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fixing

/ˈfɪksɪŋ/

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verb

Perforar, traspasar

To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.

Examples :

"The hunter, fixing the rabbit with his arrow, prepared to bring dinner home. "

El cazador, perforando al conejo con su flecha, se preparó para llevar la cena a casa.

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verb

Fijar, adjuntar, sujetar

To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.

Examples :

"A dab of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board."

Una pizca de chicle fijará tu nota al tablón de anuncios.

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verb

Arreglar, reparar

To mend, to repair.

Examples :

"My dad is fixing the broken bicycle in the garage. "

Mi padre está arreglando la bicicleta rota en el garaje.

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verb

Preparar

To prepare (food or drink).

Examples :

"She fixed dinner for the kids."

Ella preparó la cena para los niños.

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verb

Amañar, manipular

Examples :

"A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent."

La mayoría de los votantes creía que la elección fue amañada a favor del titular.

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verb

Esterilizar, castrar

To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.

Examples :

"Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him."

Rover dejó de cavar debajo de la cerca después de que el veterinario lo castrara.

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Fijar, arreglar

(sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.

Examples :

"The teacher is fixing x to equal 5 in this problem; from now on, x always represents 5 within this specific equation. "

El profesor está fijando x para que sea igual a 5 en este problema; a partir de ahora, x siempre representa 5 dentro de esta ecuación específica.

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verb

Vengarse de, tomar represalias contra

To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.

Examples :

"He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work."

Lo atraparon robando en los casilleros, así que un par de tipos se vengaron de él después del trabajo.

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verb

Fijar, hacer permanente

To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.

Examples :

"The photographer carefully fixed the negative to prevent fading. "

El fotógrafo fijó cuidadosamente el negativo para evitar que se desvaneciera.

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verb

Arreglar, reparar

To convert into a stable or available form.

Examples :

"Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen."

Las legumbres son valoradas en la rotación de cultivos por su capacidad para fijar el nitrógeno.

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verb

Fijarse, establecerse, permanecer

To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.

Examples :

"After years of traveling, she felt like fixing in her hometown and starting a family. "

Después de años de viajar, sintió que quería establecerse en su ciudad natal y formar una familia.

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verb

Fijar, solidificar

To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.

Examples :

"The hot metal is slowly fixing as it cools, becoming solid enough to shape. "

El metal caliente se está solidificando lentamente a medida que se enfría, volviéndose lo suficientemente sólido como para darle forma.

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noun

Manipulación, amaño

The act of subverting (fixing) a vote.

Examples :

"The investigation revealed a wide-scale fixing of the election votes, leading to recounts in several districts. "

La investigación reveló una manipulación a gran escala de los votos electorales, lo que llevó a recuentos en varios distritos.

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noun

Fijaciones

(usually in the plural) Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs, etc)

Examples :

"The box of fixings included screws, nails, and wall plugs, which we needed to hang the picture frame securely. "

La caja de fijaciones incluía tornillos, clavos y tacos, que necesitábamos para colgar el marco de la foto de forma segura.

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noun

Accesorios, guarniciones

Examples :

"The furniture came flat-packed, so we had to buy the fixings separately. "

Los muebles venían embalados planos, así que tuvimos que comprar los accesorios por separado.