Translation for "water-tight" to spanish
Water-tight
adjective
Translation examples
adjective
Their wells are water-tight today;
Sus cisternas siguen siendo estancas;
Curse them, with their water-tight compartments, and their logging of the lookouts.
¡Malditos sean, con sus compartimentos estancos y su registro de vigías!
      From the bridge, engine-room, and a dozen places on her deck the ninety-two doors of nineteen water-tight compartments could be closed in half a minute by turning a lever.
Las noventa y dos puertas de los diecinueve compartimentos estancos podían cerrarse en medio minuto girando una palanca desde el puente, la sala de máquinas y desde otros doce puntos de la cubierta.
adjective
Break in with hasty enquiry regarding water-tightness or otherwise of Vicky’s boots.
Me apresuro a interrumpirla preguntando si las botas de Vicky son impermeables o no.
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