tub

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Inflections of 'tub' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
tubs
v 3rd person singular
tubbing
v pres p
tubbed
v past
tubbed
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
tub n (bucket for liquids)cuba nf
  cubo nm
  balde nm
 Fiona filled a tub with water and took it outside to wash the car.
 Fiona llenó una cuba de agua y la llevó afuera para lavar el auto.
tub n (bathtub)bañera nf
  tina nf
  (AR)bañadera nf
 Jeremy filled the tub with hot water.
 Jeremy llenó la bañera de agua caliente.
tub n (storage container)cubo nm
  tacho nm
  frasco nm
 Lydia bought some plastic tubs to tidy up her kitchen cupboards.
 Lydia compró varios cubos de plástico para organizar los armarios de la cocina.
tub n (plastic food container)tarrina nf
  (AmL)pote nm
 Ice cream and margarine normally come in tubs.
 El helado y la margarina normalmente vienen en tarrinas.
tub,
tubful
n
(amount contained in a tub)tarrina nf
  balde nm
  cubo nm
 William ate a whole tub of ice cream.
 William se comió una tarrina entera de helado.
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InglésEspañol
tub n pejorative, informal (slow or clumsy boat) (peyorativo)barcucho nm
  botecito nm
 You're not seriously going to cross the Atlantic in that tub?
 ¿Verdad que no vas a cruzar el Atlántico en ese barcucho?
tub [sth] vtr (put in a tub)envasar algo en una tarrina loc verb
  (AmL)envasar algo en un pote loc verb
 Mary tubbed her leftover noodles to have for lunch the next day.
 Mary envasó las sobras de fideos en una tarrina para el almuerzo del día siguiente.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
bath tub,
bathtub,
tub
n
(tub used for bathing)bañera nf
 Can you fill up the bath tub for me?
 ¿Podrías llenarme la bañera?
  tina nf
  (AR)bañadera nf
 ¿Podrías llenarme la tina?
 ¿Podrias ir llenando la bañadera?
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
tub | bath tub
InglésEspañol
hot tub n (jacuzzi) (voz inglesa)jacuzzi nm
 The hotel has a pool, a sauna, and a hot tub.
 After a game of football the whole team would take a dip in the hot tub.
 El hotel tiene piscina, sauna y jacuzzi.
tub chair (furniture)butaca nf
  sillón nm
tub of butter n (butter sold in a plastic pot)bote de mantequilla nm
 Mi mamá compró un bote de mantequilla grande porque cuesta menos.
  (fam)tarrina de mantequilla loc nom f
 La mantequilla en tarrina es más cara pero más práctica.
  (Argentina)pote de manteca nm
 Por acá nunca he visto que vendan la manteca en pote, la margarina sí.
tub-thumper n (noisy public speaker)orador demagógico, oradora demagógica nm, nf + adj
tub-thumping n figurative (loud, vociferous public speaking)oratoria demagógica nf + adj
tub-thumping adj figurative (loud and vociferous)demagógico/a adj
wash tub n (wide bucket for bathing in)bañera nf
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Collocations: going to take a soak in the tub, is soaking in the tub, need to clean the tub, more...

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