floor

suelo, piso

Superficie de una habitación sobre la que se camina o se está de pie.

En inglés sencillo: The surface inside a room that you walk or stand on.

• Your bag is on the floor.
• She swept the kitchen floor.
• The children sat on the floor to play.

Expresiones frecuentes: on the floor, wooden floor, clean the floor

piso, planta

Cada uno de los niveles de un edificio.

En inglés sencillo: One of the levels in a building.

• My office is on the second floor.
• The lift stops at every floor.
• How many floors does this building have?

Sinónimos: storey, story

Expresiones frecuentes: first floor, top floor, ground floor

fondo, suelo

Superficie inferior de un lugar natural, como un bosque, una cueva o el mar.

En inglés sencillo: The bottom surface of a natural place, such as a forest, cave, or sea.

• Leaves covered the forest floor.
• They found shells on the ocean floor.
• Water flowed across the cave floor.

Sinónimos: bottom, ground

Expresiones frecuentes: forest floor, ocean floor, cave floor

piso, capa de mineral

Capa plana con minerales valiosos, o roca situada justo debajo de un yacimiento casi horizontal.

En inglés sencillo: A flat layer containing valuable minerals, or the rock directly beneath a nearly flat deposit.

• The ore floor extends beneath the valley.
• The miners examined the rock in the floor.
• A hard floor lies beneath the coal seam.

Expresiones frecuentes: ore floor, floor rock, floor of something

pisar a fondo

Pisar el acelerador hasta el fondo para que el vehículo vaya más rápido.

En inglés sencillo: To press the accelerator pedal all the way down so a vehicle goes faster.

• The driver floored the accelerator.
• She floored it to get up the hill.
• He suddenly floored the pedal, and the engine roared.

Expresiones frecuentes: floor it, floor the accelerator, floor the pedal

derribar, tumbar

Golpear a alguien con tanta fuerza que caiga al suelo.

En inglés sencillo: To hit someone so hard that they fall to the ground.

• One punch floored him.
• The boxer floored his opponent in the second round.
• A sudden blow to the jaw can floor someone.

Sinónimos: knock down

Expresiones frecuentes: floor someone, floor an opponent

pavimentar, entarimar

Instalar en una habitación o edificio una superficie sobre la que se pueda caminar.

En inglés sencillo: To fit a room or building with a surface for walking on.

• They plan to floor the whole house.
• We floored the hallway with oak boards.
• The builder is flooring the bathroom today.

Cómo se usa: floor something with something (They floored the kitchen with ceramic tiles.)

Expresiones frecuentes: floor a room, floor with something

dejar sin palabras

Dar una respuesta tan contundente que la otra persona no pueda contestar.

En inglés sencillo: To give an answer so strong that the other person cannot reply.

• Her sharp reply floored him.
• He floored his opponent with one clear answer.
• That final argument floored everyone who had objected.

Sinónimos: silence, confound

Expresiones frecuentes: floor an opponent, floor someone