strop

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/strɒp/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/strɑp/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(strop)

Inflections of 'strop' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
strops
v 3rd person singular
stropping
v pres p
stropped
v past
stropped
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
strop n UK, informal (fit of bad temper, sulk)rabieta nf
  (coloquial)pataleta nf
  (de niño)berrinche nm
 Let Claire calm down for a while; she's in a real strop.
strop n (for sharpening razors)suavizador de navajas loc nom m
  cuero de navajas loc nom m
 The old man sharpened his razor blade with a strop.
strop [sth]⇒ vtr (sharpen on a strop)afilar⇒ vtr
 Not many people know how to strop a blade anymore.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
razor strop n (leather strip for sharpening a razor)asentador nm
 Después de cada trabajo, el peluquero pasaba varias veces la navaja por un asentador de cuero.
  suavizador nm
 Para mi cumpleaños, me regalaron un suavizador de cuero para mi flamante navaja de Toledo.
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'strop' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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Spanish:
suavizador

Synonyms: sharpen, whet, more...

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