verb🔗SharePisar, caminar, pisotearTo step or walk (on or over something); to trample."The children were warned not to tread on the fragile wildflowers. "Se advirtió a los niños que no pisaran las frágiles flores silvestres.actionwayenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePisar, caminar sobreTo step or walk upon."Actors tread the boards."Los actores pisan las tablas.actionwayChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePisar, hollarTo beat or press with the feet."to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path"pisar un camino; pisar la tierra cuando es demasiado ligera; un camino muy transitadoactionbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCaminar, pisarTo go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc."The dancers had to tread carefully across the slippery stage. "Los bailarines tuvieron que caminar con cuidado por el escenario resbaladizo.actionwayChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePisar, pisotear, aplastarTo crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue."The bully tried to tread on the smaller student's feelings, making fun of their clothes. "El abusón trató de pisotear los sentimientos del estudiante más pequeño, burlándose de su ropa.actionattitudemilitarywarinhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAparearseTo copulate; said of (especially male) birds."The rooster began to tread the hen in the barnyard. "El gallo comenzó a aparearse con la gallina en el corral.animalbirdsexChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAparearse con(of a male bird) To copulate with."The rooster vigorously treaded the hen in the barnyard. "El gallo se apareó vigorosamente con la gallina en el corral.animalbirdsexChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePasoA step taken with the foot."Here are a few options, progressively more nuanced: "Each tread on the stairs brought her closer to her bedroom." This sentence shows the "step taken with the foot" meaning of "tread" as a noun in a common setting (stairs). "Cada paso en las escaleras la acercaba a su dormitorio.actionpartbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePisada, pasoA manner of stepping."Her nervous tread revealed how anxious she was before the exam. "Su pisada nerviosa reveló lo ansiosa que estaba antes del examen.wayactionstyleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareHuella, pisadaThe sound made when someone or something is walking."We heard the heavy tread of Dad's boots on the stairs. "Oímos la pesada pisada de las botas de papá en las escaleras.soundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCamino, senderoA way; a track or path."The new hiking trail was a well-worn tread, showing many people had used it before. "El nuevo sendero de senderismo era un camino muy transitado, que mostraba que mucha gente lo había usado antes.waydirectionplaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePeldañoThe horizontal part of a step in a flight of stairs."The worn tread of the stairs creaked loudly as I climbed. "El desgastado peldaño de la escalera crujió ruidosamente mientras subía.architecturebuildingpartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBanda de rodaduraThe grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction."The car struggled in the snow because the tires had very little tread left. "El coche tuvo problemas en la nieve porque los neumáticos tenían muy poca banda de rodadura.vehicletechnicalpartmachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBanda de rodadura, dibujoThe grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction."The worn tread on her shoes showed she had walked a long way. "El dibujo desgastado de la suela de sus zapatos demostraba que había caminado mucho.wearpartvehicleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLa chalaza, el pedalThe chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle."The bird's egg had a strong tread, making it more likely to survive the trip. "El huevo del pájaro tenía una chalaza fuerte, lo que hacía más probable que sobreviviera al viaje.anatomybiologybirdpartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareApareamiento de avesThe act of avian copulation in which the male bird mounts the female by standing on her back."The farmer observed the tread of the rooster on the hen, hoping for fertile eggs. "El granjero observó el apareamiento de aves del gallo sobre la gallina, esperando huevos fértiles.animalbirdsexbiologyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCamino de ronda(fortification) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet."The soldiers positioned themselves on the tread of the fortification to get a better view of the enemy. "Los soldados se posicionaron en el camino de ronda de la fortificación para obtener una mejor vista del enemigo.architecturemilitaryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareContusión, rozaduraA bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together."The horse's left front foot had a painful tread, preventing it from participating in the show. "La pata delantera izquierda del caballo tenía una contusión dolorosa, lo que le impedía participar en el espectáculo.animalmedicineanatomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
