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entrechocar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • clash noun A loud, jarring sound made when hard objects strike together.
  • clink noun A short, sharp ringing sound, as of glass or metal striking together.

Senses

entrechocar is used for these senses in English:

  • clash (intransitive, of clothes, decor, colours) To fail to look good together; to contrast unattractively; to fail to harmonize.
  • clash (intransitive, of events) To coincide, to happen at the same time, thereby rendering it impossible to attend all.
  • clink (ambitransitive) To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.

clash — full definition

  1. noun A loud, jarring sound made when hard objects strike together.
  2. noun A serious disagreement, fight, or conflict between people or groups.
  3. verb To disagree or fight, often heatedly.
  4. verb Of colours, patterns, or styles: to look bad together.
  5. verb To happen at the same time, making it impossible to attend both.

clink — full definition

  1. noun A short, sharp ringing sound, as of glass or metal striking together.
  2. verb To make or cause a short ringing sound by striking metal or glass together.
  3. noun Informal term for prison.

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