Pronúncia: skɪn
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noun
- pell.
- [face] cutis.
- outer skin epidermis.
- true skin dermis.
- to have a thin skin figurative ser susceptible, tenir la pell molt prima.
- to have a thick skin figurative tenir la pell dura, ser insensible.
- by the skin of one's teeth figurative de poc, d'un pèl.
- he's nothing but skin and bone només li queda la pell i l'os.
- to throw its skin canviar la pell.
- to strip to the skin despullar-se del tot.
- to save one's skin figurative salvar la pell.
- to come out of it with a whole skin figurative sortir-ne sa i estalvi.
- I've got you under my skin figurative no te'm puc treure del cap.
- Zoology pell, despulla.
- [as hide] cuir, cuiro.
- [for wine, oil] bot, odre.
- [paper] pergamí.
- Botany [of fruit] pell, escorça.
- [of seed] túnica.
- figurative [on milk] crema, nata.
- [for duplicating] clixé.
- Aeronautics & Nautical revestiment. attributive
- de la pell, dèrmic.
- skin disease malaltia (cutània / dèrmica / de la pell). transitive verb [-nn-]
- [animal] cotnar, escorxar, llevar la pell a.
- [tree] esclovellar.
- colloquial escurar, plomar, deixar sense ni cinc.
- to skin one's knee pelar-se el genoll.
- he was skinned of all his money el van deixar sense ni cinc.
- to keep one's eyes skinned colloquial tenir els ulls ben oberts. intransitive verb
- to skin over Medicine cicatritzar-se.