whim

capricho, antojo

Deseo repentino de hacer algo, sin una razón clara ni mucha reflexión.

En inglés sencillo: A sudden wish to do something, without a clear reason or much thought.

• I bought the hat on a whim.
• Her latest whim is to learn the violin.
• We cannot change our plans at his every whim.

Sinónimos: impulse, fancy

Expresiones frecuentes: on a whim, passing whim, at someone’s whim

malacate

Gran máquina giratoria, movida por caballos o vapor, que eleva materiales de una mina.

En inglés sencillo: A large turning machine, powered by horses or steam, that lifts material from a mine.

• A horse powered the whim.
• The miners used a whim to raise buckets of ore.
• The old whim stood beside the mine shaft.

Sinónimos: winding engine

Expresiones frecuentes: horse whim, steam whim, whim drum

silbón europeo

Tipo de pato que vive en Europa y Asia.

En inglés sencillo: A kind of duck found across Europe and Asia.

• A whim landed on the pond.
• The hunter pointed out a male whim among the ducks.
• Several whim fed at the edge of the marsh.

Sinónimos: Eurasian wigeon, wigeon

Expresiones frecuentes: a male whim, flock of whim