tug

Inflections of 'tug' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
tug [sth]⇒ vtr	(pull)	tirar⇒ vtr
		estirar⇒ vtr
	The boat was tugging a dinghy.
	El barco tiraba de un bote hinchable.
tug at [sth] vi + prep	(yank or pull on [sth])	tirar de vi + prep
	Emily tugged at the door, but it wouldn't open.
	Emily tiró de la puerta, pero no se abría.
	(MX)	jalar⇒ vtr
		tirar de vtr + prep
	Emily jaló la puerta, pero no se abría.
tug on [sth] vi + prep	(pull on [sth])	tirar de vi + prep
	Tom tugged on the rope and the load began to rise in the air.
	Tom tiró de la cuerda y la carga empezó a elevarse.
tug n	(a pull)	tirón nm
		estirón nm
	Glenn's tug on the rope made the bell ring.
	El tirón de cuerda de Glenn hizo que sonara la campana.
tug, tugboat, tug-boat n	(small boat for pulling or pushing ships) (barco)	remolcador nm
	A tug was crossing the river.
	Un remolcador estaba cruzando el río.

Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
tug n	(tractor that moves aircraft)	tractor de arrastre loc nom m
		tractor de remolque loc nom m
	Using a tug to move the aircraft saves on fuel.
	El uso de un tractor de arrastre para mover el avión ahorra combustible.

Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
tug-of-war, tug of war, tug-o-war, tug o' war n	(game: pulling on rope)	juego de tirar de la cuerda nm + loc adj
		juego de la soga nm + loc adj
		tira y afloja loc nom m
		cinchada nf
	The heaviest people are at the back in games of tug-of-war.
	La gente más pesada siempre va atrás en el juego de tirar la cuerda.
tug-of-war, tug of war n	figurative (struggle, competition) (figurado)	lucha nf
		pelea nf
	(AR)	tira y afloja loc nom m
	They will not get anything done until they cease this tug-of-war and start pulling in the same direction.
	No lograrán hacer nada hasta que detengan la lucha y empiecen a tirar los dos para el mismo lado.

'tug' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

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Spanish:

Collocations: sexually explicit: gave him a tug job, tugged (at) [his shirt, her hair, the door], tug the [door, window, drawer] open, more...

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