verb🔗ShareArrancar, desplumarTo pull something sharply; to pull something out"She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled."Ella sacó el teléfono de su bolso y marcó.actionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSacar, arrancarTo take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation."The teacher was plucking students from the hallway and bringing them into the classroom after the bell rang. "El profesor estaba sacando a los estudiantes del pasillo y llevándolos al aula después de que sonó la campana.actionsituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePulsar, tocarTo gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc."Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it."Mientras que un piano golpea la cuerda, un clavecín la pulsa.musicsoundentertainmentactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDesplumarTo remove feathers from a bird."After hunting the duck, my grandfather spent an hour plucking its feathers before cooking it. "Después de cazar el pato, mi abuelo pasó una hora desplumando sus plumas antes de cocinarlo.animalfoodbirdactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRobar, desplumar, saquearTo rob, fleece, steal forcibly"The horny highwayman plucked his victims to their underwear, or attractive ones all the way."El bandido lascivo desplumaba a sus víctimas hasta la ropa interior, o a las atractivas hasta el final.propertyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePulsarTo play a string instrument pizzicato."Plucking a bow instrument may cause a string to break."Pulsar un instrumento de arco puede hacer que se rompa una cuerda.musicentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareArrancar, tirarTo pull or twitch sharply."The nervous student kept plucking at a loose thread on his shirt during the exam. "El estudiante nervioso no paraba de tirar de un hilo suelto de su camisa durante el examen.actionbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSuspender, reprobar(university slang) To be rejected after failing an examination for a degree."After failing his final history exam, he was worried he would be plucking. "Después de suspender su examen final de historia, le preocupaba que lo reprobaran.educationdegreeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareArrancarOf a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing."The glacier is plucking rocks from the mountain, slowly carving out the valley as it moves. "El glaciar está arrancando rocas de la montaña, tallando lentamente el valle a medida que se mueve.geologygeographyenvironmentnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareArrancamiento, recogida(gerund of pluck) An act in which something is plucked."The plucking of eyebrows is a common beauty practice. "El arrancamiento de cejas es una práctica de belleza común.actionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUn fragmento obtenido al arrancarA fragment of something obtained by plucking."After the fight, there was a plucking of fur left on the carpet where the cats had been battling. "Después de la pelea, quedó un fragmento de pelo en la alfombra donde los gatos habían estado luchando.partthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
