staple

grapa

Pequeña pieza de metal doblada que mantiene unidas hojas de papel u otros materiales.

En inglés sencillo: A small bent piece of metal that holds sheets of paper or other materials together.

• Remove the staple from the paper.
• One staple held all the sheets together.
• The staples left small holes in the documents.

Expresiones frecuentes: remove a staple, metal staple, staple remover

alimento básico, producto básico

Alimento u otro producto esencial que la gente necesita y utiliza habitualmente.

En inglés sencillo: A basic food or other supply that people need and use regularly.

• Rice is a staple in many homes.
• Flour and beans are useful kitchen staples.
• Which staple provides most of their daily energy?

Cómo se usa: a staple of something (Bread is a staple of their diet.)

Sinónimos: basic necessity, essential

Expresiones frecuentes: dietary staple, household staple, staple of something

elemento habitual, clásico

Algo que aparece a menudo y forma una parte familiar de un conjunto más amplio.

En inglés sencillo: Something that appears often and is a familiar part of something larger.

• That joke is a staple of his shows.
• Ghost stories became a staple of the magazine.
• These characters remain staples of children’s television.

Cómo se usa: a staple of something (Car chases are a staple of action films.)

Sinónimos: regular feature, fixture

Expresiones frecuentes: staple of comedy, television staple, staple of something

fibra corta

Fibra corta, natural o artificial, que puede retorcerse junto con otras para formar hilo.

En inglés sencillo: A short natural or artificial fibre that can be twisted with others to make thread.

• This cotton has a short staple.
• The mill buys wool with a longer staple.
• Staple length affects the strength of the yarn.

Sinónimos: fibre

Expresiones frecuentes: short staple, long staple, cotton staple

grapar

Unir papeles u otros materiales con pequeñas piezas de metal dobladas.

En inglés sencillo: To join paper or other materials using small bent pieces of metal.

• Please staple these pages together.
• He stapled a notice to the wooden board.
• Have you stapled the receipts to the form?

Cómo se usa: staple something together (Staple the pages together before handing them in.); staple something to something (She stapled the label to the bag.)

Expresiones frecuentes: staple something together, staple the pages, staple something to something

clasificar por fibra

Separar algodón, lana u otros materiales según la longitud o calidad de sus fibras.

En inglés sencillo: To sort cotton, wool, or similar material by the length or quality of its fibres.

• Workers staple the cotton by fibre length.
• The wool was stapled before sale.
• They stapled each batch according to quality.

Sinónimos: sort, grade

Expresiones frecuentes: staple the cotton, staple the wool

de mercado autorizado

Relacionado con una ciudad o mercado donde antiguamente se autorizaba la compraventa de determinados productos.

En inglés sencillo: Connected with a town or market where particular goods were officially bought and sold.

• The merchants gathered in a staple town.
• Wool passed through the staple port.
• The king granted privileges to the staple market.

Expresiones frecuentes: staple town, staple port, staple market

consolidado en el comercio

Que tiene una presencia estable en el comercio o se vende habitualmente en un mercado.

En inglés sencillo: Firmly established in trade or regularly sold in a market.

• The port depended on its staple trade.
• Wool became a staple commodity in the region.
• Merchants dealt mainly in staple goods.

Sinónimos: established

Expresiones frecuentes: staple trade, staple goods, staple commodity