English-Spanish translations for thumb

pulgarA mi juicio, es como empezar a tejer un guante y no pasar del pulgar. In my opinion, it is like starting to knit a glove and not getting any further than the thumb. Juliet se pinchó el pulgar con la aguja accidentalmente después de que esta se le resbalase mientras tomaba una muestra de sangre. Juliet accidentally pricked her thumb on the needle after it slipped when she was taking a sample. Federalismo, bajo el pulgar de las grandes potencias, con Alemania a la cabeza, en una de sus ambiciosas y claras expresiones ... Federalism, under the thumb of the great powers, with Germany at the head, in one of its ambitious and clear expressions ...

The short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose all of the other fingers
A thumbnail picture
To touch or cover with the thumb
To turn the pages of in order to read it cursorily
To hitchhike
To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling
To manipulate with the thumb; especially, to pull back the hammer or open the cylinder of a revolver
To fire quickly by pulling the hammer while keeping the trigger depressed

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