shift

turno

Periodo en que alguien trabaja, o grupo de personas que trabaja durante ese periodo.

En inglés sencillo: A period when someone works, or the group of people working during that period.

• My shift starts at six.
• She worked three night shifts this week.
• The next shift arrived early to help us.

Sinónimos: work period

Expresiones frecuentes: night shift, day shift, work a shift

cambio, desplazamiento

Movimiento o cambio de posición, dirección o manera de pensar.

En inglés sencillo: A movement or change in position, direction, or way of thinking.

• There was a sudden shift in the wind.
• The election marked a shift in public opinion.
• Small shifts in position can affect the balance.

Cómo se usa: shift in something (There has been a shift in public opinion.); shift from A to B (We noticed a shift from cars to public transport.); shift towards something (The report describes a shift towards cleaner energy.)

Sinónimos: change, movement

Expresiones frecuentes: major shift, shift in something, shift towards something

tecla de mayúsculas

Tecla que se mantiene pulsada para escribir letras mayúsculas o ciertos símbolos.

En inglés sencillo: The keyboard key you hold down to type capital letters or certain symbols.

• Hold shift while typing the letter.
• Press shift and enter together.
• The shift key on my keyboard is broken.

Expresiones frecuentes: shift key, hold shift, press shift

palanca de cambios

Mando que permite cambiar de marcha en un coche u otro vehículo.

En inglés sencillo: The control used to change gears in a car or other vehicle.

• The gear shift is beside the driver.
• She learned to drive a car with a stick shift.
• He reached for the shift before climbing the hill.

Sinónimos: gearshift, gear lever

Expresiones frecuentes: gear shift, stick shift, automatic shift

formación defensiva especial

En béisbol, disposición en que los defensores se colocan donde es más probable que el bateador envíe la pelota.

En inglés sencillo: A baseball arrangement where fielders move to places where a batter is more likely to hit.

• The team used a shift against that batter.
• Their defensive shift left more space near third base.
• The coach explained why the shift had failed.

Sinónimos: defensive alignment

Expresiones frecuentes: infield shift, defensive shift, use a shift

moverse, cambiar, desplazar

Moverse o cambiar la posición, la dirección o el foco de atención de algo.

En inglés sencillo: To move, or to change the position, direction, or focus of something.

• The sand shifted under my feet.
• He shifted his attention to the door.
• Our focus has shifted from growth to saving money.

Cómo se usa: shift from A to B (The discussion shifted from prices to safety.); shift something to something (She shifted her attention to the next question.)

Sinónimos: move, change

Expresiones frecuentes: shift position, shift focus, shift towards something

mover, trasladar

Llevar personas o cosas a otro lugar o colocarlas de otra manera.

En inglés sencillo: To move things or people to a different place or arrange them differently.

• Can you shift this chair?
• We shifted the furniture into the smaller room.
• The company is shifting more workers to its northern office.

Cómo se usa: shift something to somewhere (We shifted the boxes to the garage.); shift something from A to B (They shifted staff from the shop to the warehouse.)

Sinónimos: move, transfer, relocate

Expresiones frecuentes: shift something, shift something elsewhere

moverse, cambiar de posición

Moverse para adoptar otra posición.

En inglés sencillo: To move into a different position.

• She shifted in her seat.
• He shifted his weight onto his left foot.
• The baby shifted slightly in her arms.

Cómo se usa: shift in something (He shifted in his chair while waiting.)

Sinónimos: move, stir

Expresiones frecuentes: shift in something, shift position, shift weight