door

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.
2. Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
3. An entry point.
4. A means of approach or access.
5. A possibility.
6. A barrier.
7. A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.
8. The proceeds from entrance fees and/or ticket sales at a venue such as a bar or nightclub, especially in relation to portion paid to the entertainers.

Verb

To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.

Conceptos

puerta

portal

entrada

acceso

portón

portezuela

seguro

abertura

vano

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/dɔː/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English dore, dor, from Old English duru (“door”), dor (“gate”), from Proto-West Germanic *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr, from *dʰwer- (“doorway, door, gate”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots door (“door”), Saterland Frisian Doore (“door”), West Frisian doar (“door”), Dutch deur (“door”), German Low German Door, Döör (“door”), German Tür (“door”), Tor (“gate”), Danish and Norwegian dør (“door”), Icelandic dyr (“door”), Latin foris and foras, Ancient Greek θύρα (thúra), Albanian derë pl. dyer, Central Kurdish دەرگە (derge), derî, Persian در (dar), Russian дверь (dverʹ), Hindi द्वार (dvār), Armenian դուռ (duṙ), Irish doras, Sanskrit द्वार (dvāra), Lithuanian durys.

Oraciones

He's watching the other door .

Está mirando la otra puerta.

It's no use closing the stable door , after the horse has bolted .

No sirve de nada cerrar la puerta del establo, después de que el caballo se ha atornillado.

The S . W . A . T . entry team used an optical wand to observe the proceedings behind the door .

El S.W.A.T. El equipo de entrada usó una varita óptica para observar los procedimientos detrás de la puerta.