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At the front door the stable boy stood with Chancery, who waved his white tail and whinnied as he saw me.El mozo de cuadra me esperaba ante la puerta de la enfermería sujetando las riendas de _Chancery,_el cual, al verme, azotó el aire con su blanca cola y soltó un relincho.Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negroEl gallo negroSansom, Christopher JohnDissolutionSansom, Christopher John© C.J. Sansom, 2003
The explosions of light, they believe, are a sign of something dramatic happening in the space around Earth—specifically, in Earth's "plasma tail."Las explosiones de luz, pensaban ellos, son un signo de que algo impresionante está ocurriendo en el espacio que rodea a la Tierra; específicamente, en la "cola de plasma" de la Tierra.http://science.nasa.gov/ 03.07.2011http://science.nasa.gov/ 03.07.2011
MESSENGER encountered Mercury's sodium-rich exospheric "tail" which extends more than 25,000 miles from the planet and also discovered a hydrogen tail of similar dimensions.La sonda MESSENGER se encontró con la "cola" exosférica de Mercurio, rica en sodio, que se extiende a más de 40.000 kilómetros del planeta y también descubrió una cola de hidrógeno de similares dimensiones.http://science.nasa.gov/ 06.07.2011http://science.nasa.gov/ 06.07.2011
This leaves open the possibility that the complex debris tail is the result of an impact between two bodies, rather than ice simply melting from a parent body.Esto deja abierta la posibilidad de que la compleja traza de desechos sea el resultado de un impacto entre dos cuerpos, en vez de hielo que simplemente se derrite y sale despedido de un cuerpo originario.http://science.nasa.gov/ 03.07.2011http://science.nasa.gov/ 03.07.2011
The Britons were a game lot and raised their serpent-tail banners above their defences.Los britanos eran una gente dispuesta a todo y levantaron sus estandartes de cola de serpiente sobre sus defensas.Scarrow, Simon / The Eagle's ConquestScarrow, Simon / Roma Vincit!Roma Vincit!Scarrow, Simon© 2001 by Simon Scarrow© de la traducción: Montserrat Batista, 2002© de la presente edición: Edhasa, 2002The Eagle's ConquestScarrow, Simon© 2001 by Simon Scarrow
Behind him rose a giant plume of dust, like the tail of a hallucinogenic coyote.Detrás se levantaba una enorme cola de polvo, como la cola de un coyote alucinógeno.Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 26662666Bolano, Roberto© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño2666Bolano, Roberto© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
I should have mistrusted that tail between the legs.Debí desconfiar de esa cola entre las piernas.The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajesLos detectives salvajesBolano, Robertoe savage detectivesThe savage detective© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
How does this sequence connect to events in the plasma tail?¿Cómo es que esta secuencia se conecta con los eventos que tienen lugar en la cola de plasma?http://science.nasa.gov/ 03.07.2011http://science.nasa.gov/ 03.07.2011
He was perched on the back of a small pony that flinched nervously as one of the elephants lifted its tail and deposited a small mound directly in its path.Iba a lomos de un pequeño pony que se sobresaltó, nervioso, cuando uno de los elefantes levantó la cola y depositó un pequeño montículo justo en su camino.Scarrow, Simon / The Eagle's ConquestScarrow, Simon / Roma Vincit!Roma Vincit!Scarrow, Simon© 2001 by Simon Scarrow© de la traducción: Montserrat Batista, 2002© de la presente edición: Edhasa, 2002The Eagle's ConquestScarrow, Simon© 2001 by Simon Scarrow
Animals must not be lifted by the head, horns, ears, feet, tail or fleece in such a way as to cause them unnecessary pain or suffering.Se prohíbe levantar a los animales asiéndolos por la cabeza, cuernos, orejas, patas, rabo o lana de tal modo que se les cause dolor o sufrimiento innecesario.http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009
Right: Click on the image to play an animated artist's concept of red giant Mira evolving its comet-like tail.Derecha: Haga clic sobre la imagen para reproducir una animación artística de la gigante roja Mira desarrollando su cola similar a la de un cometa.http://science.nasa.gov/ 06.07.2011http://science.nasa.gov/ 06.07.2011
In addition to Mira's tail, GALEX also discovered a bow shock, a type of buildup of hot gas, in front of the star, and two sinuous streams of material coming out of the star's front and back.Además de la cola de Mira, GALEX también descubrió un arco de choque, un tipo de acumulación de gas caliente, delante de la estrella, y dos corrientes sinuosas de materia que salían por delante y por detrás de la estrella.http://science.nasa.gov/ 06.07.2011http://science.nasa.gov/ 06.07.2011
I'm in Mexico, I thought, with the tail end of that tremor still slithering through me.Estoy en México, pensaba, cuando aún la cola del escalofrío no se había marchado.Bolano, Roberto / AmuletBolano, Roberto / AmuletoAmuletoBolano, Roberto© EDITORIAL ANAGRAMA, S.A., 1999© Roberto Bolaño, 1999AmuletBolano, Roberto© 1999 by the Heirs of Roberto Bolaño© 2006 by Chris Andrews
Tail gas (petroleum), catalytic cracked distillate and catalytic cracked naphtha fractionation absorber;gas de cola (petróleo), aparato de absorción para el fraccionamiento de nafta craqueada catalíticamente y del destilado craqueado catalíticamente;http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009
Tail gas (petroleum), propane-propylene alkylation feed prep deethanizer;gas de cola (petróleo), desetanizador para la preparación de la alimentación para la alquilación de propano-propileno;http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009
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Collocations
bushy tail
hopo
heads or tails
cara o cruz
Word forms
tail
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | tail | tails |
Possessive case | tail's | tails' |
tail
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | tailed |
Imperative | tail |
Present Participle (Participle I) | tailing |
Past Participle (Participle II) | tailed |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I tail | we tail |
you tail | you tail |
he/she/it tails | they tail |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am tailing | we are tailing |
you are tailing | you are tailing |
he/she/it is tailing | they are tailing |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have tailed | we have tailed |
you have tailed | you have tailed |
he/she/it has tailed | they have tailed |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been tailing | we have been tailing |
you have been tailing | you have been tailing |
he/she/it has been tailing | they have been tailing |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I tailed | we tailed |
you tailed | you tailed |
he/she/it tailed | they tailed |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was tailing | we were tailing |
you were tailing | you were tailing |
he/she/it was tailing | they were tailing |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had tailed | we had tailed |
you had tailed | you had tailed |
he/she/it had tailed | they had tailed |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been tailing | we had been tailing |
you had been tailing | you had been tailing |
he/she/it had been tailing | they had been tailing |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will tail | we shall/will tail |
you will tail | you will tail |
he/she/it will tail | they will tail |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be tailing | we shall/will be tailing |
you will be tailing | you will be tailing |
he/she/it will be tailing | they will be tailing |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have tailed | we shall/will have tailed |
you will have tailed | you will have tailed |
he/she/it will have tailed | they will have tailed |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been tailing | we shall/will have been tailing |
you will have been tailing | you will have been tailing |
he/she/it will have been tailing | they will have been tailing |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would tail | we should/would tail |
you would tail | you would tail |
he/she/it would tail | they would tail |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be tailing | we should/would be tailing |
you would be tailing | you would be tailing |
he/she/it would be tailing | they would be tailing |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have tailed | we should/would have tailed |
you would have tailed | you would have tailed |
he/she/it would have tailed | they would have tailed |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been tailing | we should/would have been tailing |
you would have been tailing | you would have been tailing |
he/she/it would have been tailing | they would have been tailing |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am tailed | we are tailed |
you are tailed | you are tailed |
he/she/it is tailed | they are tailed |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being tailed | we are being tailed |
you are being tailed | you are being tailed |
he/she/it is being tailed | they are being tailed |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been tailed | we have been tailed |
you have been tailed | you have been tailed |
he/she/it has been tailed | they have been tailed |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was tailed | we were tailed |
you were tailed | you were tailed |
he/she/it was tailed | they were tailed |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being tailed | we were being tailed |
you were being tailed | you were being tailed |
he/she/it was being tailed | they were being tailed |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been tailed | we had been tailed |
you had been tailed | you had been tailed |
he/she/it had been tailed | they had been tailed |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be tailed | we shall/will be tailed |
you will be tailed | you will be tailed |
he/she/it will be tailed | they will be tailed |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been tailed | we shall/will have been tailed |
you will have been tailed | you will have been tailed |
he/she/it will have been tailed | they will have been tailed |