Meanings (ES + gloss)
cepo • trampa
A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
I put down some traps in my apartment to try and deal with the mouse problem.
The Russian bear has always been eager to stick his paw in Latin American waters. Now we've got him in a trap, let's take his leg off right up to his testicles. On second thought,…
trampa
Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
Close the trap, would you, before someone falls and breaks their neck.
bombillo • sifón • trampa
A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.
Phrases
around the trapsbelly trapdebt trap diplomacyfall into a trapflowline trapfly out of the trapshash-trapheffalump traplive-trappony and traprace out of the trapstrap balltrap bartrap cartrap croptrap housetrap makertrap musictrap nesttrap phonetrap pointstrap settrap shoottrap stairstrap streettrap yardtrap-bath splittrap-poptrapdoortraps case
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
atrapar
To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of bloo…
to trap foxes