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butaca
feminine
1 (con respaldo) (esp Esp) armchair; (sin respaldo) (esp AmL) stool
correrle la butaca a algn (Col); to edge sb out
2 (en un teatro, cine) seat
butaca de patio (Esp); (front) orchestra seat (AmE), stall seat (BrE), seat in the stalls (BrE)
pillar
pillar [A1]
vt
A
1 (fam) (atrapar) to catch
corre, corre que te pillo go on! run, or I'll catch o I'll get you
me pilló la policía the police caught o (colloq) nabbed me
me has pillado de casualidad, estaba a punto de salir you were lucky to catch me, I was just going out
le pilló un dedo it caught o trapped her finger, she got her finger caught o trapped in it
2 (fam) (por sorpresa) to catch¡ajá, te pillé! aha, caught o got you!no me pilla de nuevas it doesn't surprise me
nos pilló la lluvia sin paraguas we got caught in the rain without an umbrella
3 (fam); ‹catarro/resfriado› to catchpillamos una curda we got plastered o hammered (colloq)
B (Esp fam)
1 «coche» (atropellar) to hitcasi lo pilla un coche he nearly got run over, he nearly got hit by a car
2
(quedar): me pilla de camino it's on my way
me pilla bastante lejos it's a bit far for me
C
1 (fam); ‹sentido/significado› to get (colloq), to grasp
2 (fam); ‹ganga› to get, pick up (colloq)
■ pillarse
v pron
A (fam); ‹dedos/manga› to catchse pilló los dedos con la ventana he caught o trapped his fingers in the window
B (RPl fam) (hacer pis) to wet oneself
pesebre
masculine
1 (en un establo) manger, trough
2 (de Navidad) crib
tajada
1 (de melón, queso) slice
sacar tajada (fam): si no puede sacar tajada no le interesa if there's nothing in it for him o if he can't make something out of it, he's not interested (colloq)
todos están peleándose para sacar tajada they're all fighting to take their cut (colloq)
2 (Ven) (de plátano frito) slice of fried plantain
B
(Esp arg) (borrachera): ¡vaya tajada que llevaba! was she ever drunk! (colloq), she was smashed! (arg)
esbozo
1 (Art) sketch
2 (de un proyecto) outline, rough draft
3 (de una sonrisa) hint
cancerbero
A (period); goalkeeper, keeper (colloq)
el Cancerbero (Mit) Cerberus
forrado
forrado -da
adjective
A ‹abrigo› lined; ‹sillón/libro› covereduna chaqueta forrada de seda a jacket lined with silk
B [ estar] (fam) (de dinero) loaded (colloq), rolling in it (colloq)
blando
blando -da
A1 ‹carne› tender; ‹queso/mantequilla› soft
las galletas se han puesto blandas the biscuits have gone soft
2 ‹cama/almohada› soft
de carnes blandas flabby
3 ‹madera/metal› soft
un cepillo de cerdas blandas a soft brush
4 ‹agua› soft
B ‹carácter› (débil) weak ‹padre/profesor› (poco severo) soft
¡qué blando eres con los niños! you're so lenient with/soft on the children!
pedrusco
1 (piedra) rough stone; (pedazo de piedra) piece of stone, lump of rock
2 (Esp hum) (piedra preciosa) rock (colloq)
puñetero
puñetero -ra
(fam)
1 (delante del n)
(uso enfático): tuvieron otra discusión por la puñetera perra they had another argument over the damn o blasted dog (colloq)
tengo ganas de irme de este puñetero pueblo I want to get out of this lousy o miserable town (colloq)
no nos hizo ni puñetero caso he didn't take a damned o (BrE) a blind bit of notice of us (colloq)
vete de una puñetera vez just get the hell out of here (colloq)
2 [ ser] ‹persona›
no seas puñetero don't be a swine (colloq), don't be a jerk (colloq)
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