string

cordel, cuerda

Cuerda fina y flexible que sirve para atar cosas o mantenerlas juntas.

En inglés sencillo: A thin, flexible cord used to tie or hold things together.

• Tie the bag with string.
• He cut a piece of string for the parcel.
• Have you got any string in that drawer?

Sinónimos: cord, twine

Expresiones frecuentes: piece of string, ball of string, tie with string

cuerda, hilo

Pieza larga, fina y flexible de un material, como la cuerda de un instrumento musical.

En inglés sencillo: A long, thin, flexible piece of material, such as a wire on a musical instrument.

• One guitar string broke.
• She tightened the strings before playing the violin.
• Pluck this string and listen to the sound.

Sinónimos: strand

Expresiones frecuentes: guitar string, violin string, broken string, pluck a string

serie, sucesión

Varios sucesos o acciones que ocurren uno después de otro.

En inglés sencillo: Several events or actions that happen one after another.

• A string of mistakes cost us the game.
• She enjoyed a long string of successes.
• Police are investigating a string of recent robberies.

Cómo se usa: a string of something (The team suffered a string of defeats.)

Sinónimos: series, succession, sequence

Expresiones frecuentes: string of successes, string of failures, string of victories, string of accidents

ristra, hilera

Varios objetos unidos o colocados uno tras otro formando una línea.

En inglés sencillo: Several things joined or arranged together in a line.

• A string of lights hung above us.
• He bought two strings of sausages.
• She kept her grandmother's string of pearls in a box.

Cómo se usa: a string of something (She wore a string of blue beads.)

Sinónimos: chain, row

Expresiones frecuentes: string of beads, string of pearls, string of lights, string of sausages

cadena, cadena de caracteres

Secuencia de letras, números u otros signos escritos que el ordenador trata como un único texto.

En inglés sencillo: A sequence of letters, numbers, or other written signs that a computer treats as one piece of text.

• The program stores your name as a string.
• An empty string contains no characters.
• These two strings have the same length.

Sinónimos: character sequence

Expresiones frecuentes: text string, empty string, string length, search string

instrumento de cuerda

Instrumento, como el violín, que produce música con cuerdas tensadas; suele mencionarse como parte de un grupo.

En inglés sencillo: An instrument such as a violin that makes music with tight cords, often mentioned as part of a group.

• The strings began to play.
• This piece is written for strings and piano.
• The conductor asked the strings to play more quietly.

Sinónimos: stringed instrument

Expresiones frecuentes: the strings, strings and brass, solo string

colgar, tender

Colgar o extender algo a lo largo de un lugar o de un lado a otro, a menudo con una cuerda.

En inglés sencillo: To hang or stretch something along or across a place, often using a cord.

• Let's string lights around the window.
• They strung flags across the street.
• Small bells had been strung between the branches.

Cómo se usa: string something across something (They strung lights across the courtyard.); string something between A and B (We strung a rope between two trees.)

Sinónimos: hang, stretch

Expresiones frecuentes: string up lights, string something across, string something between

ensartar, enhebrar

Pasar cuentas u otros objetos por una cuerda fina o un hilo.

En inglés sencillo: To put beads or other objects onto a thin cord or thread.

• Let's string the beads together.
• He strung shells on a thread to make a necklace.
• She is stringing pearls for a bracelet.

Cómo se usa: string something on/onto something (She strung colorful beads onto a thin cord.)

Sinónimos: thread

Expresiones frecuentes: string beads, string pearls, string something together