bootlace

[US]/'buːtleɪs/
[UK]/'butles/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. un cordón o tira de cuero para sujetar una bota
Word Forms
Pluralbootlaces

Phrases & Collocations

tie your bootlace

ata tu cordón

loose bootlace

cordón suelto

broken bootlace

cordón roto

Real-world Examples

In fact, although it was such a small shop it sold nearly everything—except a few things that you want in a hurry—like bootlaces, hair-pins and mutton chops.

De hecho, aunque era una tienda tan pequeña, vendía casi todo: excepto algunas cosas que necesitas con prisa, como cordones, horquillas y paletas de cordero.

Source: Peter Rabbit and His Friends (Part 2)

What was the truth about these houses, for example, dim and festive now with their red windows in the dusk, but raw and red and squalid, with their sweets and their bootlaces, at nine o'clock in the morning?

¿Cuál era la verdad sobre estas casas, por ejemplo, ahora tenues y festivas con sus ventanas rojas al anochecer, pero crudas, rojas y sórdidas, con sus dulces y sus cordones, a las nueve de la mañana?

Source: A room of one's own.

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