English → Spanish
wall
/AmE wɔl 
, BrE wɔːl /
noun
1
a (freestanding) muro m; (of castle, city) muralla f
I'd put them up against a wall and shoot them yo los llevaría a todos al paredón
garden wall tapia f, muro m
sea wall espigón m; malecón m; tajamar m (Southern Cone)
the Berlin Wall (History) el muro de Berlín
Hadrian's Wall la muralla or el muro de Adriano
it's like talking to a brick wall es como hablarle a la pared
to go/be driven to the wall «company/business» irse a pique
up the wall: I was going or crawling up the wall with boredom estaba que me trepaba or subía por las paredes del aburrimiento
b (barrier) barrera f
a wall of fire/flames/silence una barrera de fuego/llamas/silencio
an impenetrable wall of prejudice una barrera infranqueable de prejuicios
2 (of building, room) pared f; muralla f (Chile)
is that an outside or a common wall? (US), is that an outside or a party wall? (British) ¿esa pared es exterior o medianera?
to have one's back to the wall estar en un apuro or en un aprieto
(before noun): wall bars (Sport) espalderas fpl
wall light/lamp aplique m
3
a (of stomach, artery) pared f
b (of tire) flanco m
Idioms
to drive sb up the wall
she drives me up the wall me saca de quicio, me enerva
to go up the wall
she'll go up the wall when she finds out se va a poner furiosa cuando se entere
to come up against a brick wall darse de narices contra una pared
these four walls
this must not go or pass beyond these (four) walls esto que no salga de aquí
walls have ears las paredes oyen
Phrasal Verbs:
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v + o + adv, v + adv + o
1 (surround with wall) ‹garden/playground/quadrangle› tapiar, cercar con un muro, cercar con una pared, cercar con una tapia
2 (entomb) emparedar
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v + o + adv, v + adv + o
(separate) separar con una pared, separar con un muro, separar con una tapia
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v + o + adv, v + adv + o
1 ‹doorway/window/alcove› tapiar, condenar
2 (imprison) ‹person/body› emparedar