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"a pique" in English
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a pique(also: vertical, cortado a pico, escarpado, cortado a pique)
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Similar translations for "a pique" in English
piquenoun
picarverb
to grab a bite- to grab a bite- to prickle- to prong- to bite- to bite- to bite- to chop- to chop up- to clip- to decay- to eat away- to eat away at- to nibble- to nibble- to peck- to peck- to perish- to pique- to pit- to punch- to scratch- to smart- to sting- to sting- to strike- to take- to tickle- to pink- to blink- to bounce- to buzz off- to chop up- to kick- to prick- to prick- to itch- to mince- to arouse- to break up- to break up- to smash- to chip- to chip away at- to work- to crush- to hurt- to upset- to hurt- to wound- to perforate- to put spin on- to rot- to spur on- to stab- to grind- to goad- to prod- to play … staccato- to eat- to cut- to get money from- to get money out of- to get some money from- to get some money out of- to take the bait- to be hot- to be itchy- to beat it- to split- to knock
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Como su antecesora, la Constitución, se fue a pique al chocar contra la roca de la democracia.
Like its predecessor, the Constitution, it foundered on the rock of democracy.
Debe ponerse especial cuidado para lograr que este sector no se vaya a pique.
Care should be taken to ensure that this sector does not collapse.
La decisión marco presentada no debería echar a pique esta política.
It is not the intention that the present framework decision should scrap this policy.
Un vendedor de automóviles deshonesto puede echar a pique el mercado para sus competidores.
A dishonest car salesman can spoil the market for his competitors.
Toda esta palabrería sobre barcos que se van a pique no es más que propaganda.
All this talk of a sinking ship is just propaganda.
Se están yendo a pique sectores enteros de la industria, como la industria de construcción naval en Polonia.
Entire sectors of industry are going under, such as the shipbuilding industry in Poland.
Realmente no es necesario tenerlas en cuenta, de lo contrario este proyecto acabará por irse a pique.
That really does need to be taken into account, otherwise this project will ultimately founder.
Volvemos siempre, pues, a la misma cuestión: ¿qué hacemos por esta África que se muere, que se va a pique?
We therefore keep coming back to the same question: what are we doing for this dying, declining Africa?
No esperemos a que todo se vaya a pique en ese país.
Let us not wait until the situation deteriorates there.
Por ello, la Unión Monetaria debe ser seguida de un nuevo salto en la integración política o bien irse a pique.
Therefore, monetary union must either be followed by a new leap towards political integration or perish.
Sin embargo, si no resolvemos los retos que se nos presentan ahora, nos iremos a pique a lo largo de estos cien años.
However, if we do not solve the challenges which we now face, we will founder in the course of this century.
trató de impedir que el negocio se fuera a pique
he tried to stop the business from going under
el negocio se fue a pique cuando ella se fue
the business went on the rocks when she left
¿No se ha ido a pique la cuestión social?
Did the social issue not founder there?
había una caída a pique hasta el mar
there was a vertical drop to the sea below
la carga se fue a pique hasta el fondo
the cargo sank clear to the bottom
sus ilusiones se fueron a pique
her hopes were dashed
No hay que sobrecargar este estatuto con esperanzas que no está destinado a convertir en realidad, pues de lo contrario se irá a pique muy rápidamente.
We must not overload this statute with things that it was not designed to carry, otherwise it will sink very quickly indeed.
SeñorPresidente, este es un informe muy importante que casi se ha ido a pique por culpa de juegos políticos solapados de la derecha.
MrPresident, this is a very important report, which very nearly foundered on account of underhand political games on the part of the Right.
el barco se fue a pique
the boat sank
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