English-Spanish translations for nook

rincónVea cómo Bruselas implanta sus zarzas en cada grieta, en cada rincón de vida nacional. See how Brussels shoots its tendrils into every crevasse, every nook of national life. En ese rincón de Europa, hay una aversión natural -tal vez comprensible- a los planes rimbombantes a largo plazo. In that nook of Europe, there is - perhaps understandably - a natural aversion to bombastic long-term plans. Si existe algo ideado expresamente para restar popularidad a Europa, eso es su determinación de controlar hasta el último rincón de nuestras vidas. If anything was more calculated to make Europe unloved it is its determination to control every nook and cranny of our lives.
recovecoLos asuntos fiscales y la seguridad social son lo que la Sra. Thatcher solía llamar "los recovecos" de la vida cotidiana. Taxation and social security get to what Mrs Thatcher used to call the nooks and crannies of everyday life. Sin embargo, el presupuesto está lleno de astutos recovecos y fisuras ocultas, como saben mejor que nadie la mayor parte de quienes están siguiendo este debate. Yet the budget is also full of clever little hidden nooks and crannies, a fact known by few better than by most of those now listening to this debate.

A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove
A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat
A recess, cove or hollow
An English unit of land#Noun|land area, originally of a yardland but later or 20 acres
A corner#Noun|corner of a piece#Noun|piece of land; an angled#Adjective|angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land
To withdraw into a nook
To situate in a nook

There was a small broom for sweeping ash kept in the nook between the fireplace bricks and the wall
The back of the used book shop was one of her favorite nooks; she could read for hours and no one would bother her or pester her to buy

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