| Principal Translations |
| ply [sth]⇒ vtr | (work at: a business) (trabajo) | llevar⇒ vtr |
| | | trabajar⇒ vtr |
| | In olden times, travelling merchants plied their business from town to town. |
| ply [sth] vtr | (wares, goods: sell) (oficio, profesión) | ejercer⇒ vtr |
| | | llevar a cabo loc verb |
| | Albert has plied his fruit and veg in the market square for thirty years. |
| ply [sb] with [sth] vtr + prep | (offer a lot of alcohol, etc.) (figurado) | inflar a alguien con loc verb |
| | They plied me with wine before they broke the news to me. |
| | Me inflaron con vino antes de darme la noticia. |
| | | llenar a alguien con loc verb |
| | Me llenaron con vino antes de darme la noticia. |
| | | atiborrar a alguien de loc verb |
| | Me atiborraron de vino antes de darme la noticia. |
| ply [sb] with [sth] vtr + prep | (barrage with questions) | bombardear a alguien con loc verb |
| | | acosar a alguien con loc verb |
| | Stop plying me with questions! |
| | ¡Deja de bombardearme con preguntas! |
| ply n | (material: layer) | capa nf |
| | (de madera) | chapa nf |
| | The paper is made up of four plies. |
| | El papel tiene cuatro capas. |
| ply n | (yarn, rope: strand) | hilo nm |
| | | hebra nf |
| | The yarn I am using is made of two plies. |
| -ply n as adj | (with named layers, strands) | de x capas loc adj |
| | | de x hebras loc adj |
| Note: Used in combination |
| | Single-ply toilet paper is too delicate. |
| | This knitting pattern calls for 4-ply wool. |
| | El papel higiénico de una capa es delicado. |
| | Este patrón de tejido es de cuatro hebras. |