shoehorn

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place.
2. (derogatory) Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium.
3. (obsolete) Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement.

Verb

1. (literally) To use a shoehorn.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious.

Conceptos

calzador

encajar

enchufar

Sinónimos

shoe-horn

bone

🦴

shoe-lift

Traducciones

Schuhlöffel

chausse-pied

calzascarpe

Schuhanzieher

calçadeira

calzante

schoenlepel

calzatoio

corno da scarpa

قَرْن

calçador

κόκαλο

قرن

çekecek

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈʃuːˌhɔː(ɹ)n/

Etimología (Inglés)

From shoe + horn.