bucket

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbʌkɪt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈbʌkɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(bukit)

Inflections of 'bucket' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
buckets
v 3rd person singular
bucketing
v pres p
bucketed
v past
bucketed
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
bucket n (container for liquid)cubo, balde nm
  (MX)cubeta nf
  (VE)tobo nm
 Using buckets to make sand castles at the beach is fun.
 Es divertido usar baldes para hacer castillos de arena en la playa.
bucket n (amount one bucket holds)cubo, balde nm
  (MX)cubeta nf
  (VE)tobo nm
 We need one more bucket of water to fill the pool.
 Necesitamos otro balde de agua para llenar la piscina.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
bucket n (scoop on tractor, digger)pala nf
 The bucket attaches to the tractor's loader arms.
 La pala se adjunta al brazo cargador del tractor.
bucket n US (rotor blade)rotor nm
bucket n AU, NZ (container for ice cream)bote nm
 I bought a bucket of vanilla ice cream for us all to share.
 Compré un bote de helado de vainilla para compartir.
bucket,
bucket along [sth],
bucket down [sth]
vi + prep
UK (travel quickly) (coloquial)ir a los piques por loc verb
  (vulgar)ir a los pedos por loc verb
Note: Followed by a preposition
 The car was bucketing along the road.
 El auto iba a los piques por la calle.
bucket [sth] vtr (put [sth] in bucket)poner en un balde loc verb
  poner en un cubo loc verb
 Bucket the shells and bring them back to the house.
 Pon las conchas en un balde y tráelas a la casa.
bucket [sb/sth] vtr AU, slang (criticize harshly)criticar severamente vtr + adv
  (figurado)destrozar vtr
  (figurado)tirar abajo loc verb
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
bucket down,
bucket
vi phrasal
informal, figurative (rain heavily)llover a cántaros, llover a mares loc verb
  diluviar v impers
  (ES: coloquial)caer chuzos de punta loc verb
Note: Most commonly used in the continuous
 Don't forget your umbrella - it's bucketing down out there.
 No te olvides el paraguas. Está lloviendo a cántaros.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
bucket | bucket down
InglésEspañol
a drop in the bucket n US, informal, figurative (amount: trivial)una gota en un balde de agua expr
  (ES, coloquial)el chocolate del loro expr
  nimiedad nf
 The U.S. needs to redevelop passenger rail; Amtrak funding is just a drop in the bucket.
 EE.UU necesita volver a desarrollar el transporte de pasajeros por tren; el financiamiento de Amtrak es como una gota en un balde de agua.
a drop in the bucket n US, informal, figurative ([sth]: inconsequential)algo sin importancia, algo que no importa loc nom m
  tontería, nimiedad nf
  (AR, coloquial)boludez nf
a drop in the ocean (UK),
a drop in the bucket (US)
n
figurative, informal, UK (amount: trivial)una gota de agua en el océano, una gota de agua en el mar loc nom f
  un grano de arena en el desierto loc nom m
  (oración negativa)nada pron
 The money I give to charity is a drop in the ocean compared to some people.
 El dinero que dedico a la caridad es una gota de agua en el mar comparado con el que dan otras personas.
 El dinero que dedico a la caridad no es nada comparado con el que dan otras personas.
bucket brigade n (line of people extinguishing fire)cadena humana loc nom f
bucket brigade n figurative (people cooperating in emergency)voluntarios nmpl
bucket list n slang (things you wish to do before dying)lista de cosas por hacer antes de morir nf + loc adj
 Swimming with dolphins is on Susan's bucket list.
 Nadar con delfines está en mi lista de cosas por hacer antes de morir.
bucket seat n (rounded chair)asiento baquet loc nom m
  (CO, MX)asiento tipo cubo loc nom m
 Our car has two bucket seats in the front, and a bench seat in the back.
 Nuestro auto tiene dos asientos baquet adelante y una butaca atrás.
clamshell,
clamshell bucket
n
(mechanical engineering: dredging device)cuchara bivalva loc nom f
drop the bucket on [sb] v expr AU, figurative, informal (implicate, incriminate) (figurado, coloquial)cargarle el muerto a loc verb
ice bucket n (receptacle for chilling drinks)hielera nf
  cubeta para el hielo nf + loc prep
  balde para el hielo nf + loc prep
  (AR)frapera nf
 Esta oración no es una traducción de la original. El camarero trajo el vino blanco en una hielera.
kick the bucket v expr slang, figurative (die) (coloquial)estirar la pata, pasar a mejor vida, pasar al otro lado loc verb
  (AmC, MX: coloquial)colgar los tenis loc verb
  (CO: coloquial)colgar los guayos loc verb
  (MX: coloquial)colgar las chanclas loc verb
 Did you hear that her grandfather kicked the bucket?
 ¿Te enteraste de que su abuelo estiró la pata?
slop pail,
slop bucket
n
dated (for collecting kitchen waste)cubo de desechos nm + loc adj
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Collocations: the [car, truck] has bucket seats, the bucket brigade put out the fire, UK: [the rain is, it's] bucketing down, more...

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