WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
| Principal Translations |
burr,
bur n | (plant: rough, sticky part) | erizo nm |
| | The cat had a burr stuck in its tail. |
| | El gato tenía un erizo clavado en la cola. |
burr,
bur,
burr-bearing,
bur-bearing n as adj | (plant: that bears burrs) | con frutos erizados loc adj |
| | Burdock is a burr plant. |
burr,
bur n | (whirring sound) | runrún nm |
| | | zumbido nm |
| | I could hear the burr of my neighbour's lawnmower. |
| | Podía oír el runrún de la podadora de grama de mi vecino. |
| | Podía oír el zumbido de la podadora de grama de mi vecino. |
| burr n | (nonurban accent) | pronunciar el inglés enfatizando la erre loc verb |
| | The man spoke with a West Country burr. |
| | El hombre pronunció el inglés enfatizando la erre, como en la zona suroeste de Inglaterra. |
burr,
bur n | (dentist's cutting tool) | fresa nf |
| | The dentist inserted the drill's burr. |
burr,
bur n | (rough edge left by a tool) | rebaba nf |
| | The final step is to polish off the burr left by the saw. |
| | El último paso es pulir la rebaba que dejó la sierra. |
| Additional Translations |
| burr⇒ vi | (make a whirring sound) | runrunear⇒ vi |
| | | zumbar⇒ vi |
| | The interior of the device burred as it ran. |
| burr [sth]⇒ vtr | (form rough edge on) | formarse rebaba vprn + nf |
| | If you use the wrong saw you will burr the edges. |
burr [sth],
deburr [sth]⇒ vtr | (remove burrs from) | quitar la rebaba loc verb |
| | Michael burred the edges of the sheet metal. |