Meanings (ES + gloss)
escotilla • escotillón
A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
Moving the wardrobe revealed a previously hidden hatch in the ground.
pasaplatos
An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.
A service hatch with sliding shutter is situated at the end of the kitchen next to the dining compartment.
The cook passed the dishes through the serving hatch.
aguatocho • compuerta • escotilla • portillo
A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.
A surprising number of incidents is due to roof hatches being left loose or in the raised position when locomotives return to service after maintenance. On one occasion, a 25kV ove…
escotilla
An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
Phrases
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
eclosionar
To emerge from an egg.
These three chicks hatched yesterday morning.
eclosionar
To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
She was delighted when she heard the crackling sound of the eggs hatching.
aclocar • empollar • enclocar • encloquecer • encluecar • encoclar • enllocar
To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
I'm hatching this mysterious egg I found in the forest.
Phrases