| NOMBRE | artifact | garrucha, polea, roldana | a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope |
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| act | garrucha, strapado | a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope |
| Sentido | A simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope. | |
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| Sinónimos | polea, roldana | |
| Part de | aparejo, polipasto | pulley blocks with associated rope or cable |
| Específico | gatera | A pulley-block used to guide a rope forming part of a ship's rigging to avoid chafing |
| polea de guía, polea de tensión, polea intermedia, polea muerta, rueda loca | A pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide or tighten it | |
| General | máquina, máquina simple | A device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point |
| Inglés | pulley, pulley-block, pulley block, block | |
| Catalán | corriola, politja | |
| Sentido | A form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope. | |
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| Sinónimo | strapado | |
| General | tortura, torturar | The deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason |
| Inglés | strappado, strapado | |
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