punta del iceberg: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- The visible, pointed part of an iceberg that rises above the surface of the water.
Examples
BetaLa punta del iceberg era lo único visible sobre el agua mientras el resto permanecía oculto.
The tip of the iceberg was the only thing visible above the water while the rest remained hidden.
Los navegantes avistaron la punta del iceberg justo a tiempo para cambiar de rumbo.
The sailors spotted the tip of the iceberg just in time to change course.
Durante la expedición, documentaron la forma de la punta del iceberg que sobresalía del mar.
During the expedition, they documented the shape of the iceberg's tip that protruded from the sea.
El barco chocó con la punta del iceberg, lo que causó daños considerables en el casco.
The ship collided with the tip of the iceberg, which caused considerable damage to the hull.
- A small or visible indication of a much larger, hidden problem, situation, or set of facts; the superficial or exposed part of something whose greater extent remains unseen.
Examples
BetaLo que vimos en las noticias es solo la punta del iceberg de un problema mucho mayor.
What we saw on the news is just the tip of the iceberg of a much bigger problem.
La corrupción en la empresa es la punta del iceberg; hay muchas irregularidades ocultas.
The corruption in the company is the tip of the iceberg; there are many hidden irregularities.
Este retraso es solo la punta del iceberg de los problemas que enfrenta el proyecto.
This delay is just the tip of the iceberg of the problems the project faces.
Examples:
- ES: - Sí, es la punta del iceberg.EN: - Yes, is the thin end of the wedge.
- ES: Bailar es sólo la punta del iceberg.EN: Dancing's just the tip of this iceberg.
- ES: Devlin es sólo la punta del iceberg.EN: Devlin is just the tip of the iceberg.
- ES: Esa es la punta del iceberg.EN: This is the "heads" side.EN: That is the tip of the iceberg.
- ES: Porque él es solo la punta del iceberg.EN: Of course, he's only the tip of the iceberg.
- ES: Esto es la punta del iceberg.EN: This is the tip of an iceberg.
- ES: Sr. Brooks, el Valle Paraíso fue solo la punta del iceberg.EN: Mr. Brooks, Paradise Valley was just the tip of the iceberg. The story I'm working on is of major proportions.
- ES: Yo también quiero a Tanya y a sus amigos... pero eso sólo es la punta del iceberg.EN: I want Tanya and her friends too, but that's only the tip of the iceberg.
- ES: Intento de asesinato y esto es solo la punta del iceberg.EN: THAT'S ATTEMPTED MURDER. IT'S ONLY A SHORT HOP FROM THE REAL THING.
- ES: Y eso es sólo la punta del iceberg.EN: And that's just the tip of the iceberg.EN: And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
- ES: Haz de cuenta que encender fuego es solamente la punta del iceberg.EN: Suppose lighting fires is merely the tip of the iceberg.
- ES: A ver, había la..., teoría de la punta del iceberg. ¿Hmm?EN: Let's see, there was the tip of the... iceberg theory. Hmm?
- ES: ¿Entiende usted entonces... porqué tuve que conducir a la prensa y al congreso a la punta del iceberg equivocado?EN: You understand then... why I had to lead the press and the Congress to the... tip of the wrong iceberg?
- ES: Hasta ahora sólo a descubierto la punta del iceberg.EN: So far he's only discovered the tip of the iceberg.
- ES: Esto es sólo la punta del iceberg.EN: And, uh, that's just the tip of the ice cube.
- ES: No, Watson, creo que sólo es la punta del iceberg.EN: No, Watson, I'm afraid this is only the tip of the iceberg.
- ES: Y eso es solo la punta del iceberg.EN: There's so much more, if you see what I mean.
- ES: Eso me temo, es la punta del iceberg.EN: 'Fraid so. Tip of the iceberg.
- ES: - ¿Sí? - ¡Esta es sólo la punta del iceberg, amigo!EN: - This is just the tip of the iceberg, buddy!
- ES: Creemos que el dinero falso que encontramos en esa caravana... es sólo la punta del iceberg.EN: We believe that the counterfeit money we found in that trailer... is just the tip of the iceberg.
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