WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| crank [sth]⇒ vtr | (handle: rotate) (AmL) | girar⇒ vtr |
| | | maniobrar⇒ vtr |
| | You power this flashlight by cranking the handle. |
| | Enciendes esta luz girando de la manija. |
| crank [sth] vtr | (engine: start) | arrancar⇒ vtr |
| | Come on, crank the engine and let's go. |
| | ¡Vamos, arranca el motor y vámonos! |
| crank n | (handle) (Mecánica) | manivela nf |
| | My father's first car was started with a hand crank. |
| | El primer coche de mi padre se arrancaba con manivela. |
| crank n | informal, pejorative, US (bad-tempered person) | cascarrabias n común inv |
| | My mother is a crank until she has her morning coffee. |
| | Mi mamá es una cascarrabias hasta que toma su café de la mañana. |
| crank n | informal, pejorative, UK (person: with odd ideas) | rarito, rarita nm, nf |
| | Some crank told her not to eat red food and yellow food at the same meal. |
| | Algún rarito le dijo que no tomase alimentos rojos y amarillos en la misma comida. |
| Additional Translations |
| crank n | slang, US (drug: methamphetamine) (coloquial) | meta nf |
| | | cristal nm |
| | His mother was addicted to crank. |
| | Su madre era adicta a la meta. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
Locuciones verbales
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crank out [sth],
crank [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | figurative (produce like a machine) (figurado) | producir en serie loc verb |
| | | producir sin parar loc verb |
| | | producir de forma automática loc verb |
| | Every six months, the author cranked out another book. |
| | Cada seis meses, el autor produce otro libro en serie. |
| | Cada seis meses, el autor produce sin parar otro libro. |
| | Cada seis meses, el autor produce de forma automática otro libro. |
crank [sth] up,
crank up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (start by turning a handle) | darle manija loc verb |
| | | arrancar con manivela loc verb |
| | Can you believe people once had to crank up cars before they would start? |
| | ¿Puedes creer que antes había que darle manija a los coches para que arrancaran? |
crank [sth] up,
crank up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | slang, figurative (intensify, increase) | poner ahínco loc verb |
| | | redoblar esfuerzos loc verb |
| | They will never win the match if their offense doesn't crank up the pressure a bit. |
| | Nunca ganarán el partido si su ofensiva no pone un poco más ahínco. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
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