Compound Forms:
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| bounce [sb] on your knee v expr | (baby, child: dandle) | mecer sobre las rodillas a loc verb |
breeches,
knee breeches npl | (riding trousers) | pantalones de montar loc nom mpl |
| | Jockeys often wear breeches when riding. |
| | Los jinetes suelen usar pantalones de montar cuando cabalgan. |
| housemaid's knee | (pathology) | bursitis de rodilla loc nom fpl |
| knee brace n | (construction) (construcción) | rodillera nf |
| knee brace n | (support for injured knee) | rodillera nf |
| knee brace n | (support to prevent knee injury) | rodillera nf |
| knee breeches | (clothing) (indumentaria) | calzón nm |
| knee jerk n | (reflex movement of the leg) | reflejo nm |
| | The doctor hit his knee with a mallet to try to induce a knee jerk. |
| | (medicina) | reflejo rotuliano loc nom m |
| | El médico le golpeó la rodilla con un martillito para inducir el reflejo rotuliano. |
knee-jerk,
also UK: kneejerk adj | (habitual, unthinking) | instintivo/a adj |
| | | por reflejo loc adj |
| | I'm tired of Mike's knee-jerk opposition to everything his brother suggests. |
| knee joint n | (articulation of the leg) | articulación de la rodilla nf + loc adj |
| | The arthritis in his knee joints prevented him from skiing any longer. |
| | La artritis le está produciendo dolor en la articulación de la rodilla. |
knee pad,
kneepad n | (sport: protective covering) | rodillera nf |
| | Remember to wear knee pads when you play hockey. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Las rodilleras protegen de los golpes en la rodilla cuando patinas. |
| knee sock n | usually plural (knee-high sock) | calcetines altos nmpl + adj |
| | | calcetines hasta la rodilla nmpl + loc adj |
| | | medias tres cuartos nfpl + loc adj |
| | It's not everyone who can look stylish in shorts and knee socks. |
| | No todos pueden lucir con estilo unos shorts con calcetines altos. |
| knee-deep adj | (as high as the knees) | hasta la rodilla loc adj |
| | The water in the pool was knee-deep. |
| knee-deep adj | (submerged to the knees) | hasta la rodilla loc adj |
| | The next time I looked, my daughter was knee-deep in mud. |
| knee-deep adj | figurative (involved) (figurado) | hasta el cuello loc adj |
| | | involucrado adj |
| Note: Usually followed by 'in'. |
| knee-high adj | (reaching height of knees) | hasta la rodilla loc adj |
knee-jerk reaction,
kneejerk reaction n | (unthinking response) | exabrupto nm |
| | I admit my response was a knee-jerk reaction; when I thought about it later I wished I'd never said it. |
| | Debo admitir que mi respuesta fue un exabrupto; cuando lo pensé más tarde me di cuenta de que no debí haber dicho eso. |
| knee-length adj | (down to the knee) | hasta la rodilla loc adj |
| | I wore a knee-length dress at Marco's wedding. |
knee-length,
US: knee-high adj | (up to the knee) (botas) | de caña alta loc adj |
| | | hasta la rodilla loc adj |
| | She wore knee-length boots. |
| knee-slapper n | US, figurative, informal (very funny joke) | chiste muy divertido nm + loc adj |
| | | chiste buenísimo nm + adj |
| kneecap n | (patella, knee bone) | rótula nf |
| | John went to the doctor because he found a lump on his kneecap. |
| | Juan fue al médico porque encontró un bulto en su rótula. |
| on bended knee expr | (kneeling on one leg) | de rodillas loc adv |
| | | rodilla en suelo loc adv |
| | He proposed marriage on bended knee. |
| | Le propuso matrimonio de rodillas. |
| on bended knee expr | figurative (politely, humbly) (figurado) | de rodillas loc adv |
| | (figurado) | arrodillado adj |
| | Why do you feel I should apologize on bended knee? |
| | ¿Por qué crees que tendría que pedirle perdón de rodillas? |
| runner's knee n | (sports: knee soreness) | rodilla de corredor nf + loc adj |
stone curlew,
thick-knee n | (bird) | alcaraván nm |
| | | burínido nm |
| Wounded Knee Massacre n | (historical event) | Wounded Knee n propio m |
| | | Masacre de Wounded Knee n propio m |