crowbar

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkrəʊbɑːr/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈkroʊˌbɑr/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(krōbär′)

Inflections of 'crowbar' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
crowbars
v 3rd person singular
crowbarring
v pres p
crowbarred
v past
crowbarred
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
crowbar n (steel bar for levering)pata de cabra loc nom f
  pie de cabra loc nom m
  palanqueta, barreta nf
  palanca nf
 Use a crowbar to open the hatch.
crowbar [sth] vtr (open with a crowbar)forzar con una pata de cabra, forzar con un pie de cabra vtr + loc adv
  forzar con una palanqueta, forzar con una palanca vtr + loc adv
  apalancar vtr
  (AR)barretear vtr
 The police had to crowbar the door to get in.
 La policía tuvo que forzar la puerta con una pata de cabra para entrar.
crowbar [sth] vtr figurative (introduce forcibly)imponer algo vtr
  introducir algo por la fuerza loc verb
 Max always crowbars his political views, no matter what the topic of conversation is.
 Sin importar cuál sea el tema de la conversación, Max siempre impone sus opiniones políticas.
crowbar [sth] in vtr figurative (introduce forcibly)imponer algo vtr
  introducir algo por la fuerza loc verb
 Jack always manages to crowbar his opinions on religion in.
 Jack siempre consigue imponer sus opiniones religiosas.
crowbar [sth] into [sth] vtr figurative (introduce forcibly)imponer algo en vtr + prep
  introducir algo por la fuerza en loc verb + prep
 He always crowbars the topic of the Second World War into every conversation.
 Siempre impone el tema de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en todas las conversaciones.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Locuciones verbales
InglésEspañol
crowbar [sth] open,
crowbar open [sth]
vtr phrasal sep
(open with a crowbar)abrir con palanca loc verb
 The thieves crowbarred the door in order to get inside the building.
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