crank brace

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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
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
Inglés		Español
crank n	slang, US (drug: methamphetamine) (coloquial)	meta nf
		cristal nm
	His mother was addicted to crank.
	Su madre era adicta a la meta.

Locuciones verbales
Inglés		Español
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.

Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
bell crank	(mechanics)	palanca acodada nf + adj
crank handle n	(device: operates a mechanism)	manivela nf
		manija nf
		manilla nf
crank pulley n	(part of an engine)	manivela del cigüeñal nf + loc adj
	Nunca he visto una manivela de cigüeñal.
crankshaft n	(part of engine)	cigüeñal nm
	It appears that the crankshaft is broken, so you'll have to talk to a mechanic.

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