Meanings (ES + gloss)
trago
The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.
to drink at a draft
cerveza de barril
Liquid, especially beer or other alcohol, drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
Another positive trend is the increase of quality in draft cider options. Draft cider has often been, and sometimes still is, considered an inferior product by cider traditionalist…
From 1767 to 1774 no pale wine was bottled but for immediate use; only draft wine of all kinds was used in the principal taverns, and it was often very bad, not from tricks of the…
calado
The depth of water needed to float a particular ship; the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull; the depth of water drawn by a vessel.
anteproyecto • borrador • bosquejo • esbozo • minuta
A version of a written work (such as a book or paper) or drawing.
His first drafts were better than most authors' final products.
I have to revise the first draft of my term paper.
trata
An order for money to be paid; the document that states it: a cheque, note, bond, bill of exchange, money order, or IOU.
conscripción • leva • reclutamiento
Conscription; the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
He left the country to avoid the draft.
tiro
The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something along or back.
shot forth an arrow with a mighty draft
using oxen for draft
Phrases
air draftantidraftat a draftbackdraftbank draftbanker's draftbeast of draftdeep draftdemand draftdowndraftdraft animaldraft boarddraft carddraft dodgerdraft evaderdraft excluderdraft geardraft horsedraft housedraft lotterydraft snakedraft stopdraft-bardraft-dodgedraft-qualitydraftagedrafthousedraftlessdraftmandraftmatedraftnikdraftproofdraftsmandraftspersondraftswomandraftwomandraftyforced draftforedraftindraft
Meanings (ES + gloss)
andarraya • damas
A board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces.
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bosquejar • esbozar • minutar
To write a first version; to make a preliminary sketch.
reclutar
To select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose.
He was drafted during the Vietnam War.