English–Spanish dictionary

Spanish translation of the English word hit the nail on the head

Spanish/English
English → Spanish
  
EnglishSpanish (translated indirectly)Esperanto
(conduct; direct; guide; lead; drive; show the way)
guiar
;
orientar
(pate)
cabeza
🔗 She almost took my head off.
(effigy)
efigie
(direct; guide; manage; steer; conduct; drive; lead; refer; address)
dirigir
(govern; restrain; cover; master; be in charge; be in charge of; be at the head of)
capitanear
;
subyugar
🔗 The most obvious recent example is the president’s nomination of Budi Gunawan to head the national police.
(boss; chief; leader; governor; master; prefect)
amo
;
capitán
;
caudillo
;
comandante
;
dueño
;
jefe
;
patrón
🔗 Inflation in Russia could reach between 17% and 20% this year, Aleksej Kudrin, the head of Russia’s audit chamber, said on Wednesday.
(boss; chief; leader; headman; kingpin)
amo
;
capitán
;
caudillo
;
comandante
;
jefe
;
patrón
🔗 Ukrainians have now largely turned their backs on the Russian Orthodox Church whose head patriarch Kirill has backed the invasion.
(beat; strike; wallop; jab; belabour; belt)
golpear
;
pegar
(strike; smack; stub; poke)
chocar
;
golpear
(craze; vogue; furore)
furor
;
gran moda
(catch; strike; attain; encounter; find; run up against; befall; betide; ravage)
acertar
;
dar con
;
dar en
(blow; strike; whack; stroke; jab; lash)
golpe
clavetear
najli
(stud)
clavo
uña

EnglishSpanish
hit the nail on the head⇆ dar en el clavo
head⇆ cabeza; ⇆ cabecera; ⇆ tro; ⇆ espuma; ⇆ parche; ⇆ puño; ⇆ fondo; ⇆ tapa; ⇆ culata; ⇆ crisis; ⇆ punto decisivo; ⇆ acaudillar; ⇆ dirigir; ⇆ mandar; ⇆ estar a la cabeza de; ⇆ venir primero en
hit⇆ acertar; ⇆ afectar mucho; ⇆ atropellar; ⇆ batazo; ⇆ censura acerba; ⇆ censurar acerbamente; ⇆ chocar; ⇆ chocar con; ⇆ dar con; ⇆ dar contra; ⇆ dar en; ⇆ golpe; ⇆ golpear; ⇆ impacto; ⇆ pegar; ⇆ tiro certero; ⇆ éxito
nail⇆ uña; ⇆ clavo; ⇆ clavar