whip

látigo

Tira larga y fina de cuero o cuerda con mango, usada para golpear o guiar animales.

En inglés sencillo: A long, thin piece of leather or rope with a handle, used to hit or guide animals.

• The rider carried a whip.
• He cracked his whip above the cattle.
• Two old whips hung beside the saddle.

Sinónimos: lash

Expresiones frecuentes: leather whip, crack a whip, carry a whip, use a whip

látigo

Tira larga y fina de cuero unida a un mango, usada para golpear a personas o animales.

En inglés sencillo: A long, thin strip of leather on a handle, used to hit people or animals.

• He held a leather whip.
• The rider cracked her whip in the air.
• The guard threatened the prisoners with a whip.

Sinónimos: lash

Expresiones frecuentes: leather whip, crack a whip, riding whip

responsable de disciplina parlamentaria

Responsable de que los miembros del partido asistan a las votaciones y voten según las instrucciones del partido.

En inglés sencillo: A party official who makes sure its members attend votes and vote as the party wants.

• The party whip counted the votes.
• Two whips asked members to support the bill.
• She became chief whip after the election.

Sinónimos: whipper-in

Expresiones frecuentes: party whip, chief whip

batir

Batir un alimento rápidamente para incorporar aire y darle una consistencia ligera y espesa.

En inglés sencillo: To beat food quickly so that air enters it and it becomes light and thick.

• Whip the cream in a bowl.
• She whipped the eggs until they were light.
• Can you whip some cream for the cake?

Sinónimos: beat, whisk

Expresiones frecuentes: whip cream, whip the eggs

azotar

Golpear a una persona o un animal con una tira larga de cuero o una cuerda.

En inglés sencillo: To hit a person or animal with a long piece of leather or rope.

• The rider whipped the horse.
• Prisoners were whipped for refusing to work.
• The cruel guard threatened to whip him again.

Sinónimos: lash, flog

Expresiones frecuentes: whip a horse, whip someone

impulsar, poner en marcha

Presionar con fuerza a alguien para que trabaje, actúe o siga órdenes.

En inglés sencillo: To push someone strongly to work, act, or follow orders.

• The coach whipped the team into action.
• She soon whipped the department into shape.
• The manager kept whipping us along as the deadline approached.

Cómo se usa: whip someone/something into something (The new director whipped the staff into action.)

Sinónimos: drive, spur, urge

Expresiones frecuentes: whip into shape, whip into action, whip someone along