jack in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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jack1 [Am dʒæk, Brit dʒak] N

jack2 [Am dʒæk, Brit dʒak] VB trans Am inf (to steal)

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jack up VB [Am dʒæk -, Brit dʒak -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

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jack in VB [Am dʒæk -, Brit dʒak -] Brit (v + o + adv, v + adv + o) inf

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jack-in-the-box [Am ˈdʒæk ɪn ðə ˌbɑks, Brit ˈdʒakɪnðəbɒks] N

jack-o'-lantern [Am ˈdʒækəˌlæn(t)ərn, Brit dʒakəˈlantən] N

jack of all trades <pl jacks of all trades> [ˌdʒak əv ˈɔːl treɪdz] N

jack in the PONS Dictionary

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jack-of-all-trades [dʒækəvɔ:ltreɪds] N

jack-o'-lantern [ˈdʒækəʊˌlæntən, Am -əˌlæntɚn] N Am

jack Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

he's a jack-of-all-trades
sabe hacer de todo
every man Jack inf
cada quisque
before you could say Jack Robinson
en un abrir y cerrar de ojos
before you could say Jack Robinson
en un decir Jesús
J for Jack Brit, J for Jig Am
J de Juan
to be jack of all trades and master of none prov
ser aprendiz de mucho, maestro de nada prov
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Jack looks around nervously and slides his briefcase underneath the table.
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You're taking a salsa step and in the middle of it you jump into a jumping jack.
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It is a jack-of-all-trades holding remand inmates, medical transients (inmates undertaking medical treatment), inmates with short sentences and inmates undertaking programs.
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And the passionate, multi-talented jack-of-all-trades did just that.
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That was when he did twenty-seven thousand jumping jack exercises.
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Jack is a haemophiliac, which can cause blood to bleed into his joints and reduce his movement.
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The wave can stand up fast and violently (jack up in surfing jargon), making it difficult and dangerous.
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Jack exhibits elements of a peeping tom, but one who works with sound instead of image.
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While your company may be a jack-of-all-trades, your company's mission statement should have a clearly discernable, linear direction.
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Jack may be considered an archetypal trickster figure and the tales involve his various intrigues with hostile authority figures such as landlords, bailiffs and employers.
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