hollow

hueco

Que tiene un espacio vacío en su interior.

En inglés sencillo: Having an empty space inside.

• The ball is hollow.
• Air passes through the hollow tube.
• These chocolate eggs are hollow inside.

Sinónimos: empty

Antónimos: solid

Expresiones frecuentes: hollow tube, hollow ball, hollow inside, hollow tree

hueco, sordo

Que suena grave, apagado o extraño, como si viniera de un espacio vacío.

En inglés sencillo: Sounding low, dull, or strange, as if coming from an empty space.

• The door made a hollow sound.
• A hollow moan came from the tunnel.
• His footsteps sounded hollow in the empty hall.

Sinónimos: echoing, resonant

Expresiones frecuentes: hollow sound, hollow voice, hollow thud

vacío, vano

Que carece de valor, significado o verdad auténticos.

En inglés sencillo: Having no real value, meaning, or truth behind it.

• Those are hollow promises.
• The victory felt hollow without her friends there.
• His apology sounded hollow after years of lying.

Sinónimos: empty, meaningless, worthless

Antónimos: meaningful, substantial

Expresiones frecuentes: hollow promise, hollow victory, hollow words

vacío, forzado

Que no expresa alegría ni emoción verdadera, aunque parezca una risa o una sonrisa.

En inglés sencillo: Showing no real happiness or feeling, even when someone seems to laugh or smile.

• He gave a hollow laugh.
• Her hollow smile did not hide her sadness.
• Their cheers sounded hollow after the bad news.

Sinónimos: joyless, forced, empty

Antónimos: heartfelt

Expresiones frecuentes: hollow laugh, hollow smile, hollow laughter

hueco, cavidad

Espacio vacío en el interior de algo sólido.

En inglés sencillo: An empty space inside something solid.

• A mouse lived in the tree hollow.
• They found a hollow inside the rock.
• The trunk had several hollows where birds could nest.

Cómo se usa: a hollow in something (The owl nested in a hollow in the tree.)

Sinónimos: hole, cavity

Expresiones frecuentes: tree hollow, hollow in something, deep hollow

hondonada, concavidad

Zona pequeña de una superficie que está más baja que lo que la rodea.

En inglés sencillo: A small area of a surface that is lower than the area around it.

• Rain collected in a shallow hollow.
• He cradled the bird in the hollow of his hand.
• There were dark hollows beneath her eyes.

Cómo se usa: the hollow of something (She held the stone in the hollow of her hand.)

Sinónimos: dip, depression

Antónimos: bump

Expresiones frecuentes: hollow of something, small hollow, shallow hollow

ahuecar, vaciar

Quitar la parte interior de algo para dejar un espacio vacío.

En inglés sencillo: To remove the inside of something, leaving an empty space.

• Hollow out the pumpkin first.
• They hollowed a log to make a boat.
• Water had hollowed the rock over many years.

Cómo se usa: hollow something out (We hollowed the pumpkin out with a spoon.)

Sinónimos: scoop out, excavate

Antónimos: fill

Expresiones frecuentes: hollow out something, hollow something out, hollow a log