leaf

hoja

Parte plana, generalmente verde, de una planta que crece en un tallo o una rama.

En inglés sencillo: A flat, usually green part of a plant that grows from a stem or branch.

• A leaf fell from the tree.
• The leaves turn yellow in autumn.
• Why are the leaves on this plant brown?

Expresiones frecuentes: green leaf, leaf on something, fallen leaf

hoja

Hoja de papel de un libro, con una página en cada cara.

En inglés sencillo: A sheet of paper in a book, with a page on each side.

• One leaf was missing from the book.
• She wrote her name on a blank leaf.
• Several leaves of the old manuscript were torn.

Sinónimos: sheet

Expresiones frecuentes: blank leaf, leaf of something, torn leaf, printed leaf

hoja

Objeto o parte de un objeto con una forma parecida a la hoja de una planta.

En inglés sencillo: An object or part with a shape like the flat green part of a plant.

• A silver leaf hung from her necklace.
• The gate had decorative leaves made of iron.
• Each carved leaf had a pointed tip.

Expresiones frecuentes: decorative leaf, carved leaf, metal leaf

hojear

Pasar las páginas rápidamente y mirar por encima su contenido.

En inglés sencillo: To turn pages quickly and look briefly at what is on them.

• I like to leaf through old books.
• She leafed through the catalogue after lunch.
• Have you leafed through our photo album?

Cómo se usa: leaf through something (I leafed through a magazine while I waited.)

Sinónimos: browse, flip through

Expresiones frecuentes: leaf through something, leaf through pages

echar hojas

Empezar una planta a producir hojas.

En inglés sencillo: If a plant does this, its flat green parts begin to grow.

• The trees begin to leaf in spring.
• The oak leafed out later than usual.
• Warm weather helped the shrubs leaf early.

Sinónimos: put out leaves

Expresiones frecuentes: leaf out, leaf in spring