| Additional Translations |
| stem n | (bananas: bunch) | racimo nm |
| | How many bananas per stem? |
| | ¿Cuántas bananas por racimo? |
| stem n | (watch winding axis) (reloj) | tija nf |
| | (reloj) | eje nm |
| | The stem is part of the watch winding mechanism. |
| | La tija es una parte del mecanismo para dar cuerda de los relojes pulsera. |
| stem n | (wine glass handle) | tallo nm |
| | The stem of the wine glass was beautifully designed. |
| | El tallo de la copa de vino estaba hermosamente diseñado. |
| stem n | (uninflected word form) | raíz nf |
| | Attach the suffix to the verb stem to form the past tense. |
| | Añade el sufijo a la raíz del verbo para formar el pasado. |
| stem n | (part of ship's bow) (Náutica) | roda de proa nf + loc adj |
| | This ship's stem is perpendicular to the waterline. |
| | La roda de proa de esta embarcación es perpendicular a la línea de flotación. |
| stem n | (forward end of ship) (Náutica) | roda nf |
| stem n | (slim part of smoking pipe) | cánula nf |
| | The old man clenched the stem of his pipe between his teeth. |
| | El viejo apretó la cánula de la pipa entre los dientes. |
| stem n | (letters: vertical stroke) | asta ascendente nf + adj mf |
| | The letter 't' should be written with a tall stem. |
| | La t debe escribirse con un asta ascendente larga. |
| stem n | (musical note: vertical stroke) (Música) | plica nf |
| | The stem of a musical note whose head sits lower than the middle line of the staff usually points down. |
| | La plica de una nota musical cuya cabeza va por debajo de la línea media en general apunta hacia abajo. |
| stem n | (bicycle part) | potencia nf |
| | This bike has an aluminium stem. |
| | La bicicleta tiene la potencia de aluminio. |
| stem [sth]⇒ vtr | (remove stems from) | cortar de raíz loc verb |
| | Luke stemmed the strawberries before slicing them. |
| | Luke cortó las fresas de raíz antes de cortarlas en rodajas. |
| stem [sth] vtr | (staunch: flow of blood) | contener⇒ vtr |
| | | detener⇒ vtr |
| | He put pressure on the cut to try and stem the flow of blood. |
| | Aplicó presión sobre el corte para tratar de contener la hemorragia. |
| stem [sth] vtr | figurative (staunch, stop) | parar⇒ vtr |
| | | detener⇒ vtr |
| | The soldier pressed his hand against the wound to stem the bleeding. |
| | El soldado presionó su mano contra la herida para parar la hemorragia. |
Compound Forms:
stem | STEM |
| brain stem n | (base of the brain) | bulbo raquídeo loc nom m |
| | The brain stem regulates the central nervous system. |
| | El bulbo raquídeo regula el sistema nervioso central. |
| | | tronco del encéfalo loc nom m |
| | El tronco encefálico regula el sistema nervioso central. |
| | | tallo cerebral loc nom m |
| | El tallo cerebral regula el sistema nervioso central. |
| from stem to stern expr | figurative (throughout all of [sth]) | de principio a fin loc adv |
| | | de pies a cabeza loc adv |
| from stem to stern expr | (from front to back of ship) | de proa a popa loc adv |
| long-stem n as adj | (plant: having long stalk) | de tallo largo loc adj |
| long-stem n as adj | (drinking glass: with long stem) | con tallo largo loc adj |
| stem cell n | (biology: self-renewing cell) | célula madre loc nom f |
| | Stem cell research is a controversial topic. |
| | La investigación sobre células madre es muy polémica. |
| stem ginger n | (ginger root in sugar syrup) | jengibre en conserva nm + loc adj |
| | | jengibre confitado nm + adj |
| stem the flow v expr | figurative (prevent [sth] increasing) (figurado, reducir) | reducir la marea, parar la marea, frenar la corriente loc verb |
| stem the tide v expr | figurative (prevent [sth] increasing) (figurado) | detener la marea loc verb |
| | The reports were coming in faster than Tania could deal with them. She could only struggle to stem the tide. |
| | Los informes venían más rápido de lo que Tania podía manejar y solo podía luchar para detener la marea. |
| stem the tide of [sth] v expr | figurative (prevent [sth] increasing) (figurado) | frenar el aluvión de loc verb |
| | | detener la marea de, detener la oleada de loc verb |
| | The government stepped in to stem the tide of foreclosures. |
| | El gobierno tuvo que intervenir para frenar el aluvión de quiebras de empresas. |
| stem-changing verb n | (root form of verb changes) (gramática: conjugación) | verbos que cambian su raíz nmpl + loc adj |
| | Some languages, such as Russian, have stem-changing verbs. |
stemwinder,
stem-winder n | US, informal (speech) | discurso largo y aburrido nm + loc adj |
stemwinder,
stem-winder n | US, archaic (watch) | reloj de bolsillo loc nom m |
| valve stem n | (automotive: rod that operates a valve) | válvula de asiento loc nom f |
| | | vástago de la válvula nm + loc adj |