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colgador, gancho

Pieza corta de madera o metal que sobresale de una superficie y sirve para colgar cosas.

En inglés sencillo: A short piece of wood or metal sticking out from a surface, used for hanging things.

• Hang your coat on the peg.
• There are four pegs by the door.
• She took her hat off its peg.

Sinónimos: hook

Expresiones frecuentes: coat peg, wooden peg, peg on something

clavija, espiga

Pieza corta y redonda de madera o metal que une, sujeta o sostiene otros objetos.

En inglés sencillo: A short round piece of wood or metal that joins, holds, or supports other objects.

• Push the peg into the hole.
• Wooden pegs hold the frame together.
• One metal peg supports each moving arm.

Sinónimos: pin, dowel

Expresiones frecuentes: wooden peg, metal peg, peg joint

clavija de puntuación

Clavija pequeña que se mueve entre agujeros de un tablero para indicar la puntuación en el cribbage.

En inglés sencillo: A small pin moved between holes on a board to show a player’s score in cribbage.

• Move your peg forward three holes.
• Each player has two pegs on the board.
• Her peg reached the final hole first.

Sinónimos: marker

Expresiones frecuentes: cribbage peg, scoring peg, peg hole

sujetar, clavar

Mantener algo en su sitio mediante clavijas, pinzas o pequeñas estacas.

En inglés sencillo: To hold something in place using small pins, clips, or sticks.

• Peg the tent down firmly.
• She pegged the sheets to the line.
• Have you pegged out the washing?

Cómo se usa: peg something to something (He pegged the blanket to the washing line.); peg something down (We pegged the canvas down at each corner.)

Sinónimos: fasten, secure

Expresiones frecuentes: peg something down, peg something out, peg something to something

clasificar, encasillar

Decidir que alguien es cierto tipo de persona o tiene una determinada característica.

En inglés sencillo: To decide that someone is a particular kind of person or has a particular quality.

• I pegged him as a teacher.
• She had been pegged as shy at school.
• Did you peg me for a troublemaker?

Cómo se usa: peg someone as something (They pegged her as a future leader.); peg someone for something (I pegged him for a city boy.)

Sinónimos: classify, label, pigeonhole

Expresiones frecuentes: peg someone as something, peg someone for something

fijar, sujetar

Unir algo a una superficie con una clavija u otra pequeña pieza de sujeción.

En inglés sencillo: To fix something to a surface with a pin or another small fastener.

• Peg the notice to the board.
• She pegged a picture above her desk.
• The map was pegged to the wall.

Cómo se usa: peg something to something (He pegged the photograph to the noticeboard.)

Sinónimos: pin, attach, fasten

Expresiones frecuentes: peg something up, peg something to something