clavo
/ˈklabo/, [ˈkla.β̞o]clove, nail
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El clavo atravesó la pared.
The nail went through the wall.
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Para un hombre con un martillo, todo se parece a un clavo.
To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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Un clavo pinchó el neumático.
A nail penetrated the car tyre.
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¡Al fin ha dado usted en el clavo!
At last, you've hit the nail on the head!
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Clavé un clavo en la pared para colgar un cuadro.
I hammered a nail into the wall in order to hang a painting.
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Ella dio en el clavo.
She hit the nail on the head.
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Se me rajó la chaqueta con un clavo.
I tore my jacket on a nail.
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Sentí que di en el clavo.
I felt I had hit the nail on the head.
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El clavo rasgó su chamarra.
The nail tore his jacket.
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En tu cuerpo hay suficiente hierro como para hacer un clavo.
There is enough iron in your body to make a nail.
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Hay un dicho japonés que reza: «Clavo que sobresalga, se martilla».
There is a Japanese saying that goes: <<The nail that protrudes is hammered.>>
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Encontramos un clavo clavado en el neumático.
We found a nail stuck in the tire.
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Ella había matado a su primer esposo con la ayuda del segundo. Lo habían hecho con un clavo que, los dos juntos, habían clavado en su sien mientras él dormía.
She had killed her first husband with the help of the second one. They had done it with a nail that they pushed together into his temples while he was sleeping.
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¡Has dado en el clavo!
You've hit the nail on the head!
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