wedge

cuña, gajo

Pieza gruesa por un extremo y fina por el otro, usada a menudo para mantener cosas separadas.

En inglés sencillo: A piece with a thick end and a thin edge, often used to hold things apart.

• Put a wedge under the door.
• She served the fish with lemon wedges.
• He drove a metal wedge into the log.

Expresiones frecuentes: wooden wedge, lemon wedge, cheese wedge, metal wedge

división, barrera

Algo que provoca desacuerdos o distanciamiento entre personas o grupos.

En inglés sencillo: Something that makes people or groups disagree or grow apart.

• The dispute drove a wedge between them.
• Politics can create a wedge between friends.
• Her lies became a wedge in their marriage.

Cómo se usa: a wedge between A and B (Money became a wedge between the brothers.)

Sinónimos: division, barrier

Expresiones frecuentes: drive a wedge, wedge between people

encajar, meter a presión

Introducir algo a la fuerza en un espacio estrecho hasta que quede bien encajado.

En inglés sencillo: If you force something into a tight space, you push it in until it fits closely.

• Wedge the bag into that gap.
• My shoe was wedged between two rocks.
• Can we wedge another chair into this corner?

Cómo se usa: wedge something between A and B (She wedged her bag between two seats.); wedge something into something (He wedged the box into the cupboard.)

Sinónimos: jam, cram

Expresiones frecuentes: wedge something in, wedge something between, wedge into something

calzar, acuñar

Mantener algo firme colocando un objeto sólido debajo o contra ello.

En inglés sencillo: If you put a solid object under or against something, you keep it firmly in place.

• Wedge the door open, please.
• She wedged the window shut with a small block.
• The table was wedged securely with pieces of wood.

Cómo se usa: wedge something open/shut (We wedged the door open with a brick.); wedge something with something (They wedged the wheel with a wooden block.)

Sinónimos: prop, secure

Expresiones frecuentes: wedge something open, wedge something shut

colgarse, bloquearse

Dicho de un ordenador o programa, dejar de responder y no poder seguir funcionando.

En inglés sencillo: If a computer or program does this, it stops responding and cannot continue working.

• The server may wedge during startup.
• The kernel wedged after the update.
• If the process wedges, restart the computer.

Sinónimos: freeze, hang

Expresiones frecuentes: system can wedge, program may wedge