noun🔗ShareEspinillaThe front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone"He scraped his shin on the rough pavement while playing soccer. "Se raspó la espinilla con el pavimento áspero mientras jugaba al fútbol.anatomybodyphysiologypartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePlaca de sujeciónA fishplate for a railway."The railway workers replaced the old shin with a new, stronger one. "Los trabajadores del ferrocarril reemplazaron la vieja placa de sujeción por una nueva y más fuerte.technicalmachineindustrybuildingstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEscalar (con brazos y piernas)(as "shin up") To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like."to shin up a mast"Escalar un mástilactionsportbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareGolpear con la espinillaTo strike with the shin."During the soccer game, he accidentally shinned the other player while trying to kick the ball. "Durante el partido de fútbol, accidentalmente golpeó al otro jugador con la espinilla mientras intentaba patear el balón.bodyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePedir prestado urgentemente, endeudarse temporalmenteTo run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment."To pay for the field trip, Sarah had to shin around town to get some quick loans from friends. "Para pagar la excursión, Sarah tuvo que pedir prestado urgentemente por la ciudad para obtener algunos préstamos rápidos de amigos.businessfinanceeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareShinThe twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): Shin (letter)"In Hebrew class, we learned that the letter that looks like a "W" is called "shin." "En la clase de hebreo, aprendimos que la letra que parece una "W" se llama "shin".languagelinguisticswritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
