funnel

embudo

Utensilio de boca ancha y tubo estrecho que permite verter sustancias por aberturas pequeñas.

En inglés sencillo: A tool with a wide top and narrow tube, used to pour things into small openings.

• Use a funnel to fill the bottle.
• She poured the oil through a funnel.
• The plastic funnel has a narrow tube.

Expresiones frecuentes: plastic funnel, use a funnel, funnel for something, metal funnel

canalizar, dirigir

Dirigir dinero, esfuerzos, sentimientos u otras cosas hacia un lugar o un objetivo concreto.

En inglés sencillo: To direct money, effort, feelings, or other things towards a particular place or purpose.

• They funnel money into local schools.
• She funnelled her frustration into painting.
• Funds were funnelled through several different accounts.

Cómo se usa: funnel something into something (The charity funnels donations into housing projects.); funnel something through something (They funnelled the payments through a foreign bank.)

Sinónimos: channel, direct

Expresiones frecuentes: funnel money into something, funnel resources towards something, funnel something through something

verter con un embudo

Pasar un líquido o pequeños granos por un utensilio de boca ancha y tubo estrecho.

En inglés sencillo: To pass a liquid or small loose pieces through a tool with a wide top and narrow tube.

• Funnel the oil into the bottle.
• She funnelled the sugar into a jar.
• Can you funnel this liquid through the narrow opening?

Cómo se usa: funnel something into something (He funnelled the juice into a clean bottle.)

Sinónimos: pour

Expresiones frecuentes: funnel oil into something, funnel something through something