nick

corte, muesca

Pequeño corte en la piel o marca de daño en la superficie de un objeto.

En inglés sencillo: A small cut in skin or a small damaged mark on an object’s surface.

• There’s a nick on my chin.
• The knife has several nicks along its edge.
• She noticed a small nick in the table.

Cómo se usa: a nick in something (There is a nick in the wooden handle.)

Sinónimos: cut, notch

Expresiones frecuentes: a small nick, nick in something

estado

Condición en que se encuentra algo, especialmente si está bien cuidado o funciona bien.

En inglés sencillo: The condition something is in, especially whether it is well kept or working well.

• The car is in good nick.
• His boots were in pretty bad nick.
• For its age, the house is in excellent nick.

Cómo se usa: in good/bad nick (The old bicycle is still in good nick.)

Sinónimos: condition, shape

Expresiones frecuentes: in good nick, in bad nick

apodo, alias

Nombre corto o elegido que sustituye al nombre real de alguien, especialmente en internet.

En inglés sencillo: A short or chosen name used instead of someone’s real name, especially online.

• My online nick is BlueFox.
• She changed her nick in the chat room.
• What nick do you use on that forum?

Sinónimos: nickname, handle

Expresiones frecuentes: online nick, choose a nick

comisaría, cárcel

Forma coloquial de referirse a una comisaría o una cárcel.

En inglés sencillo: A police station or a prison.

• They took him to the nick.
• She spent the night in the nick.
• Two officers drove back to the local nick.

Sinónimos: police station, prison, jail

Expresiones frecuentes: the local nick, in the nick

robar

Tomar algo que pertenece a otra persona sin su permiso; uso coloquial.

En inglés sencillo: To take something that belongs to someone else without permission.

• Someone nicked my bag.
• He was caught trying to nick a phone.
• Who’s nicked the money from my desk?

Sinónimos: steal, pinch

Expresiones frecuentes: nick something, nick someone’s bike

hacer un corte, mellar

Hacer un pequeño corte en la piel o dañar una pequeña parte de una superficie.

En inglés sencillo: To make a small cut in skin or damage a small part of a surface.

• I nicked my finger.
• He nicked his chin while shaving.
• Be careful not to nick the wood with that blade.

Sinónimos: cut, scratch

Expresiones frecuentes: nick your chin, nick something

detener, arrestar

Poner a alguien bajo custodia policial por sospechar que ha cometido un delito; uso coloquial.

En inglés sencillo: To take someone into police custody because they may have committed a crime.

• The police nicked him yesterday.
• They nicked two suspects outside the station.
• She was nicked for driving a stolen van.

Cómo se usa: nick someone for something (The police nicked him for stealing a car.)

Sinónimos: arrest, nab

Antónimos: release

Expresiones frecuentes: nick someone, nick someone for something