tile

baldosa, azulejo, teja

Pieza plana de material duro que sirve para cubrir suelos, paredes o tejados.

En inglés sencillo: A flat piece of hard material used to cover a floor, wall, or roof.

• One tile on the floor is broken.
• They replaced the old roof tiles.
• We chose blue tiles for the bathroom walls.

Expresiones frecuentes: floor tile, roof tile, ceramic tile, wall tile

tesela, mosaico

Imagen rectangular que forma parte de una imagen, un mapa o una pantalla mayor.

En inglés sencillo: A rectangular image used as one part of a larger picture, map, or screen.

• Each tile shows part of the map.
• The game loads new tiles as you move.
• This tile is missing from the image grid.

Expresiones frecuentes: map tile, image tile, tile size

alicatar, embaldosar

Cubrir un suelo, pared u otra superficie con piezas planas de materiales como barro o piedra.

En inglés sencillo: To cover a floor, wall, or other surface with flat pieces of material such as clay or stone.

• We plan to tile the kitchen floor.
• She tiled the bathroom walls herself.
• The builder will tile the shower tomorrow.

Cómo se usa: tile something with something (They tiled the wall with small blue squares.)

Expresiones frecuentes: tile a floor, tile a bathroom, tile with something

custodiar una logia

Impedir que personas ajenas a la masonería entren en una reunión de masones.

En inglés sencillo: To keep people who are not members from entering a Freemasons’ meeting.

• His duty was to tile the lodge.
• They tiled the meeting before the ceremony began.
• A member was appointed to tile the lodge that evening.

Sinónimos: guard

Expresiones frecuentes: tile a lodge, tile the meeting