picket

piquete, huelguista

Persona que protesta ante un lugar de trabajo durante una huelga, o la propia protesta.

En inglés sencillo: A person protesting outside a workplace during a strike, or the protest itself.

• Pickets stood outside the factory.
• The union organized a peaceful picket at the gate.
• Drivers refused to cross the picket line.

Sinónimos: protester, striker

Expresiones frecuentes: picket line, peaceful picket, join a picket

estaca

Pieza estrecha de madera o metal clavada en el suelo, a menudo como parte de una cerca.

En inglés sencillo: A narrow piece of wood or metal fixed in the ground, often as part of a fence.

• One picket was broken.
• He hammered a wooden picket into the ground.
• We painted every picket in the garden fence white.

Sinónimos: stake, pale

Expresiones frecuentes: picket fence, wooden picket, drive a picket

formar un piquete, hacer piquetes

Situarse ante un lugar de trabajo con otros trabajadores para protestar durante una huelga.

En inglés sencillo: To stand outside a workplace with other workers to protest during a strike.

• Workers picketed the factory.
• The union plans to picket outside the hospital tomorrow.
• They have been picketing the gates all week.

Cómo se usa: picket something (The workers picketed the factory.); picket outside something (Union members picketed outside the main office.)

Expresiones frecuentes: picket a factory, picket outside something, picket the gates

atar a una estaca

Atar un animal a una estaca para que no se aleje.

En inglés sencillo: To tie an animal to a stake so it cannot wander away.

• We picketed the horses.
• He picketed his pony beside the tent.
• The animals were picketed to wooden stakes overnight.

Cómo se usa: picket something to something (They picketed the horses to stakes near the camp.)

Sinónimos: tether, tie up

Antónimos: untether

Expresiones frecuentes: picket a horse, picket to something