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chinking

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
chinking n	(construction material)	resanado nm
	"The cotton-house is of rough logs, from between which the chinking has long fallen." - W. Faulkner, "As I lay dying"
	"La casita de madera está hecha de troncos rugosos de entre los cuales hace tiempo que cayó el resanado." - W. Faulkner, "As I lay dying"

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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
chink n	(crack, gap)	rendija nf
		abertura nf
		grieta nf
	They spoke to one another through a chink in the wall.
	Hablaban a través de una rendija en la pared.
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Se mete un aire fresco por la grieta de la ventana.
chink⇒ vi	(make tinkling sound)	tintinear⇒ vi
		tintinar⇒ vi
	I could hear the coins chinking in his pockets as he ran.
	Podía escuchar las monedas tintineando en sus bolsillos mientras corría.
	Podía escuchar las monedas tintinando en sus bolsillos mientras corría.

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Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
chink, chinky, Chink, Chinky n	pejorative, offensive!!, informal (Chinese person) (ofensivo)	amarillo, amarilla nm, nf
		chino, china nm, nf
	The bully was punished for calling his Asian classmate a "chink."

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Compound Forms: chink | chinking
Inglés		Español
a chink, just a chink adv	(open: slightly) (abrir, poco)	un dedo, un pelín loc adv
	It's a bit stuffy in here – could you open the window just a chink?
chink in your armor (US), chink in your armour (UK) n	figurative (weak point)	punto débil nm + adj mf

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