fill

llenar

Poner cosas en un espacio o recipiente hasta que quede lleno.

En inglés sencillo: To put things into a space or container until it is full.

• Please fill the glass.
• She filled her bag with clothes.
• We added an extra activity to fill the gap in the schedule.

Cómo se usa: fill something with something (Fill the bottle with water.)

Antónimos: empty

Expresiones frecuentes: fill a glass, fill something with, fill a gap, fill a bottle

rellenar, completar

Escribir los datos necesarios en los espacios vacíos de un formulario.

En inglés sencillo: To write the information needed in the empty spaces on a form.

• Please fill in your name.
• He filled out the application yesterday.
• Have you filled in all the required details?

Cómo se usa: fill in/out something (Please fill in this form.); fill something in/out (She filled the application form out online.)

Sinónimos: complete

Expresiones frecuentes: fill in something, fill out something, fill in details

llenar

Entrar o extenderse por un lugar hasta ocupar casi todo o todo el espacio disponible.

En inglés sencillo: To enter or spread through a place until there is little or no space left.

• Smoke filled the room.
• Hundreds of fans filled the stadium.
• The sound of children laughing filled the air.

Expresiones frecuentes: fill the room, fill the air, fill a hall

ensancharse, desarrollarse

Desarrollarse o ganar peso de modo que el cuerpo deje de ser tan delgado.

En inglés sencillo: If someone grows broader or gains weight, their body becomes less thin.

• He began to fill out at sixteen.
• Her figure filled out as she grew older.
• You have filled out since I last saw you.

Cómo se usa: fill out (His shoulders began to fill out as he grew older.)

Expresiones frecuentes: fill out, begin to fill, gradually fill out

saciedad

Cantidad de comida, bebida u otra experiencia que satisface a alguien o alcanza su límite.

En inglés sencillo: As much food, drink, or another experience as someone wants or can accept.

• Eat your fill before we leave.
• After three bowls of soup, he had his fill.
• I have had my fill of bad news this week.

Cómo se usa: have one’s fill of something (I have had my fill of arguments today.); eat/drink one’s fill (Everyone ate their fill at the party.)

Expresiones frecuentes: eat your fill, have your fill, someone’s fill of

relleno

Material que ocupa espacios vacíos, especialmente tierra o piedras usadas en obras.

En inglés sencillo: Material used to occupy empty spaces, especially earth or stones used in building work.

• The workers brought in more fill.
• Old bricks were used as fill beneath the path.
• The foundations rest on a deep layer of compacted fill.

Sinónimos: filler, backfill

Expresiones frecuentes: use as fill, loose fill, fill material

carga

Cantidad de material o líquido necesaria para llenar completamente un recipiente.

En inglés sencillo: An amount of material or liquid that makes a container full.

• The tank needs another fill.
• One fill of water lasts two days.
• The mixer returned for a fresh fill of concrete.

Cómo se usa: fill of something (The mixer returned for another fill of concrete.)

Sinónimos: load, tankful

Expresiones frecuentes: a fresh fill, another fill, fill of something

llenado

Acción de introducir material o líquido en un recipiente o espacio.

En inglés sencillo: An act of putting material or liquid into a container or area.

• Each fill takes ten seconds.
• The machine completes thirty fills per minute.
• We stopped production after an incomplete fill.

Sinónimos: filling

Expresiones frecuentes: automatic fill, fill cycle, fills per minute