noun🔗ShareEspinillasThe front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone"The soccer player wore shin guards to protect his shins from getting hurt. "El jugador de fútbol usó espinilleras para proteger sus espinillas de lesiones.bodyanatomypartphysiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePlaca de sujeciónA fishplate for a railway."The railway workers used strong shins to connect the rails together. "Los trabajadores ferroviarios usaron placas de sujeción fuertes para conectar los rieles.technicalmachinestructureChat 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 mástilbodyactionsportnauticalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareGolpear con la espinillaTo strike with the shin."During the soccer game, he accidentally shins his opponent while trying to get the ball. "Durante el partido de fútbol, accidentalmente golpea a su oponente con la espinilla mientras intenta obtener el balón.bodyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePedir dinero prestado apresuradamenteTo run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment."To pay for the school trip, Sarah had to shins around and borrow money from her friends. "Para pagar el viaje escolar, Sarah tuvo que pedir dinero prestado y pedir prestado a sus amigos.businessfinanceeconomyactionChat 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 to write the letter "shins" as part of our alphabet study. "En la clase de hebreo, aprendimos a escribir la letra "Shin" como parte de nuestro estudio del alfabeto.languagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
