toll

desgaste, coste

Daño o sufrimiento que provoca una experiencia o situación difícil.

En inglés sencillo: The harm or suffering caused by a difficult experience or situation.

• Stress takes a toll on your health.
• Years of hard work took their toll.
• She felt the emotional toll of caring for him.

Cómo se usa: take a toll on someone/something (The long journey took a toll on her body.)

Sinónimos: cost, damage

Expresiones frecuentes: take a toll, heavy toll, emotional toll

peaje

Dinero que se paga por usar una carretera, un puente, un túnel u otro servicio.

En inglés sencillo: Money you pay to use a road, bridge, tunnel, or other service.

• We paid a toll at the bridge.
• The tunnel toll has increased.
• Do you have enough cash for the toll?

Sinónimos: fee, charge

Expresiones frecuentes: pay a toll, road toll, toll booth

número de muertos, pérdidas

Número de muertes o cantidad de daños que causa una catástrofe.

En inglés sencillo: The number of deaths or the amount of damage caused by a disaster.

• The death toll rose overnight.
• Officials are assessing the toll from the flood.
• The war took a terrible toll on the population.

Sinónimos: losses, damage

Expresiones frecuentes: death toll, heavy toll, toll from something

tañido, doble

Sonido lento y repetido de una campana grande, a menudo para un funeral.

En inglés sencillo: The slow, repeated ringing of a large bell, often for a funeral.

• We heard the toll of a bell.
• The church bell’s toll broke the silence.
• A solemn toll marked the end of the funeral.

Sinónimos: ringing, knell

Expresiones frecuentes: toll of something, funeral toll, solemn toll

tarifa de procesamiento

Dinero que se paga a una empresa por procesar materiales que pertenecen a otra persona.

En inglés sencillo: Money paid to a company for processing materials owned by someone else.

• The refinery charges a toll for processing ore.
• Our contract sets the toll per tonne.
• The owner paid a toll to have the metal processed.

Sinónimos: processing fee

Expresiones frecuentes: processing toll, refining toll, pay a toll

tañer, doblar

Sonar una campana grande de forma lenta y repetida, o hacer que suene así.

En inglés sencillo: To ring a large bell slowly and repeatedly, or to make it ring this way.

• The church bell tolled.
• They tolled the bell for the dead.
• We heard bells tolling at midnight.

Cómo se usa: toll for someone (The bells tolled for the victims.)

Sinónimos: ring, knell

Expresiones frecuentes: toll a bell, toll for someone

cobrar peaje

Exigir un pago para usar una carretera, un puente u otra instalación similar.

En inglés sencillo: To make people pay to use a road, bridge, or similar facility.

• The city plans to toll the bridge.
• They tolled the highway to fund repairs.
• Will the government toll this tunnel?

Sinónimos: charge for

Expresiones frecuentes: toll a bridge, toll a road, toll a tunnel

llamar con una campana

Hacer sonar una campana para llamar a la gente a un lugar.

En inglés sencillo: To call people to a place by ringing a bell.

• The bell tolled the workers home.
• They tolled the villagers to evening prayers.
• A monk tolled everyone back to the chapel.

Cómo se usa: toll someone to something (They tolled the workers to the evening service.)

Sinónimos: summon, call

Expresiones frecuentes: toll someone back, toll someone home