tick

marca de verificación

Signo escrito ✓ que indica que algo es correcto, está aprobado o se ha completado.

En inglés sencillo: A written mark, ✓, showing that something is correct, approved, or completed.

• Put a tick beside your answer.
• The teacher gave each correct sentence a tick.
• Green ticks show which tasks are complete.

Sinónimos: check mark, check

Expresiones frecuentes: put a tick, green tick, tick next to

garrapata

Animal pequeño que se fija a la piel de personas o animales y se alimenta de su sangre.

En inglés sencillo: A small animal that attaches to people or animals and feeds on their blood.

• There is a tick on the dog.
• She found two ticks after walking through tall grass.
• A tick bite can spread disease.

Expresiones frecuentes: tick bite, remove a tick, tick on someone

tictac

Sonido breve y suave que suele repetirse en relojes o máquinas.

En inglés sencillo: A short, quiet clicking sound, often repeated by a clock or machine.

• I heard the tick of a clock.
• Each tick sounded loud in the empty room.
• The old watch made slow, uneven ticks.

Sinónimos: click

Expresiones frecuentes: tick of something, steady tick, loud tick

marca de escala, incremento mínimo

Pequeña marca en una escala de medida, o unidad pequeña en la que cambia un valor.

En inglés sencillo: A small mark on a measuring scale, or a small unit by which a value changes.

• Each tick marks five degrees.
• The price rose by one tick.
• Small ticks divide the chart axis into equal parts.

Expresiones frecuentes: tick mark, one tick higher, tick on something

momento, segundo

Un período de tiempo muy corto.

En inglés sencillo: A very short time.

• I will be back in a tick.
• Wait a tick while I find my keys.
• It only takes a tick to save the file.

Sinónimos: moment, second

Expresiones frecuentes: in a tick, just a tick, wait a tick

hacer tictac

Producir una serie de sonidos breves y suaves, como los de un reloj.

En inglés sencillo: To make a series of short, quiet clicking sounds, like a clock.

• The clock ticks loudly.
• My watch stopped ticking last night.
• A small clock ticked steadily beside her bed.

Sinónimos: click

Expresiones frecuentes: clock can tick, tick quietly, tick away

funcionar

Funcionar, especialmente al hablar de los mecanismos internos de algo.

En inglés sencillo: To work or function, especially when talking about how something works inside.

• He wanted to know how machines tick.
• Curiosity is what makes her tick.
• Studying the engine helped us understand what made it tick.

Cómo se usa: what makes someone/something tick (I want to understand what makes this team tick.)

Sinónimos: function, work, operate

Expresiones frecuentes: what makes something tick, how things tick, what makes someone tick