| Principal Translations |
| thread n | (yarn: thin strand) | hilo nm |
| | Use a thread to tie the pieces together. |
| | Utilice un hilo para atar las piezas juntas. |
| thread n | figurative (continuity) (figurado) | hilo nm |
| | | toque nm |
| | There was a thread of humor running throughout his speech. |
| | Había un hilo de humor a través de todo su discurso. |
| thread n | figurative (gist) (figurado) | hilo nm |
| | I glanced at the TV and quickly lost the thread of our conversation. |
| | Di un vistazo a la televisión un instante y perdí el hilo de la conversación. |
| thread [sth]⇒ vtr | (needle: put thread through) | enhebrar⇒ vtr |
| | I'll need my glasses to thread this needle. |
| | Voy a necesitar las gafas para enhebrar esta aguja. |
| thread [sth] vtr | (bead: put onto a string) | poner⇒ vtr |
| | The children were threading colorful beads to decorate the classroom. |
| | Los niños pusieron cuentas de colores en una cuerda para decorar la clase. |
| thread [sth] onto [sth] vtr + prep | (bead: put onto a string) | ensartar en vtr + prep |
| | Thread the beads onto the string like this. |
| | Ensarta las cuentas en el hilo de esta manera. |
| thread [sth] vtr | (cut a thread in: a screw) | roscar⇒ vtr |
| | | taladrar⇒ vtr |
| | He threaded the hole so the screw would fit. |
| | Roscó el agujero para que entrara el tornillo. |
| thread [sth] through [sth] vtr + prep | (film: feed through) | embobinar⇒ vtr |
| | (AmL) | bobinar⇒ vtr |
| | (ES) | cargar⇒ vtr |
| | She threaded the film through the camera. |
| | Ella embobinó la película a través de la cámara. |
| | Ella bobinó la película a través de la cámara. |
| | Cargó la película en la cámara. |
| Additional Translations |
| thread n | figurative (thin trail: of smoke) | tenue columna adj + nf |
| | (figurado) | hilo nm |
| | A thread of smoke rose from the fireplace. |
| | Una tenue columna de humo ascendía de la chimenea. |
| | Un hilo de humo ascendía de la chimenea. |
| thread n | figurative (thin beam: of light) | rayo nm |
| | A thread of light filtered between the curtains. |
| | Un rayo de luz se filtró entre las cortinas. |
| thread n | (part of a screw) | rosca nf |
| | (AmL) | muescado nm |
| | This screw has a very fine thread. |
| | Este tornillo tiene una rosca muy fina. |
| | Este tornillo es de muescado muy fino. |
| thread n | (internet forum: discussion) | cadena nf |
| | There were 200 comments in the thread, so I couldn't read them all. |
| | Había 200 mensajes en la cadena así que no podía leer todos. |
| threads npl | slang (clothes) | ropa nf |
| | (coloquial) | trapos, trapitos nmpl |
| | Hey! Watch my threads! They're brand new! |
| | ¡Oye! Cuidado con mi ropa. ¡Es nueva! |