolen cloth

tela de lana

wool

no son de nylon, son de lana

they're not nylon, they're wool

ir (a) por lana y volver trasquilado

to be hoist by one's own petard

unos cardan la lana y otros cobran la fama prov

some do all the work and others get all the credit

2. lana LatAm inf (dinero):

lana

dough sl

lana

cash inf

tienen mucha lana

they're loaded inf

caerse con la lana (para algo) Mex inf

to put up the money (for sth)

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unos cobran la fama y otros cardan la lana prov (refiriéndose a un logro)

I/you do all the work and he gets/they get all the credit

unos cobran la fama y otros cardan la lana (refiriéndose a un error, una travesura)

I always get the blame when you do/he does something wrong

unos cardan la lana y otros cobran la fama prov

some do all the work and others get all the credit

Translations for cardán in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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card fibres

cardar

backcomb

cardar

universal joint or coupling

junta f (universal) cardán

tease

cardar

tease

cardar

cardán in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for cardán in the Spanish»English Dictionary

cardar VB trans

1. cardar (proceso textil):

cardar

to card

2. cardar (el pelo):

cardar

to backcomb

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unos cardan la lana y otros cobran la fama

some do all the work and others get all the credit

cardar la lana a alguien

to give sb a good telling off

unos tienen la fama y otros cardan la lana prov

some do all the work while others get all the glory prov

Translations for cardán in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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axle

cardán m AmC, Ven, Col

card

cardar

tease

cardar

cardán Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

unos cardan la lana y otros cobran la fama

some do all the work and others get all the credit

cardar la lana a alguien

to give sb a good telling off

unos tienen la fama y otros cardan la lana prov

some do all the work while others get all the glory prov

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Spanish

Nuevo motor bóxer de refrigeración combinada por aire y agua, caja de cambios integrada y cardán en el lado izquierdo.

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El camión se colocaba de espaldas al telesquí, levantando las ruedas traseras y tirando de la junta cardán, enganchada al reductor del telesquí.

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