patching

• Sustantivo que denota la acción o el proceso de arreglar un agujero o una zona desgastada de la ropa cosiendo un parche, o de aplicar un remiendo en general.

A noun referring to the act or process of mending a hole or worn area in a garment by sewing a patch over it.

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1. Mending a garmentB1formal

   The act of repairing a hole or tear in a piece of clothing by covering it with a piece of material.

   remiendo de ropa

   • She spent the afternoon doing patching on her old jeans.
   • Patching is a useful skill for extending the life of clothes.
   • The tailor specializes in patching delicate fabrics.

   Sinónimosdarningmendingrepair

• Verbo usado para indicar la acción de reparar, arreglar o corregir algo, a menudo cubriendo un agujero o defecto, o en informática, actualizar un software para resolver problemas.

A verb used to indicate the act of mending, repairing, or fixing something, often by covering a hole or flaw, or in computing, updating software to fix issues.

1. Repair a holeB1formal

   To mend or cover a hole or tear in a material.

   Remendar un agujero

   • She patched the hole in her jeans with a piece of fabric.
   • He patched the leak in the roof with tar.
   • The mechanic patched the tire after the puncture.

   Sinónimosdarnfixmendrepairsewstitch

   Antónimosripsplittear

2. Fix softwareB2informalIT

   To update or fix a computer program by adding a small piece of code.

   parchear (software)

   • The developers patched the security vulnerability last night.
   • You should patch your system regularly to avoid bugs.
   • They released a new update to patch the software errors.

   Sinónimoscorrectdebugfixremedyrepairupdate

3. Resolve a problem temporarilyB2informal

   To fix a problem in a quick or temporary way.

   parchear (solución temporal)

   • We patched things up after the argument.
   • He patched the relationship with his colleague.
   • The government tried to patch the budget crisis with short-term measures.

   Sinónimoshackkludgepatch uprig

   Antónimosfixrepairresolvesolve

Variantes phrasalpatch up