snake

serpiente, culebra

Animal largo y delgado, sin patas, que se arrastra por el suelo; algunas especies tienen una mordedura venenosa.

En inglés sencillo: A long, thin animal with no legs that moves along the ground; some kinds have a poisonous bite.

• A snake moved through the grass.
• Some snakes can give a dangerous bite.
• Have you ever held a snake?

Sinónimos: serpent

Expresiones frecuentes: poisonous snake, snake bite, pet snake, snake skin

víbora, traidor

Persona que miente o actúa a escondidas contra quienes confían en ella.

En inglés sencillo: A person who lies or secretly acts against people who trust them.

• Don't trust him; he's a snake.
• That snake told everyone my secret.
• She called her former partner a snake.

Sinónimos: traitor, backstabber

Expresiones frecuentes: a real snake, such a snake

serpiente de fontanería, barrena de desagüe

Herramienta larga y flexible que se introduce en una tubería para quitar lo que la obstruye.

En inglés sencillo: A long, flexible tool pushed into a pipe to remove things blocking it.

• The plumber used a snake.
• Push the snake slowly into the drain.
• This snake can reach deep inside the pipe.

Sinónimos: drain auger

Expresiones frecuentes: drain snake, plumbing snake, use a snake

soplón, chivato

Persona que da información sobre otros a escondidas a la policía o a otra autoridad.

En inglés sencillo: A person who secretly gives information about others to the police or another authority.

• The gang thought he was a snake.
• Someone accused her of being a police snake.
• They searched for the snake who had reported them.

Sinónimos: informer, snitch, rat

Expresiones frecuentes: a police snake, such a snake

serpentear

Avanzar o extenderse siguiendo un recorrido con muchas curvas.

En inglés sencillo: To move or continue along a path with many curves.

• The road snakes through the hills.
• A long queue snaked around the building.
• We watched the river snaking across the plain.

Cómo se usa: snake through/around/along something (The path snakes around the lake.)

Sinónimos: wind, twist

Expresiones frecuentes: snake through something, snake around something, snake along something

desatascar con una sonda

Quitar la obstrucción de una tubería con una herramienta larga y flexible.

En inglés sencillo: To clear a blocked pipe with a long, flexible tool.

• We need to snake the drain.
• The plumber snaked the kitchen pipe.
• Have you tried snaking the toilet?

Sinónimos: clear, unblock

Expresiones frecuentes: snake a drain, snake the toilet, snake a pipe

robar, birlar

Tomar cosas de otra persona a escondidas y sin permiso.

En inglés sencillo: To take someone else's things secretly and without permission.

• Someone snaked my phone.
• He snaked a few coins from my bag.
• Did you snake my headphones?

Sinónimos: steal, swipe, nick

Expresiones frecuentes: snake someone's phone, snake someone's money

delatar, chivarse

Informar a escondidas a la policía o a otra autoridad sobre una falta o delito de alguien.

En inglés sencillo: To secretly tell the police or another authority about someone's wrongdoing.

• He swore he hadn't snaked.
• Someone snaked them out to the police.
• The gang threatened anyone who snaked.

Cómo se usa: snake someone out (They feared he would snake them out.)

Sinónimos: inform, snitch, rat

Expresiones frecuentes: snake someone out, snake to police