notching knife

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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
notch n	(in belt)	agujero nm
	Paul had to let his belt out a few notches after dinner.
	Paul tuvo que aflojar unos agujeros de su cinturón después de la cena.
notch n	(cut, dent)	corte nm
		muesca nf
	Dan cut a notch into the board.
	Dan hizo un corte en la tabla.
notch n	figurative (level)	escalón nm
		nivel nm
		grado nm
		punto nm
	The coach decided to take the team's training up a notch.
	El entrenador decidió subir el entrenamiento del equipo un escalón más.

Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
notch n	(nock: indentation in arrow end)	culatín nm
	The bowstring fits into the notch at the end of the arrow.
	La cuerda del arco encaja en el culatín en el extremo de la flecha.
notch n	(engineering, materials science: defect)	entalla nf
	A notch is made in the metal in order to test its ductility.
notch n	(sewing: indentation as a guide) (costura)	piquete nm
notch [sth]⇒ vtr	(create a notch)	hacer una muesca en loc verb + prep
	Ben notched the tree to mark his height.
	Ben hizo una muesca en el árbol para señalar su estatura.
notch [sth] vtr	(record with a notch) (con un corte, muesca)	marcar⇒ vtr
	The prisoner notched yet another day on the wall of his cell.
	El prisionero marcó otro día en la pared de su celda.
notch [sth] vtr	figurative (achieve, score) (figurado)	marcar⇒ vtr
		registrar⇒ vtr
		apuntarse⇒ v prnl
	(un tanto)	anotar⇒ vtr
	The young racehorse notched his fifth win today.
	El joven caballo de carrera marcó su quinta victoria hoy.
notch [sth] onto [sth] vtr + prep	(nock: fit arrow to bowstring)	colocar en vtr + prep
	Robin Hood notched another arrow onto his bow.
	Robin Hood colocó otra flecha en el arco.

Locuciones verbales
Inglés		Español
notch up [sth], notch [sth] up vtr phrasal sep	(make score marks to count)	anotar un tanto loc verb
	The prisoner was notching up his days in captivity on the wall of his cell.
notch up [sth], notch [sth] up vtr phrasal sep	figurative (accumulate)	acumular⇒ vtr
		juntar⇒ vtr
	The driver has notched up his second victory of the season at Monaco.

Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
notch down vi + adv	(decrease slightly)	bajar⇒ vi
		descender⇒ vi
	Temperatures are notching down as we move into autumn.
notch on your belt n	(one success in series of successes) (coloquial)	otra muesca al cinturón expr
	Landing that contract was another notch on the businessman's belt.
notch up [sth], notch [sth] up vi + adv	(increase)	aumentar⇒ vtr
		incrementar⇒ vtr
	The discovery of another dead body in chapter 2 serves to notch up the tension.
	El descubrimiento de otro cadáver en el capítulo 2 sirve para aumentar la tensión.
notch up vi + adv	(increase slightly)	subir⇒ vtr
		aumentar⇒ vtr
	The temperature has finally notched up a few degrees, now that spring is here.
sight notch n	(part of aiming system on a gun)	mira nf
	Lástima, tenía la presa en la mira, pero escapó en la última fracción de segundo.
		punto de mira nm + loc adj
	No sé porqué fallé, lo tenía en el punto de mira.
top-notch, top notch adj	figurative, informal (very best, highest quality) (coloquial)	de primera loc adj
		de excelencia loc adj
Note: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun.
	My wife's always given me top-notch support with my career.
	The service we receive at this hotel is always top notch.
	El servicio que recibimos en el hotel siempre es de primera.

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