Meanings (ES + gloss)
hilar
To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
They spin the cotton into thread.
dorar la píldora • endulzar • pintar bonito
To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
But because he is but briefe, and these things of great consequence not to be kept obscure, I shall conceave it nothing above my duty either for the difficulty or the censure that…
In every administration there will be spokesmen and public affairs officers who try to spin the news to make the president look good. But this administration is trying to spin scie…
pinchar
To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
However, for the past six years he has been spinning his novel blend of progressive house and trance music and is finally on the brink of becoming the next luminary DJ.
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