English-Spanish translations for cord

• cable
• cordón
  Las células obtenidas de sangre de cordón umbilical son uno de los ejemplos en los que se han hecho avances. Cord blood stem cells are one example of where progress has been made.
  Comisario, ha aludido usted a las células de la sangre del cordón umbilical, y a su almacenamiento. Commissioner, you spoke about umbilical cord blood cells and about their storage.
  Existen alternativas serias, células madre adultas, células madre procedentes de sangre del cordón umbilical. There are serious alternatives, adult stem cells, stem cells from umbilical cord blood.
• cuerda
  No se puede empujar a una cuerda; hay que tirar de ella, como dice el refrán finlandés. You cannot push on a cord; you have to pull it, as the Finnish saying goes.
  No obstante, hoy el gigante de la UE ampliada es como Gulliver en Liliput, puesto que su inmenso potencial se encuentra atado por innumerables cuerdas de reglamentos proteccionistas. However, today the giant of the enlarged EU is like Gulliver in Lilliput, his immense potential tied up by innumerable cords of protectionist regulations.
• hilo
• piola

Definition of cord

• A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns of fiber ; such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity
• A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper , or other appliance
• Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord
• Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve
• : musical sense
• To furnish with cords
• To flatten a book during binding

Examples

• The burglar tied up the victim with a cord
• He looped some cord around his fingers
• spermatic cord; spinal cord; umbilical cord; vocal cords

Related words

• record
• accordion
• accord
• cordial
• recorder
• accordance
• cordate
• cordially
• concord