stamp

sello, estampilla

Papel pequeño que se pega a una carta o paquete para indicar que se ha pagado el envío.

En inglés sencillo: A small piece of paper you put on a letter or parcel to show you paid to send it.

• Put a stamp on the envelope.
• I bought six stamps at the post office.
• Does this parcel need another stamp?

Sinónimos: postage stamp

Expresiones frecuentes: postage stamp, buy a stamp, stamp collection

sello, marca

Marca que se deja al presionar un instrumento sobre una superficie, a menudo con tinta.

En inglés sencillo: A mark made by pressing a tool onto a surface, often with ink.

• My passport has a new stamp.
• The red stamp shows that the bill was paid.
• We checked the date stamps on the forms.

Sinónimos: imprint, mark, impression

Expresiones frecuentes: passport stamp, date stamp, stamp on something

sello, tampón

Instrumento pequeño que se presiona sobre una superficie para dejar un dibujo, una palabra o una marca.

En inglés sencillo: A small tool you press onto a surface to leave a design, word, or mark.

• Dip the stamp in the ink.
• She bought a rubber stamp shaped like a flower.
• These stamps make lovely patterns on wrapping paper.

Expresiones frecuentes: rubber stamp, wooden stamp, stamp pad

sello en relieve

Marca oficial grabada por presión en un documento, cuya forma se puede ver o sentir al tocarla.

En inglés sencillo: An official sign pressed into a document so that its shape can be seen or felt.

• The certificate bears a raised stamp.
• Feel the official stamp at the bottom of the document.
• The clerk checked the embossed stamps on both deeds.

Sinónimos: seal, impression

Expresiones frecuentes: embossed stamp, official stamp, stamp on something

dar una patada al suelo, patalear

Golpear el suelo con fuerza con el pie, a menudo por enfado.

En inglés sencillo: To hit the ground hard with your foot, often because you are angry.

• She stamped her foot in anger.
• He stamps his heel whenever he gets impatient.
• Why did you stamp your foot so loudly?

Cómo se usa: stamp one's foot (The boy stamped his foot when he heard the answer.)

Sinónimos: stomp

Expresiones frecuentes: stamp your foot, stamp in anger, stamp on something, stamp your feet

franquear, poner un sello

Poner un sello en una carta o paquete para pagar su envío.

En inglés sencillo: To put a small paid postage label on a letter or parcel before sending it.

• Please stamp this envelope.
• She stamped the letters before taking them to the post office.
• Have you stamped all the parcels?

Expresiones frecuentes: stamp an envelope, stamp a letter, stamp the mail

caminar dando pisotones

Caminar con pasos rápidos y pesados que golpean el suelo haciendo ruido.

En inglés sencillo: To walk or step with quick, heavy movements that hit the ground loudly.

• He stamped up the stairs.
• The angry child stamped around the room.
• She stamped out of the office without saying goodbye.

Cómo se usa: stamp into/out of somewhere (He stamped out of the kitchen after their argument.)

Sinónimos: stomp, tramp

Antónimos: tiptoe

Expresiones frecuentes: stamp up stairs, stamp into something, stamp around