barb

pulla, comentario hiriente

Comentario breve que busca herir a alguien.

En inglés sencillo: A short, deliberately hurtful comment about someone.

• Her barb hurt his feelings.
• The candidates exchanged barbs during the debate.
• He aimed another barb at his former boss.

Sinónimos: dig, insult, taunt

Expresiones frecuentes: trade a barb, verbal barb, sharp barb

púa, arpón

Punta afilada de un gancho o arma que mira hacia atrás y dificulta sacarlo una vez clavado.

En inglés sencillo: A sharp point facing backward on a hook or weapon that makes it hard to pull out.

• The hook has a sharp barb.
• A barb caught in his sleeve.
• Removing the barbs makes these hooks safer for fish.

Expresiones frecuentes: hook barb, arrow barb, sharp barb

poner púas

Poner puntas afiladas hacia atrás en algo para que se enganche o cause daño.

En inglés sencillo: To put backward-facing sharp points on something so that it catches or hurts.

• They barb the hooks by hand.
• The maker barbed each arrow tip.
• Why would you barb this wire?

Expresiones frecuentes: barb a hook, barb an arrow, barb the wire