What does «eslabón» mean in Spanish?
- Piece or element in the shape of a ring or that (S) that, strung with other similar ones, forms a chain, usually metallic.
- It applies to conceptual chains such as the food chain.
- Iron used to remove sparks from flint.
- Sharpening steel for sharpening blades.
- Person who is missing or has been missing for a long time. Person not expected.
- In sense Person or element necessary to link and succeed actions and facts.
Examples of use in Spanish: "La abuela siempre fue el eslabón que unió a toda la familia".
"Estos últimos avances científicos suponen el eslabón que faltaba para la obtención de la cura de esta enfermedad".
- Steel iron that is struck with a flint and from which sparks fly.
- Black scorpion, up to 12 cm. long, with large pincers and venomous.
- A hard tumor, arising in horses below the hock and knee, and extending into these joints.
- Missing link. That linking element that is absent or missing in a series. It is mostly used in the biological-evolutionary process to describe the lack of concrete evidence of the existence of one or more species connecting the evolutionary tree.
- Weak link. Fig. Used figuratively to mean that a particular element or person is the most vulnerable of all and, therefore, can be used to "cut" the chain.