verb🔗ShareEngañar, burlarTo trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity."The student tried foxing the teacher by pretending to be sick so he wouldn't have to take the test. "El estudiante intentó engañar al profesor fingiendo estar enfermo para no tener que hacer el examen.actioncharacterattitudecommunicationmindChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareConfundir, desconcertarTo confuse or baffle (someone)."This crossword puzzle has completely foxed me."Este crucigrama me ha confundido por completo.mindhumancharacterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareActuar astutamente, ser taimadoTo act slyly or craftily."The student was foxing, pretending to be sick to avoid taking the test. "El estudiante estaba siendo taimado, fingiendo estar enfermo para evitar hacer el examen.characteractionattitudeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareManchar el papelTo discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity. (See foxing.)"The pages of the book show distinct foxing."Las páginas del libro muestran un claro manchado.materialappearanceconditionstationerychemistryartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAgriarTo make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment."The brewer worried that leaving the beer in the warm cellar too long would fox it, making it undrinkably sour. "El cervecero temía que dejar la cerveza en el sótano cálido demasiado tiempo la agriaría, haciéndola imbebiblemente agria.fooddrinkchemistryprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAgriarseTo turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting."The homebrew started foxing in the summer heat, turning vinegary and undrinkable. "La cerveza casera comenzó a agriarse con el calor del verano, volviéndose avinagrada e imbebible.drinkfoodchemistryscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEmborrachar, embriagarTo intoxicate; to stupefy with drink."The strong wine was foxing him, and he started to slur his words. "El vino fuerte lo estaba emborrachando y comenzó a arrastrar las palabras.drinksensationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareReparar (botas) con cuero superior delantero nuevo, o remendar las partes delanteras superiores.To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of."The cobbler is foxing my old work boots so I can get a few more months of wear out of them. "El zapatero está reparando mis viejas botas de trabajo para que pueda usarlas unos meses más.wearjobtechnicalindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAparecimiento de manchas marrones en material impresoThe discolouration of printed material with brown marks."The old book showed its age with foxing along the edges of the pages. "El viejo libro mostraba su edad con manchas marrones a lo largo de los bordes de las páginas.appearancematerialmarkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTira de material que une la parte superior de un zapato a la suelaA band of material joining the upper of a shoe to the sole."The foxing on my old canvas sneakers is starting to peel away from the sole. "La tira de material de mis viejas zapatillas de lona se está despegando de la suela.materialwearpartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
