din

estruendo, barullo

Mezcla de ruidos fuertes y molestos que continúa durante un tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: A loud, unpleasant mixture of noises that continues for some time.

• The children made a terrible din.
• I could not hear her over the din of the machinery.
• The constant din from the street kept us awake.

Cómo se usa: the din of something (We could barely speak above the din of the traffic.)

Sinónimos: racket, noise, clamour

Antónimos: silence

Expresiones frecuentes: terrible din, deafening din, din of traffic

retumbar, resonar

Producir un ruido fuerte y continuo.

En inglés sencillo: To make a loud, continuing noise.

• The bells dinned all morning.
• Machinery dinned beyond the factory wall.
• The clattering wheels dinned in my ears.

Sinónimos: resound, clang

Expresiones frecuentes: din loudly, din in ears

inculcar, machacar

Repetir algo muchas veces para que alguien lo recuerde.

En inglés sencillo: To repeat something many times so that someone remembers it.

• She dinned the rule into us.
• The teacher dinned those dates into our heads.
• He kept dinning the same warning into my ears.

Cómo se usa: din something into someone/someone’s ears (He dinned the safety rules into his students.)

Sinónimos: drill, hammer

Expresiones frecuentes: din into someone, din a lesson