wrist

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
wrist n(body part)muñeca nf
 Nina put a bracelet on her wrist.
 Nina se puso una pulsera en la muñeca.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
dislocate your wrist v expr(suffer displaced wrist joint)dislocarse la muñeca loc verb
 It's quite easy to dislocate your wrist - I did it just by taking the lid off a jam jar.
limp wrist npejorative, offensive!!, informal (gay person) (ofensivo, vulgar)maricón, marica nm
slap on the wrist nfigurative (mild reprimand)amonestación menor nf + adj
 Two years in prison was no more than a slap on the wrist for that revolting murderer.
 Philip needn't have worried about the sentence, as he was only given a slap on the wrist.
 Dos años de prisión fueron sólo una amonestación menor para ese asqueroso asesino. // Phillip no se debería haber preocupado por esa sentencia ya que sólo le dieron una amonestación menor.
wrist joint n(articulation between arm and hand) (Anat)muñeca nf
 The wrist joint contains many bones and is highly complex.
 La muñeca está compuesta de muchos huesos y es altamente compleja.
  articulación de la muñeca nf
wrist pin,
gudgeon pin 		(machinery)perno de pistón nm + loc adj
wristwatch,
wrist-watch,
wrist watch n		(timepiece worn on the wrist)reloj de pulsera nm + loc adj
  reloj pulsera loc nom m
 This wristwatch is old, but it is still accurate.
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'wrist' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
bracelet - bracer - carpal - carpus - charm bracelet - dislocate your wrist - lunate - trapezium - wristband - wristwatch
Spanish:
muñeca - cortarse las venas - bocamanga

Collocations: my [left, right] wrist, [had, got, suffered] a sprained wrist, [sprained, fractured, broke, twisted] her wrist, more...

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