tread

pisar, caminar

Caminar o apoyar el pie sobre una superficie.

En inglés sencillo: To walk or put your foot on a surface.

• Tread carefully on the wet floor.
• She trod barefoot across the sand.
• Have you ever trodden on broken glass?

Cómo se usa: tread on something (Please do not tread on the flowers.)

Sinónimos: step, walk

Expresiones frecuentes: tread on something, tread carefully, tread softly

proceder, actuar

Actuar o avanzar de cierta manera, especialmente con cuidado en una situación difícil.

En inglés sencillo: To behave or move forward in a particular way, especially carefully in a difficult situation.

• Tread carefully when discussing her family.
• He trod lightly around the sensitive issue.
• We must tread cautiously during these negotiations.

Sinónimos: proceed, act

Expresiones frecuentes: tread carefully, tread lightly, tread cautiously

pisar

Aplastar uvas con los pies para obtener su jugo y hacer vino.

En inglés sencillo: To press grapes with your feet to get their juice for making wine.

• They tread grapes to make wine.
• We trod the grapes with bare feet.
• Freshly picked grapes were trodden in a large vat.

Sinónimos: crush, press

Expresiones frecuentes: tread grapes, tread the grapes

apisonar, pisotear

Comprimir el suelo u otra superficie con los pies, a menudo pasando varias veces por encima.

En inglés sencillo: To press ground or another surface firmly with your feet, often by walking over it repeatedly.

• Tread the soil firmly around the plant.
• Generations of walkers had trodden that path.
• The cattle trod the loose ground flat.

Cómo se usa: tread something + adjective (They trod the loose earth flat.)

Sinónimos: trample, pack down

Expresiones frecuentes: tread the soil, tread a path, tread something flat

dibujo, relieve

Relieve de la superficie de un neumático que ayuda a que se agarre a la carretera.

En inglés sencillo: The raised pattern on a tyre that helps it hold the road.

• The tyres have very little tread.
• Deep tread improves grip on wet roads.
• Have you checked the tread depth recently?

Expresiones frecuentes: tread depth, tread pattern, worn tread

banda de rodadura, suela

Parte exterior de un neumático, una rueda o un zapato que toca el suelo.

En inglés sencillo: The outer part of a tyre, wheel, or shoe that touches the ground.

• The tread is made of rubber.
• The shoe has a thick tread for rough ground.
• Check both tyres for damage to the tread.

Sinónimos: running surface

Expresiones frecuentes: tyre tread, shoe tread, rubber tread

pas

Manera de caminar o apoyar los pies, o sonido que producen los pasos.

En inglés sencillo: The way someone steps or walks, or the sound their steps make.

• I heard his heavy tread.
• She crossed the room with a light tread.
• The soldiers approached with a steady tread.

Sinónimos: step, footfall

Expresiones frecuentes: heavy tread, light tread, measured tread

huella, peldaño

Parte plana de un escalón donde se apoya el pie.

En inglés sencillo: The flat part of a stair where you put your foot.

• One tread is loose.
• We replaced the broken stair treads.
• Each tread needs a surface that prevents slipping.

Sinónimos: step

Expresiones frecuentes: stair tread, wooden tread, tread width