hollow

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈhɒləʊ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈhɑloʊ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(holō)

Inflections of 'hollow' (adj):
hollower
adj comparative
hollowest
adj superlative
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
hollow adj (empty inside)hueco/a adj
 The ants had set up a colony in the hollow log.
 Las hormigas habían hecho una colonia en el tronco hueco.
hollow adj (facial features: sunken)demacrado/a adj
  macilento/a adj
 Cody's cheeks were hollow, and it looked like he hadn't slept in a few days.
 Los cachetes de Cody estaban demacrados y parecía que no dormía hace días.
hollow adj figurative (victory, argument: meaningless) (figurado)vacío/a adj
  hueco/a adj
  humo adj
 With more work as the only prize it seemed like a hollow victory.
 Si el premio era más trabajo, era una victoria vacía.
hollow n (dip, depression)hueco nm
 The squirrel ducked out of sight in a hollow.
 La ardilla se perdió de vista cuando se metió en un hueco.
hollow n (valley)hondonada nf
 The town was nestled in the hollow between two mountains.
 El pueblo estaba metido en la hondonada entre dos montañas.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
hollow adj figurative (insincere) (figurado, palabra)vacío/a adj
  falso/a adj
  fingido/a adj
 Jack's apology was nothing but hollow words.
 Las disculpas de Jack no fueron más que palabras vacías.
hollow adj figurative (sound, voice: not resonant)sordo/a adj
 Karen let out a hollow laugh.
 Karen soltó una risa sorda.
hollow [sth] vtr (make hollow)ahuecar vtr
 Months of illness had hollowed the patient's cheeks.
 La enfermedad, que duró varios meses, había ahuecado las mejillas del paciente.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Locuciones verbales
InglésEspañol
hollow [sth] out,
hollow out [sth]
vtr phrasal sep
(make hollow, scoop out)vaciar algo vtr + pron
 We learned to hollow out a log to make a canoe.
 Aprendimos a vaciar un tronco para hacer una canoa.
  ahuecar algo vtr + pron
 Aprendimos a ahuecar un tronco para hacer una canoa.
hollow [sth] out,
hollow out [sth]
vtr phrasal sep
(scoop, dig: a hole, etc.)cavar un pozo, hacer un pozo loc verb
 The baker hollowed out a hole in the flour and cracked an egg into it.
hollow [sth] out in [sth],
hollow out [sth] in [sth]
vtr phrasal sep
(scoop, dig: a hole, etc.)hacer un pozo en algo para algo, cavar un pozo en algo para algo loc verb
 He hollowed out a place in the earth to bury the treasure.
 Hizo un pozo en la tierra para esconder su tesoro.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
beat [sb/sth] hollow,
also US: beat [sb/sth] all hollow
v expr
(defeat)vencer vtr
  (figurado)apabullar vtr
hollow back n (bookbinding style: space beneath spine) (encuadernación)lomo libre loc nom m
hollow back n (lordosis: spinal curvature)espalda hueca loc nom f
  lordosis nf inv
hollow charge n (type of explosive)carga hueca loc nom f
hollow shell n (animal: empty carapace)muda nf
 During the summer, Cicadas molt and leave behind their hollow shells.
 En el verano, las chicharras renuevan su exoesqueleto, dejando las mudas atrás.
hollow shell n figurative (person: exhausted) (figurado)hecho un trapo expr
  (figurado)hecho polvo expr
 The experience had left him a hollow shell, barely able to function.
 La experiencia lo dejó hecho un trapo, apenas podía funcionar.
hollow sound n (resonant noise of [sth] empty)sonido hueco nm
 Golpeó el panel y se escuchó un sonido hueco, el compartimento secreto seguramente estaba allí.
hollow-cheeked adj (face: thin, unhealthy)de mejillas hundidas loc adj
hollow-cheeked adj (person: with a gaunt face)con cara demacrada loc adj
  de mejillas hundidas loc adj
hollow-eyed adj (eyes: appearing sunken)ojeroso/a adj
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'hollow' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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Spanish:

Collocations: the [wall, tree, floor] has a hollow, a hollow in the tree (trunk), located in the hollow of [the tree, your neck], more...

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