| Additional Translations |
| brick n | figurative, dated, informal (good person) (coloquial) | santo, santa nm, nf |
| | (coloquial) | buenazo, buenaza nm, nf |
| | (AR, coloquial) | pan de Dios loc nom m |
| | You can count on William; he's a brick! |
| | Puedes fiarte de William; ¡es un santo! |
| brick n | (block of rectangular shape) | bloque nm |
| | A brick of mud fell off the bottom of the bucket. |
| | Se desprendió un bloque de barro del fondo del cubo. |
| brick n | UK (child's toy block) | bloque nm |
| | | cubo nm |
| | The child built a tower with the brightly coloured bricks. |
| | El niño construyó una torre con los ladrillos de colores brillantes. |
| brick [sth]⇒ vtr | often passive, informal (computer device: stop working) | bloquear⇒ vtr |
| | I bricked my phone when I tried to install that mod. |
| | Bloqueé mi teléfono cuando intenté instalar esa modificación. |
Compound Forms:
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| air brick n | often plural (brick with holes) | ladrillo hueco nm + adj |
| be built like a brick s***house v expr | vulgar, offensive, informal (person: be big and muscular) | ser alto y musculoso v cop + loc adj |
| | (AR, CL, UY: coloquial) | ser un ropero loc verb |
| | (GT, HN, MX) | estar mamado v cop + adj |
| be like talking to a brick wall v expr | figurative, informal (not be listened to) | como hablarle a la pared expr |
| | Talking to Esther is like talking to a brick wall; neither one will listen! |
| | Hablar con Esther es como como hablarle a la pared, ni ella ni la pared escuchan. |
| | | terco como una mula expr |
| | Esther es terca como una mula, nunca escucha. |
| brick cheese n | US (American hard cheese) | queso ladrillo, queso de bloque loc nom m |
| | Cheddar cheese from Vermont is a kind of brick cheese. |
| | El queso cheddar de Vermont es un tipo de queso ladrillo. |
| brick it v expr | UK, slang (be very scared) (coloquial) | estar muerto de miedo loc verb |
| | (vulgar) | estar cagado de miedo loc verb |
| Note: Usually used in continuous tenses. |
| brick oven n | (oven made of bricks) | horno de ladrillos nm |
| | That restaurant bakes pizzas in a wood-fired brick oven. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. En esa panadería aún cuecen el pan en un horno de ladrillos. |
| | | horno de barro nm |
| brick pattern n | (staggered placement) | patrón de ladrillo nm + loc adj |
| brick red n | (orangey-brown colour) | rojo ladrillo loc nom m |
brick red,
brick-red n as adj | (orangey-brown) (color) | rojo ladrillo loc adj |
| Note: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| brick stitch n | (needlework) | puntada ladrillo loc nom f |
| brick wall n | (wall made of bricks) | pared de ladrillos nf + loc adj |
| | | muro de ladrillos nm + loc adj |
| | Winston Churchill, who laid bricks as a hobby, built a tall brick wall around his house. |
| | Winston Churchill, que apilaba ladrillos como un pasatiempo, construyó una pared de ladrillos alrededor de su casa. |
| brick-built adj | (made of bricks) | de ladrillo loc adj |
bricks-and-mortar,
brick-and-mortar n as adj | (made of bricks and mortar) | de ladrillo loc adj |
| | Most houses here are stick-built, but in countries where wood is expensive, they're bricks-and-mortar buildings. |
| | La mayoría de las casas aquí son de madera, pero en países donde la madera es cara, se construyen edificios de ladrillo. |
clinker,
clinker brick n | (hard brick used as paving) | ladrillo holandés loc nom m |
| | | ladrillo recocho loc nom m |
| drop a brick v expr | UK, informal (make a social blunder) (coloquial) | meter la pata loc verb |
hit a brick wall,
hit a wall v expr | figurative, informal (meet an obstacle) (figurado) | toparse con un obstáculo expr |
| | (figurado) | toparse con una pared, dársela contra una pared expr |
| | | bloquearse⇒ v prnl |
| | If I hit a brick wall while writing, I find a thirty-minute run helps me to refocus. |
Lego brick,
Lego block,
a piece of Lego,
also US: Lego n | ® (piece in a Lego set) | Lego n propio m |
| red brick n | (reddish building material) | ladrillo rojo nm + adj |
red brick,
red-brick n as adj | (building: made of red bricks) | de ladrillo loc adj |
red brick,
redbrick n as adj | UK, figurative (university: newer, not Oxbridge) (ni Oxford, ni Cambridge) | universidad inglesa nf + adj |
redbrick,
red brick adj | UK, figurative, informal (newer provincial university) | de la nueva universidad provincial loc adj |
redbrick,
red brick adj | (made of red brick) | de ladrillo rojo loc adj |
thick as a brick,
as thick as a brick,
as thick as two planks v expr | informal (lack intelligence) (coloquial, figurado) | ser duro loc verb |
| | | ser duro de entendederas loc verb |
| | The new employee is thick as a brick. |
| | (coloquial, figurado) | tener pocas luces loc verb |
| | El nuevo empleado tiene pocas luces. |