Meanings (ES + gloss)
bulón • perno • tornillo
A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
aldabilla • cerrojo • falleba • pasador • tranquilla • trinquete
A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
There was the noise of a bolt shot back, and the door opened a few inches, enough to show a long snout and a pair of sleepy blinking eyes.
tranca
A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
virote
A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
chispa • rayo
A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
He had seen lightning bolts yesterday night.
cadenas • esposas • grillete
An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
Away with him to prison! Lay bolts enough upon him:
He shall to prison, and there die in boults.
Phrases
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Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
atornillar
To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
Bolt the vice to the bench.
trancar
To secure a door by locking or barring it.
Bolt the door.
If that double-bolted land, Japan, is ever to become hospitable, it is the whale-ship alone to whom the credit will be due; for already she is on the threshold.
salir disparado
To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.
Seeing the snake, the horse bolted.
The actor forgot his line and bolted from the stage.