noun🔗ShareGatoAn animal of the family Felidae:"My neighbor has a beautiful cat that often chases butterflies in her garden. "Mi vecina tiene un gato hermoso que a menudo persigue mariposas en su jardín.animalessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePersonaA person:"My cat is a very good student. "Mi persona es un muy buen estudiante.personhumanessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAparejoA strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship."The ship's crew used the cat to raise the heavy anchor. "La tripulación del barco usó el aparejo para levantar el ancla pesada.nauticalsailingessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareGatoShort form of cat-o'-nine-tails."The teacher warned the student that a second infraction would result in a "cat" punishment. "El profesor advirtió al estudiante que una segunda infracción resultaría en un castigo de "gato".nauticalweaponhistoryessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCatamaranA sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in "catboat")."The old catboat, a sturdy sailing vessel, was used by the local fishermen for their daily trips to the harbor. "El viejo catamarán, un velero robusto, era utilizado por los pescadores locales para sus viajes diarios al puerto.nauticalsailingvehicleessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareJuego del gatoThe game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog")."The children played cat and dog at recess. "Los niños jugaron al juego del gato en el recreo.gamesportentertainmentessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareGatoThe pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat."The boy carefully aimed the cat and hit the target. "El niño apuntó cuidadosamente al gato y golpeó el objetivo.sportgameitemessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareVagina, vulvaA vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia."The doctor examined the cat and said it was healthy. "El médico examinó la vagina y dijo que estaba sana.anatomysexbodyorganessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTrípodeA double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed."The caterer used a special cat to hold the dessert plates during the school bake sale. "El proveedor utilizó un trípode especial para sostener los platos de postre durante la venta de pasteles de la escuela.itemutensilessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareGato, manteleteA wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages as a siege weapon to allow assailants to approach enemy defences."The medieval castle's defenders braced themselves against the approaching cat, a siege weapon designed to breach their walls. "Los defensores del castillo medieval se prepararon contra el gato que se acercaba, un arma de asedio diseñada para romper sus muros.militaryweaponmachinewarhistoryessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareIzar el anclaTo hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead."The sailor needed to cat the anchor before the ship could leave the harbor. "El marinero necesitaba izar el ancla antes de que el barco pudiera salir del puerto.nauticalsailingessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAcatar con un gato de nueve colasTo flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails."The teacher, frustrated with the unruly students, threatened to cat them with a leather strap. "El profesor, frustrado con los estudiantes rebeldes, amenazó con acatarlos con una correa de cuero.militarylawessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareVomitarTo vomit."The dog catted up all over the yard after eating too many treats. "El perro vomitó por todo el jardín después de comer demasiadas golosinas.bodymedicinephysiologyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDeambular por la nocheTo go wandering at night."The stray cat was catting around the neighborhood all night. "El gato callejero estaba deambulando por el vecindario toda la noche.animalactionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareChismear, cotillearTo gossip in a catty manner."The girls were catty about Sarah's new haircut, whispering unkind things behind her back. "Las chicas chismearon sobre el nuevo corte de pelo de Sarah, susurrando cosas crueles a sus espaldas.communicationcharacterattitudelanguagehumanessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCatamaránA twin-hulled ship or boat."The captain sailed the cat across the lake. "El capitán navegó el catamarán por el lago.nauticalvehiclesailingessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMujer pendenciera, regañonaA quarrelsome woman; a scold."My aunt is a real cat; she constantly criticizes everyone's work at the family dinner. "Mi tía es una verdadera regañona; critica constantemente el trabajo de todos en la cena familiar.characterpersonessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBalsaA raft of three pieces of wood lashed together, the middle piece being longer than the others, and serving as a keel on which the rower squats while paddling."The fisherman used his cat to cross the river. "El pescador usó su balsa para cruzar el río.nauticalvehiclesailingessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBruloteAn old kind of fireship."The old naval records described the "cat" as a powerful but dangerous fireship. "Los antiguos registros navales describían el "brulote" como un barco de fuego poderoso pero peligroso.nauticalmilitarysailingvehiclewarhistoryessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUn programa y comando en Unix que lee uno o más archivos y dirige su contenido a la salida estándar.A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output."The cat command printed the contents of my essay file to the screen. "El comando cat imprimió el contenido de mi archivo de ensayo en la pantalla.computingtechnicalutilitymachineessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAplicar el comando cat a (uno o más archivos)To apply the cat command to (one or more files)."Before printing the presentation, I need to cat the file containing the slides into the final document. "Antes de imprimir la presentación, necesito aplicar el comando cat al archivo que contiene las diapositivas en el documento final.computingtechnologytechnicalinternetmachinesystemdeviceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareVolcar grandes cantidades de datos sobre (un objetivo desprevenido)To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of browsing it carefully."The teacher catted a huge file of student essays onto the classroom computer, hoping to find a few good examples for the next lesson, but without intending to read every single one. "El profesor volcó un archivo enorme de ensayos de estudiantes en la computadora del aula, con la esperanza de encontrar algunos buenos ejemplos para la próxima lección, pero sin la intención de leer cada uno de ellos.computinginternetessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareTerrible, desastrosoTerrible, disastrous."The weather was cat, so they returned home early."El clima era terrible, así que regresaron a casa temprano.disasternegativeattitudeessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMetcatinonaA street name of the drug methcathinone."The dealer was selling "cat" to students, and that's why they were caught by the police. "El traficante estaba vendiendo metcatinona a los estudiantes, y por eso la policía los atrapó.substancechemistrymedicineessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCatapultaA catapult."The history teacher used a catapult to demonstrate how ancient armies launched stones. "El profesor de historia usó una catapulta para demostrar cómo los ejércitos antiguos lanzaban piedras.militaryweaponmachineessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCategoría, claseA group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria."The students were divided into three cats for the science project. "Los estudiantes fueron divididos en tres categorías para el proyecto de ciencias.grouporganizationtypelistessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCategoríaA collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow, and such that arrow composition is associative."The cat of school subjects—math, science, and English—is interconnected by the relationships between them. "La categoría de las materias escolares —matemáticas, ciencias e inglés— está interconectada por las relaciones entre ellas.mathlogictheoryessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePez gatoAny fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth"The aquarium keeper carefully fed the cat fish. "El cuidador del acuario alimentó cuidadosamente al pez gato.fishanimalessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAlguien que crea un perfil falso en una plataforma de redes sociales para engañar a la genteSomeone who creates a fake profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people."The cat on Instagram pretending to be a successful lawyer was actually a student who needed more followers. "El cat en Instagram que pretendía ser un abogado exitoso era en realidad un estudiante que necesitaba más seguidores.internetpersoncomputingcommunicationtechnologymediaessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePerfil falsoSuch a fake profile."That online profile of a successful businessman was just a cat; it was completely false. "Ese perfil en línea de un hombre de negocios exitoso era solo un perfil falso; era completamente falso.internetcommunicationpersonessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareExcavadoraAny of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)"The construction company rented a large cat to move the dirt for the new school playground. "La empresa constructora alquiló una excavadora grande para mover la tierra para el nuevo patio de recreo de la escuela.machinevehicletechnologyindustryessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareVehículo de orugasA caterpillar drive vehicle (a ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks), especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers."The farmer used his large cat to plow the field. "El granjero usó su vehículo de orugas grande para arar el campo.vehiclemachinetechnologyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading