| Principal Translations |
| drill n | (tool: bores holes) | taladro nm |
| | | taladradora nf |
| | | barrena nf |
| | (de gran tamaño) | barreno nm |
| | Linda is putting up some shelves this weekend, so she'll need her drill. |
| | Linda va a poner estantes este fin de semana así que va a necesitar un taladro. |
| drill n | (dentist's tool) | torno nm |
| | | fresa nf |
| | Pete refuses to see a dentist because he hates the sound of the drill. |
| | Pedro se niega a ver a un dentista porque odia el sonido del torno. |
| drill n | (training exercise) | ejercicio nm |
| | | entrenamiento nm |
| | The soldiers spent the afternoon doing drills. |
| | Los soldados pasaron la tarde haciendo ejercicios. |
| drill n | (practice) | simulacro nm |
| | It's OK. There isn't a real fire; this is just a drill. |
| | Está bien, no hay un incendio, es sólo un simulacro. |
| drill [sth]⇒ vtr | (bore: a hole) | taladrar⇒ vtr |
| | | barrenar⇒ vtr |
| | | perforar⇒ vtr |
| | | horadar⇒ vtr |
| | James drilled a hole for the screw to go in. |
| | James taladró un agujero para que entrara un tornillo. |
| drill [sth] in [sth] vtr + prep | (bore: a hole) | hacer un agujero en loc verb |
| | | agujerear⇒ vtr |
| | Alison drilled a hole in the wall. |
| | Alison hizo un agujero en la pared. |
| drill [sb]⇒ vtr | (train) | hacer practicar loc verb |
| | (deportes) | entrenar a vtr + prep |
| | | instruir por repetición loc verb |
| | (MX, coloquial) | poner a machetear loc verb |
| | The sergeant is drilling the new recruits. |
| | El sargento está haciendo práctica con los nuevos reclutas. |
| drill [sb] in [sth] vtr + prep | (train) | entrenar a alguien en loc verb |
| | The teacher drilled the students in French grammar. |
| | El profesor entrenó a los alumnos en gramática francesa. |
| drill for [sth] vi + prep | (bore a hole to extract: oil, water) | extraer⇒ vtr |
| | | perforar para extraer loc verb |
| | The company plans to start drilling for oil in Arctic waters. |
| | La compañía planea empezar a extraer petróleo en aguas árticas. |
| | La compañía planea empezar a perforar para extraer petróleo en aguas árticas. |
| Additional Translations |
| the drill n | figurative, informal (routine, procedure) | rutina nf |
| | | costumbre nm |
| | | hábito nm |
| | When the CEO visits the office, what's the drill? |
| | Cuando el CEO visita la oficina, ¿cuál es la rutina? |
| drill n | (fabric) | dril nm |
| | The man wore a suit made from drill. |
| | El hombre tenía puesto un traje de dril. |
| drill n | (furrow for seeds) | surco nm |
| | The gardener sowed the carrots in drills. |
| | El jardinero plantó las zanahorias en el surco. |
drill,
drill music n | (music: type of rap) (voz inglesa) | drill nm |
| | Drill originated among the rappers of Chicago. |
| | El drill se originó entre los raperos de Chicago. |
| drill⇒ vi | (bore a hole) | hacer perforaciones loc verb |
| | | perforar⇒ vtr |
| | There was a woman standing near the wall, drilling. |
| | Había una mujer parada cerca de la pared haciendo perforaciones. |
| drill vi | (practise, train) | practicar⇒ vtr |
| | | ejercitar⇒ vtr |
| | The soldiers had been drilling all afternoon. |
| | Los soldados habían estado practicando toda la tarde. |
drill [sth] into [sb],
drill into [sb] [sth] vtr + prep | figurative (instill) | inculcar a vtr + prep |
| | | enseñar a vtr + prep |
| | | infundir a vtr + prep |
| | The teacher tried to drill the multiplication tables into his students. |
| | My parents always drilled into me the importance of studying hard. |
| | Mis padres siempre me inculcaron la importancia de estudiar. |
Locuciones verbales
drill | drilling |
| drill down vi phrasal | (bore a hole) | perforar⇒ vtr |
| | From the rig, the workers drill down into the ocean floor in search of oil. |
| | Desde la torre de perforación, los trabajadores perforaron el suelo oceánico buscando petróleo. |
| drill down vi phrasal | (computing: go to lower data level) (Informática) | detallar más loc verb |
| | (Informática) | profundizar⇒ vi |
| drill down vi phrasal | figurative, US (focus) | concentrarse⇒ v prnl |
| | Jack was carefree when he was younger and often skipped school, but during his last two years of high school, he really drilled down and did well. |
| drill down through [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (computing: go through lower data levels) (Informática) | detallar más en loc verb + prep |
| | (Informática) | profundizar en vi + prep |
| drill down through [sth] vi phrasal + prep | figurative, US (focus on) | estudiar a fondo loc verb |
| drill through vi phrasal | (computing: browsing items horizontally) (informática: inglés) | analizar con drill through loc verb |
| | | analizar horizontalmente vtr + adv |
| drill up vi phrasal | (computing: go to higher data level) (Informática) | detallar menos loc verb |
| | (Informática) | generalizar⇒ vi |
| drill up through [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (computing: go through higher data levels) (Informática) | detallar menos en loc verb + prep |
| | (Informática) | generalizar⇒ vtr |