verb🔗ShareCerrar con llave, asegurarTo become fastened in place."If you put the brakes on too hard, the wheels will lock."Si frenas demasiado fuerte, las ruedas se bloquearán.actionutilitydeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCerrar con llave, asegurarTo fasten with a lock."Remember to lock the door when you leave."Recuerda asegurar la puerta cuando te vayas.propertyutilityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCerrar con llave, asegurarTo be capable of becoming fastened in place."This door locks with a key."Esta puerta se cierra con llave.technicalmachineutilityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEntrelazar, encajarTo intertwine or dovetail."We locked arms and stepped out into the night."Nos entrelazamos de brazos y salimos a la noche.structuretechnicalmachineactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCongelar, inmovilizar(break dancing) To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place."a pop and lock routine"una rutina de pop and lockdancesportentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDotar (un canal) de esclusasTo furnish (a canal) with locks."The engineers are currently locking the new canal system to allow boats to travel between different water levels. "Los ingenieros están actualmente dotando el nuevo sistema de canales de esclusas para permitir que los barcos viajen entre diferentes niveles de agua.nauticalarchitectureutilityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEncerrar en una esclusaTo raise or lower (a boat) in a lock."The boat captain is locking the small fishing vessel through the canal's lock system. "El capitán del barco está encerrando la pequeña embarcación pesquera en el sistema de esclusas del canal.nauticalsailingvehicleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSujetar, inmovilizarTo seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him."The martial arts instructor demonstrated locking his opponent's arm, quickly disarming him of the wooden practice sword. "El instructor de artes marciales demostró cómo sujetar el brazo de su oponente, desarmándolo rápidamente de la espada de práctica de madera.bodyactionweaponmilitarysportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBloquear, cerrarTo modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it."The moderator is locking the forum thread about the election because it has become too argumentative. "El moderador está bloqueando el hilo del foro sobre las elecciones porque se ha vuelto demasiado polémico.internetcomputingcommunicationtechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBloquear, proteger(WMF jargon) To prevent a page from being edited by other users."Frequently vandalized pages are generally locked to prevent further damage."Las páginas frecuentemente vandalizadas generalmente se bloquean para evitar daños mayores.internetcomputingtechnologycommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCerradura, bloqueoThe act by which something is locked."The locking of the bicycle prevented it from being stolen. "El bloqueo de la bicicleta evitó que fuera robada.propertyactionutilityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBloqueoThe use of a lock or a mutex to restrict access to a part of the code to at most one process."The database system relies on locking to prevent multiple users from accidentally overwriting each other's changes. "El sistema de base de datos se basa en el bloqueo para evitar que varios usuarios sobrescriban accidentalmente los cambios de los demás.computingtechnologyprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
