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"pillar" in English

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"pillar" in English
pillar{verb}
to bag- to catch out- to pillage- to catch- to cop- to get- to get- to hop- to nab- to pick up- to hit
pillar{transitive verb}
to foray- to go down with- to grasp
"pillar" in Spanish
pillar{noun}
pilar- columna- baluarte- pilar- pilón- pilar- poste
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TRANSLATIONS & EXAMPLES
pillar[pillando · pillado] {verb}
pillar(also: hacerse con)
to bag[bagged · bagged] {vb} [coll.]
pillar(also: sorprender, agarrar con las manos en la masa)
to catch out {vb}
pillar(also: saquear)
to pillage[pillaged · pillaged] {v.i.}
pillar(also: prender, capturar, pescar, atrapar)
to catch[caught · caught] {vb}
pillar a algn desprevenido
to catch sb by surprise
pillar a alguien in fraganti
to catch sb. red-handed
Por otro lado, a nuestra querida Comisión Europea le pillará desprevenida.
Otherwise, our dear European Commission will be caught with its pants down.
pillar(also: agarrar, pescar)
to cop {v.t.} [Brit.] [coll.] (catch, seize)
En inglés podría decirse algo así como: »La regañina es justa, señor Gobernador, nos ha pillado usted; tendríamos que haberlo hecho pero no lo hicimos».
In English you could say: ' It's a fair cop, Guv'nor, you've caught us; we should have done it and we didn't' .
En inglés podría decirse algo así como:» La regañina es justa, señor Gobernador, nos ha pillado usted; tendríamos que haberlo hecho pero no lo hicimos».
In English you could say: ' It's a fair cop, Guv'nor, you 've caught us; we should have done it and we did n't '.
pillar(also: agarrar)
to get[got · got] {v.t.} (to catch, to trap)
pillar una curda
to get blotto
Para los delincuentes profesionales, también es fácil evitar que los pillen en la red.
It is also easy for professional criminals to avoid getting caught in the net.
En Alemania, por ejemplo, tenemos los dedos pillados con la producción de equipos de defensa y el aumento de los precios.
In Germany, for example, we have got our fingers burnt with the production of defence equipment and increased prices.
pillar(also: agarrar)
to get[got · got] {v.t.} (with illnesses)
pillar una curda
to get blotto
Para los delincuentes profesionales, también es fácil evitar que los pillen en la red.
It is also easy for professional criminals to avoid getting caught in the net.
En Alemania, por ejemplo, tenemos los dedos pillados con la producción de equipos de defensa y el aumento de los precios.
In Germany, for example, we have got our fingers burnt with the production of defence equipment and increased prices.
pillar(also: tomar)
to hop[hopped · hopped] {v.t.} [Amer.] [coll.]
pillar(also: pescar)
to nab[nabbed · nabbed] {v.t.} [coll.] (catch)
pillar(also: pescar)
to pick up {vb} (catch)
pillar(also: percutir, aporrear, acertar, golpear)
to hit[hit · hit] {vb}
pillar[pillando · pillado] {transitive verb}
pillar(also: saquear, despojar)
to foray[forayed · forayed] {vb}
pillar(also: coger, agarrar)
to go down with {v.i.} [coll.]
pillar(also: aferrar, apresar, aprehender)
to grasp[grasped · grasped] {vb}
pillar{noun}
pillar(also: column, structure, gatepost, cornerstone)
pilar{m}
It is called a 'transfer from the first pillar to the second pillar'.
Se denomina "transferencia del primer pilar al segundo pilar".
We do not therefore want the CFSP to be incorporated into the first, or Community, pillar.
Por eso no queremos que la PESC se incorpore al primer pilar, el pilar comunitario.
The third pillar concerns recycling and the efficient use of resources.
El tercer pilar tiene que ver con el reciclaje y el uso eficiente de los recursos.
pillar(also: column)
columna{f}
Amsterdam contains a promise in relation to the third pillar.
En cuanto a la tercera columna, Amsterdam constituye una promesa.
Europe has been led into the wilderness, but there is no divine pillar of fire to guide the people.
Europa fue llevada al desierto pero no hay ninguna columna de fuego para guiarles.
I had to sit behind a pillar and I hardly saw anything
me tocó detrás de una columna y no vi casi nada
pillar(also: bastion, fortress, bulwark, stronghold)
baluarte{m}
pillar(also: column)
pilar{m} [archit.]
It is called a 'transfer from the first pillar to the second pillar'.
Se denomina "transferencia del primer pilar al segundo pilar".
We do not therefore want the CFSP to be incorporated into the first, or Community, pillar.
Por eso no queremos que la PESC se incorpore al primer pilar, el pilar comunitario.
The third pillar concerns recycling and the efficient use of resources.
El tercer pilar tiene que ver con el reciclaje y el uso eficiente de los recursos.
pillar
pilón{m} [archit.]
pillar
pilar{m} [autom.] (parte del coche)
It is called a 'transfer from the first pillar to the second pillar'.
Se denomina "transferencia del primer pilar al segundo pilar".
We do not therefore want the CFSP to be incorporated into the first, or Community, pillar.
Por eso no queremos que la PESC se incorpore al primer pilar, el pilar comunitario.
The third pillar concerns recycling and the efficient use of resources.
El tercer pilar tiene que ver con el reciclaje y el uso eficiente de los recursos.
pillar
poste{m} [autom.] (parte del coche)
If this precedent is followed, Parliament will soon end up looking like an advertising pillar or a hoarding full of posters, and that would be detrimental to the honour of the House.
Si esto se convierte en precedente, el Parlamento pronto acabará pareciendo una valla o un poste publicitario llenos de carteles, para menoscabo de la honorabilidad de esta Cámara.

SYNONYMS
Synonyms (English) for "pillar":
pillar
column- mainstay- tower
CONTEXT EXAMPLES
Context examples for "pillar" in English(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.
No pretendemos pillar por sorpresa a Sus Señorías.
It is not an attempt to twist colleagues ' arms at the eleventh hour.
No pretendemos pillar por sorpresa a Sus Señorías.
It is not an attempt to twist colleagues' arms at the eleventh hour.
pillar a alguien in fraganti
to catch sb. red-handed
pillar a algn desprevenido
to catch sb by surprise
pillar a alguien desprevenido
to take by surprise
Si alguna vez se llega a pillar a alguna de esas empresas, se las sentencia a multas ridículas que no tienen ningún tipo de poder disuasorio.
If you manage to catch any of these companies, they are sentenced to ridiculously small fines, which have no deterrent effect whatsoever.
pillar por sorpresa
to take by surprise
pillar una curda
to get blotto

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