Use aglet para la punta ajustada del extremo de un cordón, sobre todo cuando evita que se deshilache o facilita pasarlo por un ojal.
Use aglet para la punta ajustada del extremo de un cordón, sobre todo cuando evita que se deshilache o facilita pasarlo por un ojal.
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| The aglet is the hole the lace goes through. | The aglet is the tip that goes through the eyelet. |
| I need to aglet my shoes before school. | I need to replace the aglets on my shoelaces before school. |
| The whole shoelace is an aglet. | The aglet is only the small tip at the end of the shoelace. |
| A missing aglet makes the shoe fall apart. | A missing aglet makes the lace fray and harder to thread. |
Use aglet en historia de la indumentaria para remates ornamentales o puntas metálicas, y aiguillette cuando se quiera precisar el cordón moderno de uniforme.
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| The seventeenth-century aglet was a zipper pull. | The seventeenth-century aglet was a metal tag on a lace or point. |
| Aglets were only hidden inside shoes. | Some aglets were visible ornaments on clothing. |
| An aiguillette can never be called an aglet. | Aglet can refer to the metal tips or ornaments related to an aiguillette. |
| The aglet was the cloth ribbon itself. | The aglet was the tag, tip, or ornament attached to the ribbon. |
El contexto separa el sentido familiar de punta de cordón del uso antiguo en ropa y uniformes.
El eyelet se llama aglet cuando la palabra corresponde a la punta del cordón y no al agujero.
Del inglés medio aglet y formas relacionadas, tomado del francés medio aguillette, diminutivo de aguille, aguja o alfiler, en última instancia del latín acus, aguja.