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cracker

/ˈkɹækə(ɹ)/

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noun

Galleta salada, galleta

A dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers).

Examples :

"I ate a cracker with cheese for a quick snack. "

Comí una galleta con queso para un bocadillo rápido.

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Crujido, chasquido

A short piece of twisted string tied to the end of a whip that creates the distinctive sound when the whip is thrown or cracked.

Examples :

"The cowboy replaced the worn cracker on his whip, so it would make a loud snap again. "

El vaquero reemplazó el crujido desgastado de su látigo para que volviera a hacer un chasquido fuerte.

sound part action item

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Petardo

Examples :

"The children were excited to see the colorful cracker explode in the air during the Fourth of July celebration. "

Los niños estaban emocionados de ver explotar el petardo colorido en el aire durante la celebración del 4 de julio.

entertainment item

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Persona o cosa que rompe

A person or thing that cracks, or that cracks a thing (e.g. whip cracker; nutcracker).

Examples :

"The nutcracker broke the hard shell easily. "

El cascanueces rompió la cáscara dura fácilmente.

person utensil machine thing

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Petardo navideño

A Christmas cracker.

Examples :

"During Christmas dinner, my little brother pulled a cracker and won a small plastic toy. "

Durante la cena de Navidad, mi hermano pequeño tiró de un petardo navideño y ganó un pequeño juguete de plástico.

festival culture tradition item

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Craqueador

Refinery equipment used to pyrolyse organic feedstocks. If catalyst is used to aid pyrolysis it is informally called a cat-cracker

Examples :

"The oil refinery used a cracker to break down crude oil into useful products. "

La refinería de petróleo utilizó un craqueador para descomponer el petróleo crudo en productos útiles.

technical machine energy industry chemistry fuel device process

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Persona o cosa excelente

A fine thing or person (crackerjack).

Examples :

"My little sister is a cracker of a student; she always gets top marks. "

Mi hermana pequeña es una estudiante excelente; siempre obtiene las mejores notas.

character person quality

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Madrugador, persona ambiciosa

An ambitious or hard-working person (i.e. someone who arises at the 'crack' of dawn).

Examples :

""My dad is a real cracker; he's already at work by 5 AM every morning." "

Mi padre es un verdadero madrugador; ya está trabajando a las 5 de la mañana todas las mañanas.

person character attitude job business

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Crackers, hacker

One who cracks (i.e. overcomes) computer software or security restrictions.

Examples :

"The cracker successfully bypassed the school's computer security system. "

El cracker eludió con éxito el sistema de seguridad informática de la escuela.

computing internet technology person job

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Fanfarrón, jactancioso

A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow.

Examples :

""Even though he hadn't won the game, Mark acted like a real cracker, boasting loudly about how well he almost played." "

Aunque no había ganado el juego, Mark actuó como un verdadero fanfarrón, jactándose en voz alta de lo bien que casi jugó.

character person

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Paleto, cateto

(racial slur) An impoverished white person from the southeastern United States, originally associated with Georgia and parts of Florida; (by extension) any white person.

race person language culture

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Oficial de policía

(Florida) A police officer.

Examples :

"The cracker stopped the car for speeding. "

El oficial de policía detuvo el coche por exceso de velocidad.

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Anade rabudo

A northern pintail, species of dabbling duck.

Examples :

"While birdwatching at the lake, we spotted a cracker swimming amongst the mallards. "

Mientras observábamos aves en el lago, vimos un ánade rabudo nadando entre los ánades reales.

animal bird nature

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Rodillos acanalados

A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc.

Examples :

"The chemist used the cracker to grind the rubber into a fine powder. "

El químico usó los rodillos acanalados para moler el caucho hasta convertirlo en un polvo fino.

machine utensil