fluke

chiripa, casualidad

Buen resultado obtenido por casualidad que probablemente no se repetirá.

En inglés sencillo: A good result that happens by chance and is unlikely to happen again.

• My first win was a fluke.
• Was that amazing shot skill or just a fluke?
• She won again, proving her earlier success was no fluke.

Sinónimos: lucky break, stroke of luck

Expresiones frecuentes: a lucky fluke, by a fluke, just a fluke

duela, trematodo

Pequeño gusano plano que vive dentro de personas o animales y puede causar enfermedades.

En inglés sencillo: A small flat worm that lives inside a person or animal and can cause disease.

• The sheep had liver flukes.
• Eating infected raw fish can spread flukes.
• The vet treated the cattle for fluke infection.

Sinónimos: trematode

Expresiones frecuentes: liver fluke, blood fluke, fluke infection

lóbulo caudal

Cada una de las dos partes planas del extremo de la cola de una ballena o un delfín.

En inglés sencillo: One of the two flat parts at the end of a whale’s or dolphin’s tail.

• The whale raised one fluke.
• Its left fluke had a deep scar.
• We photographed the whale’s flukes before it dived.

Expresiones frecuentes: tail fluke, whale fluke, injured fluke

lenguado de verano

Pez marino plano con ambos ojos en el mismo lado, que suele pescarse para comer.

En inglés sencillo: A flat sea fish with both eyes on one side, often caught for food.

• We caught a fluke near the coast.
• The restaurant serves fresh fluke with lemon.
• Fluke lie on the sandy bottom waiting for prey.

Sinónimos: summer flounder

Expresiones frecuentes: catch fluke, summer fluke, fluke fishing

gancho

Gancho metálico de un arma montada en un palo largo.

En inglés sencillo: A metal hook on a weapon attached to a long pole.

• The weapon had a curved fluke.
• A sharp fluke projected from the metal head.
• The soldier used the fluke to catch his opponent’s weapon.

Expresiones frecuentes: sharpened fluke, steel fluke, curved fluke

conseguir de chiripa

Conseguir un buen resultado gracias a la suerte más que a la habilidad.

En inglés sencillo: To get a good result through luck rather than skill.

• I fluked a pass in chemistry.
• He somehow fluked a goal from halfway down the field.
• You cannot fluke your way through every exam.

Cómo se usa: fluke something (We fluked a win against the strongest team.)

Sinónimos: luck into

Expresiones frecuentes: fluke a win, fluke a pass, fluke a goal

embocar de chiripa

Meter una bola en una tronera por accidente en juegos como el billar.

En inglés sencillo: To send a ball into a pocket by accident in a game such as snooker.

• She fluked a red into the corner pocket.
• I aimed for the blue but fluked the black.
• Did he fluke that ball, or was it planned?

Cómo se usa: fluke something into something (He fluked the red into the middle pocket.)

Expresiones frecuentes: fluke a red, fluke a ball, fluke the black