Not only do they get snagged on hooks and tangled in nets, but chronic overfishing can deprive the birds of their prey—the same small fish that boats are catching.

No solo se enganchan en los ganchos y se enredan en las redes, la sobrepesca crónica puede privar a estas aves de sus presas, el mismo pescado pequeño que se llevan los barcos.

to hook(also: to catch, to fish, to pinch, to net)

pescar [pescando · pescado] {vb}

They might sell fish hooks to passing boats and promise to cover hulls with a quantity of tarmacadam that they just had left over.

Podrían vivir anzuelos de pesca a los barcos que pasen y cubrir sus cascos con el chapopote que estos barcos hayan dejado tras ellos.

Not only do they get snagged on hooks and tangled in nets, but chronic overfishing can deprive the birds of their prey—the same small fish that boats are catching.

No solo se enganchan en los ganchos y se enredan en las redes, la sobrepesca crónica puede privar a estas aves de sus presas, el mismo pescado pequeño que se llevan los barcos.

to hook(also: to set, to thread, to mount)

engarzar {vb}

to hook(also: to bend, to curve, to hunch, to hump)

encorvar [encorvando · encorvado] {vb}

to hook [hooked · hooked] {transitive verb}

to hook(also: to bat, to flick, to hit, to knock)

golpear [golpeando · golpeado] {vb}

to hook(also: to heel)

talonar {vb}

to hook

pegarle un gancho a {vb}

to hook [hooked · hooked] {intransitive verb}

to hook(also: to hustle)

hacer la calle {vb} [coll.]

to hook

fichar [fichando · fichado] {vb} [Mex.] [coll.]

to hook(also: to hustle)

patinar [patinando · patinado] {vb} [Chile] [coll.]

to hook(also: to hustle)

yirar {vb} [SAm.] [slg.]

to hook(also: to hustle)

hacer la carrera {vb} [coll.]

hook {noun}

hook(also: devil's claw, grapple, clip, uppercut)

gancho {m}

that right hook put him out for the count

ese gancho de derecha lo dejó fuera de combate

arrester hook

gancho de frenado para apontaje

he hung it on a hook

lo colgó de un gancho

hook(also: bait, fishhook)

anzuelo {m}

So, Commissioner Borg, my advice is 'sling your hook'!

Por tanto, Comisario Borg, mi consejo es "¡lance su anzuelo!".

he put the bait on the hook

engarzó la carnada al anzuelo

he baited the hook

engarzó la carnada al anzuelo

hook

garfio {f}

hook

gancho de retenida {m}

corvo {m}

alcayata {f}

escarpia {f}

gafa {f} (gancho)

garabato {m} (gancho)

hook

macho {m} (de un corchete)

hook(also: clothes hanger, coat hanger, hanger, perch)

percha {f}

hook

hook {m}

hook

anzuelo {m} [naut.]

So, Commissioner Borg, my advice is 'sling your hook'!

Por tanto, Comisario Borg, mi consejo es "¡lance su anzuelo!".

he put the bait on the hook

engarzó la carnada al anzuelo

he baited the hook

engarzó la carnada al anzuelo

hook

corchete {m} [cloth.]

hook

ganchito {m} [cloth.]

SYNONYMS

Synonyms (English) for "hooked":

hooked

aquiline- dependant- dependent- drug-addicted- hooklike- strung-out

CONTEXT EXAMPLES

Context examples for "hooked" in Spanish(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.

People have been hooked on the idea that 'mild ' and 'low tar ' cigarettes are healthier.

Las personas se han dejado engañar por la idea de que los cigarrillos " mild " y " bajo en nicotina " son menos nocivos.

Before you get started using Windows Speech Recognition, you need to have a microphone hooked up to your computer.

Para poder empezar a usar el Reconocimiento de voz de Windows debe conectar un micrófono al equipo.

the two stations were hooked up for the broadcast

las dos estaciones de radio transmitieron en cadena

you really are hooked! how many's that now?

¡qué vicioso eres! ¿cuántos te has fumado ya?

At the moment it can take a long time for a wind turbine park to be hooked up to an electricity grid and that is unacceptable.

En estos momentos, un parque eólico puede tardar mucho tiempo en conectarse a la red eléctrica y ese hecho es inaceptable.

she's completely hooked on the idea

está entusiasmadísima con la idea

I got my coat hooked on a nail

se me enganchó el abrigo en un clavo

I hooked my arm around his neck

le rodeé el cuello con el brazo

he's hooked on video games

está enviciado con los videojuegos

I got hooked on betting

me entró el gusanillo de las apuestas

I hooked a ten-pounder

pesqué un pez de diez libras

I hooked a ten-pounder

cogí un pez de diez libras

we hooked up the trailer

enganchamos el remolque

I started with the monster in the basement, a decidedly non-portable media computer (with a 500 GB hard drive) that's hooked up to my TV.

Comencé con mi monstruo del sótano: un equipo multimedia en absoluto portátil (con un disco duro de 500 gigabytes) conectado al televisor.

he got hooked on drink

se vició con el alcohol

he got hooked on heroin

se enganchó al caballo

to get hooked on sth

engancharse a algo

to be hooked on sth

enganchado a algo

hooked nose

nariz ganchuda

It deserves to be repeated that there is a link between the number of people who try drugs and the number of people who are in danger of getting hooked on their misuse.

Es preciso repetir que existe una relación entre el número de personas que prueban las drogas y el número de personas que están en peligro de engancharse a su abuso.

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