Meanings (ES + gloss)
astilla • ramita
An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.
Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and the…
The beaver's dam was made out of sticks.
bastón
An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.
I don’t need my stick to walk, but it’s helpful.
The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.
palanca de mando
A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.
palo de hockey
Ability; specifically:
Phrases
Chapman stickChinese fighting stickChrist on a stickFrench stickJesus H. Christ on a popsicle stickPoohsticksSabbath stickThai stickTommy StickUSB stickWelsh sticka stick in a bundle cannot be brokena stick in a bundle is unbreakableanalog stickball and stickball-and-stick modelballoon stickbangstickbeat off with a stickbeat with the ugly stickbeer stickbetter than a poke in the eye with a burnt stickbetter than a poke in the eye with a sharp stickbetter than a poke in the eye with a shitty stickbetween the sticksbig stickbin stickbite stickbougar-stickbug-on-a-stickbully stickbutton stickcabbage on a stickcancer stickcandlestickcarrot and stickcarrot-and-stickcatstickcenter stickchapstick
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
pegar • pegarse
To become or remain attached; to adhere.
I haue stucke vnto thy Testimonies: O Lord put me not to shame.
The tape will not stick if it melts.
atascarse
To jam; to stop moving.
The lever sticks if you push it too far up.
permanecer
To remain loyal; to remain firm.
Just stick to your strategy, and you will win.
What I get from work makes me a better mother, and what I get from being a mother makes me a better journalist. At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
poner
To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had ju…
Stick your bag over there and come with me.
acertar • achuntar • atinar • clavar • pegar
To perform (a landing or a shot) perfectly.
Once again, the world champion sticks the dismount.
stick the landing
Phrases
dirt stickslet crazy stick its dick in youlet the cobbler stick to his lastmud sticksshit sticksstick 'em upstick a fork in me, I’m donestick a fork in somethingstick a needle in my eyestick a sock in itstick aroundstick atstick at nothingstick bystick by one's gunsstick downstick fatstick in one's gizzardstick in someone's crawstick in someone's gulletstick in someone's throatstick itstick it outstick it tostick it to the manstick like shitstick like shit to a blanketstick onstick one onstick one's dick in crazystick one's foot in itstick one's foot in one's mouthstick one's head in the sandstick one's nose instick one's nose intostick one's tongue outstick outstick that in your pipe and smoke itstick the knife instick the landing