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tape

/teɪ̯p/

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noun

Cinta adhesiva, cinta

Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.

Examples :

"Hand me some tape. I need to fix a tear in this paper."

Pásame cinta adhesiva. Necesito arreglar un desgarro en este papel.

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noun

Cinta, cinta adhesiva

Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.

Examples :

"After the party there was tape all over the place."

Después de la fiesta había cinta adhesiva por todas partes.

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noun

Cinta de meta

Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.

Examples :

"Jones broke the tape in 47.77 seconds, a new world record."

Jones rompió la cinta de meta en 47,77 segundos, un nuevo récord mundial.

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noun

Cinta, cinta magnética

Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.

Examples :

"Did you get that on tape?"

¿Lo grabaste en cinta?

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noun

Grabación

(by extension) Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.

Examples :

"My son's school project included a tape of his grandfather's speech. "

El proyecto escolar de mi hijo incluía una grabación del discurso de su abuelo.

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noun

Respuesta automática, reacción condicionada

An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus.

Examples :

"Old couples will sometimes play tapes at each other during a fight."

Las parejas mayores a veces juegan a las reacciones condicionadas entre sí durante una pelea.

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noun

Cinta de cotizaciones

(from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.

Examples :

"Don’t fight the tape."

No luches contra la cinta de cotizaciones.

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noun

Cinta

The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick

Examples :

"His pass was right on the tape."

Su pase fue justo en la cinta.

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noun

Cinta

A strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine.

Examples :

"The printing machine's tape guided the paper smoothly through the rollers. "

La cinta de la máquina de impresión guio el papel suavemente a través de los rodillos.

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verb

Cinta adhesiva, pegar con cinta

To bind with adhesive tape.

Examples :

"Be sure to tape your parcel securely before posting it."

Asegúrese de pegar su paquete con cinta adhesiva de forma segura antes de enviarlo.

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verb

Grabar

To record, particularly onto magnetic tape.

Examples :

"You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping."

No deberías haber dicho eso. El micrófono estaba encendido y estábamos grabando.

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verb

Entender, comprender

(passive) To understand, figure out.

Examples :

"I taped the instructions for building the model airplane; it wasn't entirely clear at first. "

Entendí las instrucciones para construir el modelo de avión; al principio no estaba del todo claro.

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