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• Sustantivo con varios significados: un engranaje pequeño que se acopla con una rueda mayor o una cremallera; cualquiera de las plumas grandes de vuelo de un ave; o el ala de un ave.

A noun with multiple meanings: a small gear that meshes with a larger wheel or rack; any of the larger flight feathers of a bird; or a bird's wing.

1. Small gearC1formaltechnical

   A gear with a small number of teeth that meshes with a larger gear or rack, often used in machinery to transmit motion.

   Piñón (engranaje pequeño)

   • The pinion engages with the rack to convert rotational motion into linear motion.
   • The mechanic replaced the worn pinion in the gearbox.
   • A small pinion drives the large wheel in this clock mechanism.

2. Bird's flight featherC1formal

   One of the larger primary or secondary feathers of a bird's wing, essential for flight.

   Pluma de vuelo

   • The falconer carefully examined the bird's pinions for damage.
   • The eagle's pinions were strong and well-formed.
   • A broken pinion can prevent a bird from flying properly.

   Sinónimosflight featherquill

3. Bird's wingC1formal

   The wing of a bird, especially when referring to its structure or function.

   Ala de ave

   • The bird flapped its pinions and took off into the sky.
   • The artist sketched the delicate pinions of the swan.
   • The hawk's powerful pinions carried it high above the valley.

   Sinónimospennonwing

• Verbo que significa sujetar o inmovilizar a alguien, especialmente sujetándole los brazos o las alas, a menudo contra su cuerpo o contra un objeto fijo.

An archaic verb meaning to bind or restrain someone's arms, especially by tying them to the body or to a fixed object.

1. Bind the arms ofC1formal

   To restrain or immobilize someone by holding or tying their arms.

   inmovilizar los brazos

   • The guards pinioned the prisoner's arms behind his back.
   • She was pinioned by the crowd and could not escape.
   • He pinioned his opponent's arms to the ground.

   Sinónimosbindfetterimmobilizemanaclerestrainshackletie uptruss

   Antónimosfreeliberatereleaseunbinduntie

2. Cut the wings offC2formal

   To cut off the pinion (the outer part of a bird's wing) to prevent flight.

   Desalear

   • The falconer pinioned the hawk to keep it from flying away.
   • They pinioned the young birds to stop them from leaving the nest.
   • In some practices, birds are pinioned for domestication.

   Sinónimosclipcutdocklopsheartrim