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te lo han puesto en bandeja
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they handed it to you on a platter
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bandeja de entrada / salida
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in / out tray
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a media asta
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at half mast
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me puso un par de banderillas
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he taunted me, goaded me
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se pasó al otro bando
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he changed sides
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bañado en oro
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gold-plated
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bañado en sudor
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drenched in sweat
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baño de fuego
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baptism of fire
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correr baquetas
pasar por ... |
run a gauntlet
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ha sido baqueteado por la vida
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he´s been buffeted by life
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para hacerse baquiano hay que perderse alguna vez
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to become a baquiano, you have to get lost a few times
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bar de copas
bar de alterne / citas |
nightclub
singles bar |
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jugar con dos barajas
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double deal
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las cifras que se barajan ahora
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the figures being bandied about
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a la barata
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any old how
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tienda baratera
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discount shop
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a granel
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in bulk
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lo barato sale caro
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buying cheap is false economy
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me costó barato
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...was cheap for me
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la barba cerrada
.... poblada |
a full, bushy beard
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por barba
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per capita
)per beard) |
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me estoy dejando barba
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I´m growing a beard
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te lleva de la barba
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he´s leading you by the nose
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tiene pocas barbas
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he´s green, unbearded
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miente por la barba
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he lies through his teeth
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le subió a las barbas
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she climbed his beard
(she was cheeky to him |
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cuando las barbas de tu vecino veas pelar pon las tuyas a remojar
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learn from other people´s mistakes
when you see your neighbor trimming his beard, get yours lathered up |
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es capaz de hacer cualquier barbaridad
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he´ll stop at nothing
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cuesta una barbaridad
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it cost a fortune
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conduce como un bárbaro
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he drives like a demon
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está en barbecho
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lies fallow
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firmar como en un becho
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sign without reading
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barbihecho
barbilampiño barbilindo |
freshly shaven
baby-faced dapper, dandified |
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como barco sin timón
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like a ship without a rudder
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barco cisterna
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tanker
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a barlovento
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to windward
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la bandera de las barras y las estrellas
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the Stars and Stripes
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barra oblicua
... inversa |
slash
backslash |
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ser un Barbarás
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be wicked, naughty
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zona de barracas
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shantytown
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se lo cree a la barraca
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he believes implicitly
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dieron barreno al barco
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they scuttled the ship
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barrer con todo
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make a clean sweep
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barrer para dentro
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to look after number one
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supera / rompe la barrera del sonido
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break the sound barrier
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vale tanto para un barrido como para un fregado
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he´s good at everything
sweeping and scrubbing |
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barril de pólvora
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powderkeg
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estás echando barriga
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you´re getting a belly
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el barrio judío
gótico |
the Jewish quarter
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tienda de barrio
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corner shop
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me llené de barro
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I got covered with mud
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la fecha de caducidad
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the expiration date
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sobre una base de rojo
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on a red background
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partir de una base de neutralidad
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start from a position of neutrality
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sentó las bases de
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laid the foundation of
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a base de arroz
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rice-based
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a base de bien
(comer, trabajar, divertir, etc) |
loads
(eating, working, having fun) |
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base de datos
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database
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texto base
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draft text
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alimento base
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staple, basic food
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está hecho un basílico
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get as mad as a basilisk
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deja bastante que desear
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leaves much to be desired
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es lo bastante alto como para...
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he´s tall enough to...
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me bastó una foto para...
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one photo was enough for me to...
(was all it took) |
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basta que queramos... para que haya...
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just when we want to .... there is a ...
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me basta con tu palabra
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your word is enough for me
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con la intención basta
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its the thought that counts
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no basta con decir que...
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it´s not enough to say that...
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bailamos hasta decir basta
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we danced until we dropped
(said enough) |
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se basta a sí mismo
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he´s self sufficient
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bastardilla
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italics
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entre bastidores
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offstage
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dirige entre bastidores
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he pulls the strings
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empuñó al bastón
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he took command
(took the billy club) |
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bastoncillo
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Q-tip
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bataclán
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strip tease
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librar batalla
trabar ... |
do battle
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se batieron en duelo
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they fought a duel
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llevar la batuta
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be firmly in command
(carry the baton) |
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el baúl de los recuerdos
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the trunk of memory
(the back of the mind) |
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si juega bien su baza
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if he plays his cards right
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jugar su principal baza
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play their trump card
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no deja meter baza a nadie
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he doesn´t let anyone get a word in edgewise
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be por be
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in detail
"b for b" |
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esto tiene las tres bes
(bueno, bonito y barato) |
just perfect -- has the three b´s
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be larga/grande
be chica |
B
V |
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bebé-probeta
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test-tube baby
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beber con la lengua
... a sorbos ... a tragos |
lap up
sip gulp |
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si bebes, no conduzcas
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if you drink, don´t drive
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BEBS
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garbage in, garbage out
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es una belleza
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is a beauty
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lo hace que es una bendición
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he does it splendidly (like a blessing)
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¡bendito sea Dios!
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thank god!
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¡benditos los ojos que te ven!
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it´s a blessing to see you
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se vende como pan bendito
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selling like hotcakes
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es obra de benedictinos
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it´s a work of benedictines
(a monumental task) |
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el beneficio de la duda
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the benefit of the doubt
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por tu propio beneficio / bien
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its for your own good
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beneficios marginales
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fringe benefits
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la Benemérita
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the Civil Guard
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beodo
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drunk
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berberecho
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cockle
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en buen berenjenal nos hemos metido
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we´ve gotten ourselves into a fine eggplant field!
(a fine mess) |
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va con las de Beri
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he has a violent temper / evil intentions
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bermejo
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ginger brown
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me besó la mano
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he paid his humble respects to me
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dar un beso volado
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blow a kiss
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beso de tornillo
... lingual |
French kiss
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en plan bestia
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looking for trouble
(in a beastly mood) |
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la lucha libre
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wrestling
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¡qué bestia!
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that´s amazing
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tengo un sueño bestial
... ganas bestiales de... |
I´m incredibly tired
I just dying to... |
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comer tanto es una bestialidad
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eating so much is just gross
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no dice más que bestialidades
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he doesn´t say anything but vulgarities
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ojos de besugo
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bulging eyes
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dar betún a
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polish
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darse betún
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show off, polish onesself
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bezudo
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thick-lipped
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la Santa Biblia
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the Holy Bible
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sé la Biblia en verso
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he knows everything
he knows the Bible by verse |
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mentar la bicha
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bring up an unpleasant subject
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de puro bicho
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from pure bitchiness
out of pigheadedness |
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matar el bicho
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quench one´s thirst *
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bicho malo nunca muere
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an evil creature never dies
(the devil looks after his own) |
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bicho raro
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an odd duck, weirdo
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bigotes de morsa
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walrus mustache
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descargar la bilis en
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vent one´s spleen on
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se le exalta la bilis
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he gets very cross (spleeny)
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tragar bilis
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swallow your bile
(put up with) |
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echar bilongo en
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cast the evil eye on
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por arte de birlibirloque
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as if by magic
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año bisiesto
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leap year
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bisoño
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green, inexperienced
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embarcarse con poco bizcocho
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to embark with few biscuits
(be unprepared) |
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si no cierras la tapa bien
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if you don't screw the top on right
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¡bien hecho!
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well done!
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hiciste bien en decirselo
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you did well to tell her
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eso no está bien
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that´s not very nice! (to a child)
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ya está bien de quejas
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that´s quite enough complaining
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si a ustedes les parece bien
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if its OK with you (formal)
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un coche bien caro
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a pretty expensive car
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¡te han dado bien de regalos!
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you got a lot of presents!
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yo bien iría, pero...
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I´d gladly go, but...
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¡bien podía habermelo dicho!
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he could have told me!
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bien se ve que...
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it´s easy to see that...
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bien que mal
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one way or another
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más bien creo que...
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actually, I think that...
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tienen a bien que se vaya a vivir con su tío
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they had it good to send her to live with her uncle
(they saw fit to ...) |
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le ruego tenga a bien inscribirme
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please be so kind as to include me
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si bien es cierto que...
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although its true that...
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bien por avión, bien en tren
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either by airplane or by train
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estado de bienestar social
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welfare state
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echar por los bofes
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slog one´s guts out
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se dieron de bofetas
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they came to blows
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está en boga
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is in vogue
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se me ha hecho una bola en el estómago
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my stomache knotted up
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andar como bola huacha
... sin manija |
to be at loose ends (Cono Sur)
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dejo que rueda la bola
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I´m letting things take their course
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aquí cada uno va a su bola
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everyone does their own thing here
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iba como un bólido
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he zoomed off (like a racecar)
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no le ve la cara a Bolívar
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he doesn´t see Bolivar
he´s broke |
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perdonar el bollo por el cascarón
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pardon the roll for its crust
(realize its more trouble than its worth) |
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tengo el coche lleno de bollos
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my car is full of dents
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hecho bolsa
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beaten to a pulp
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tengo unas bolsas enormes en los ojos
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I have bags under my eyes
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ya ha roto la bolsa de aguas
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her waters have broken
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esa blusa te hace bolsas
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that blouse is baggy on you
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jugando la bolsa
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playing the market
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sólo busca engordar la bolsa
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he´s just trying to line his pockets
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¡la bolsa o la vida!
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your money or your life!
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no abre la bolsa
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he doesn´t open his purse
(he´s really stingy) |
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se rasca el bolsillo
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he forks out money, pays up
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le tengo en el bolsillo
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I´ve got her in my pocket
(eating out of my hand) |
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bomba cazabobos
bombas-trampa |
booby trap
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una bomba de humo
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a smokescreen
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fue una auténtica bomba
(noticia bomba) |
was a real bombshell
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una bomba
un bombazo |
a smash hit (2=
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lo paso bomba
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I´m having a great time
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se le encendió la bomba
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the light went on, he had a brilliant idea
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lo bonito sería que...
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it would be nice if... (there were no wars)
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tenga la bondad de no fumar
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please have the kindness not to smoke
(please refrain from smoking) |
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bonito como un sol
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pretty as a sun
(pretty as a picture) |
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dar la última boqueada
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give one´s last gasp, mouthful of air
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abrieron un boquete en el muro
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they made a hole in the wall
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apoyó la idea de boquillo
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he paid lip-service to the idea
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hablar a borbotones
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speak boilingly
(talk nineteen to the dozen) |
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echar algo por la borda
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throw something overboard
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ha bordado su papel
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she embellished her part
she did a great job |
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fotos con los bordes en blanco
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photos with white borders
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al borde del colapso
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on the verge of collapse
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estuviste muy borde con él
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you were very nasty with him
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bordeaba la estupidez
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bordered on stupidity
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con ordenador de a bordo
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with on-board computer
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bordoneo
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strumming
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borla
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tassel
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se quitó la borrachera
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he sobered up
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nos borraron del mapa
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they wiped us off the map
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he borrado todos los mensajes del contestador
... de mi mente |
I´ve erased all the messages on the answering machine
...from my head |
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se borró de la clase/del curso
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she took herself out of the class
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eso se borra con agua
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this (stain) comes out with water
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no se han borrado las sospechas
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the suspicions have not been dispelled
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hacer borrón y cuenta nueva
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wipe the slate clean, let bygones be bygones
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lo veo todo borroso
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everything´s blurry for me
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morir con las botas puestas
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die with your boots on
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a bote pronto
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on the first bounce *
(off the top of one´s head) |
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sopa de bote
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canned soup
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es rubia de bote
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she´s blond from a bottle
(she dyes her hair) |
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estamos de bote a bote
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we´re packed in here -- from one side to the other
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está en el bote
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its in the bag, all sewn up
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bote de paseo
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rowboat
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botiquín de emergencia
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first aid kit
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me dejaron en bragas
...pillaron... |
they left me in my underwear *
...caught... (they left me empty-handed) (they caught me with my pants down) |
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bragadura
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crotch
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está como bragueta de fraile
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he´s like a friar´s zipper
(he´s very solemn) |
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es hombre de bragueta
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he´s a man of the zipper
(he´s a real man) |
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dar el braguetazo
es braguetero |
marry for money
someone who married for money |
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atizar la brasa
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stir up the flames, stir things up
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a la brava tendrás que ir
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you´ll have to go whether you like it or not
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se puso bravo conmigo
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he got angry with me
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la llevé en brazos
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I carried her in my arms
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luchar a brazo partido
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fight with parted arms
(fight tooth and nail) |
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dar el brazo a torcer
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let someone twist your arm
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es mi brazo derecho
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he´s my right-hand man
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el brazo del rey
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the arm of the king
(the long arm of the law) |
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está en la brecha
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he´s in the thick of it
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¡no caerá esa breva!
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that fig won´t fall!
(no such luck¡) |
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un breve repaso
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a quick review
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en breves palabras
para mayor brevedad |
in short words
for the most brevity (briefly, shortly) |
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bricolage
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DIY
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le tengo a brida corta
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I have him on a short leash
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amarillo brillante
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bright yellow
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¡como te brillan los zapatos!
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what shiny shoes you have!
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brilla con luz propia
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she stands out on her own
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brillan por su ausencia
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were noticeable by their absence
i.e., there was a distinct lack of... |
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fotos con brillo
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glossy photos
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sacar a brillo
dar... |
bring to a shine
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ha restado brillo del
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has taken the shine off of
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brindaron por el señor Scrooge
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they toasted to Mr. Scrooge
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le cortó los bríos
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clipped her wings (spirit)
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el broche final
... de oro |
the final broach/broach of gold
(the finishing touch) |
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ni en broma
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not even as a joke
(not on any account) |
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lo decía en broma
déjate de bromas |
I was just joking
stop joking around! |
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me gastó una broma
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he played a joke on me
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no está para bromas
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he´s not in a mood to joke around
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entre bromas y veras
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half-jokingly
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busca bronca
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he´s spoiling for a fight
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ligar bronce
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get a suntan (Esp=
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es de bronce
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he´s made of bronze
(he´s inflexible, won´t listen to appeals) |
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como princesa brotada de un cuento de hadas
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like a princess sprouted from a fairy tale
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le brotaron granos por toda la cara
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spots broke out all over his face
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un brote de sarampión
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an outbreak of measles
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caer de bruces
está ... |
fall on your face
lie face down |
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unas bruselas
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tweezers
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hierro en bruto
petróleo bruto |
crude iron
crude petroleum |
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a lo bruto
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crudely, roughly
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más bruto que un adoquín
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as dumb as a paving stone
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el buenazo de Marcos
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good old Marcus
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lo bueno, si breve, dos veces bueno
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what´s good, if short, is doubly good
(brevity is the soul of wit) |
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es más bueno que el pan
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he´s better than bread
(he´s a good soul) |
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buena para la salud
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good for your health
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¿qué hay de bueno?
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What´s good?
(What´s new?) |
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lo hace a la buena de Dios
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he´s doing it any old way
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si no haces por las buenas, tendrás que hacerlo por las malas
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if you don´t do it willingly, I´ll make you do it
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me lo dijo de buenas a primeras
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he sprung it on me
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¡pero bueno,...!
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but honestly...!
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poner los bueyes detrás del carro
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put the bulls behind the cart
(put the cart before the horse) |
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es un buey para el trabajo
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he´s a bull for work
(he´s a tremendous worker) |
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buhonería
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peddling, hawking
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el que nace para bule hasta jícara no para
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who is born as a watergourd won´t stop until he´s made into a jicara
(fatalistic proverb, one of many starting el que nace para...) |
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sin gafas sólo distingo los bultos
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without glasses I only see shapes
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a bulto
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at a guess
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burlar el bloqueo
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run a blockade
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dijo burlón
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he said jokingly
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no hagas burradas con el coche
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don´t do anything stupid with the car
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salto de burro
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leapfrog (Mex)
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se cayó del burro
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he fell off the burro
(he admitted defeat) |
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es un burro cargado de letras
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he´s an ass burdened with learning
(a pompous ass) |
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esto comió burro
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the donkey ate it (Cono Sur)
(it disappeared) |
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sin gafas no veo tres en un burro
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without glasses, I can´t see 3 donkeys
(blind as a bat) |
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desplome barsátil
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stock market crash
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a la busca de impurezas
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in search of impurities
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llamó en mi busca
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he called looking for me
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está en busca y captura
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he´s on the run (on search and capture status)
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más buscado
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most wanted
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le buscó tres pies al gato
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he was looking for the cat to have 3 legs
(he was splitting hairs, looking to make things complicated) |
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busca y encontrarás
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seek and ye shall find
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sólo buscaba su dinero
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he was just after her money
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siempre busca excusas
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he always making excuses
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ve a buscar una servietta
... a tu madre |
go get a napkin
go fetch your mother |
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me va a buscar la ruina
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will be the ruin of me
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ya puedes dejar de buscar
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you can stop searching
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búscate la vida
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go get a life, sort it out on your own
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no te busques más problemas
te la estás buscando |
don´t go looking for trouble!
you´re asking for it! |
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trabajan en la búsqueda de una vacuna
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they´re working on finding a vaccine
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búsqueda y sustitución
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search and replace
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busto parlante
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talking head
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hacer el buz
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bow and scrape
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se le cruzaron los cables
|
he got his cables crossed
(he got all mixed up) |
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me echó un cable
|
he tossed me a line
(he gave me a helping hand) |
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cabitos de hilo
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loose threads
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cabo de vela
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candle stump
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las pruebas se llevarán al cabo,,,
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the tests will take place...
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hemos llevado al cabo la recogida de firmas
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we´ve carried out collecting the signatures
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atando cabos...
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tying up loose ends...
(putting 2 and 2 together |
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estoy al cabo de la calle de...
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I´m at the head of the street on...
(I´m fully aware that... |
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no quiere dejar ningún cabo al suelto
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he doesn´t want to leave any loose threads
(anything to chance |
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está como una cabra
se puso cabrero |
he´s as crazy as a goat
he flew off the handle |
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la cabra siempre tira al monte
|
the goat always goes for the mountain
(a leopard doesn´t change its spots) |
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hacer cabriolas
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prance around, gambol
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se ha hacho caca
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(the child) pooped on himself
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cacao en polvo
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cocoa powder
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es gran cacao
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he´s big cocoa
(has a lot of influence) |
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el triunfo tan cacareado
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the much-trumpeted victory
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ir de cacería
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go hunting
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como un elefante en un cacherrería
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like an elephant in a crockery shop
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fregar los cacharros
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wash the dishes
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cacharros de cocina
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pots and pans
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cachazudo
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slowpoke
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cachipolla
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mayfly
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espera un cachito
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wait a little bit (minute
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es un cacho de pan
|
he´s a bit of bread
(got a heart of gold) |
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caerse a cachos
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fall to pieces
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en plan de cachondeo
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for a lark
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tomar a cachondeo
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treat like a joke
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el cachudo
|
the horned one (devil)
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en todos y cada uno de...
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in each and every...
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cada cual ... como quiere
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each of us... in our own way
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cinco de cada diez
|
5 out of every 10
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¡por encima de mi cadáver!
|
over my dead body!
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ingresó cadáver
|
he entered as a corpse
(dead on arrival) |
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se la salió la cadena de la bici
|
the chain came off my bike
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reacción en cadena
trabajo ... |
chain reaction
assembly line |
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se pusieron una prótesis de cadera
|
he got a hip replacement
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esta oferta caduca el cinco de mayo
|
this offer expires on May 5th
(good until) |
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fecha de caducidad
|
expiration date
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quedar caduco
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to expire
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de hoja caduca
|
deciduous
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dejó caer que...
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he let it slip that...
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suele dejarse por aquí
|
he usually drops by
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está al caer
|
about to get here, will be here at any moment
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cayó un rayo en...
|
a ray fell on...
(lightning struck... |
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cayó como un valiente
|
he died like a hero
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caer en un engaño
|
fall in a trap, be tricked
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caer en el error de...
|
fall into the error of
(make the mistake of...) |
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caer en la tentación
|
fall into temptation
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no caigo
ya caigo caigo en que... |
I don´t get it
now I get it I realize that... |
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me puede caer una multa de...
|
I could get a fine of...
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me cae gordo/fatal ese tipo
|
I can´t stand that guy
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cayó como un mazazo
|
fell like a mace
(was a real blow) |
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me caigo de sueño
se cae de viejo |
I´m falling from sleepiness
so old it´s falling apart (asleep on my feet |
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caída libre
... en picado |
free fall
nose-dive |
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tiene buena caída
|
hangs well (clothing
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es una caja de sorpresas
|
she´s a box of surprises
(full of surprises) |
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caja B
|
box B (slush fund)
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es un cajón de sastre
|
its a tailor´s drawer
(catch-all) |
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cerrar a cal y canto
|
shut by lime and song
(tightly, nice and tight) |
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da uno de cal y otro de arena
|
one gives lime, the other gives sand
(a carrot and stick policy) |
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dar calabazas
|
give out pumpkins
(fail, jilt, or snub |
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calado hasta los huesos
|
soaked to the bone
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una razón de mayor calado
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a more convincing reason
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un descubrimento de gran calado
|
a discovery of great import
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me dan calambres
|
I get cramps
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un alambre que da calambres
|
a wire that gives a shock
(a live wire |
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empuñar el cálamo
menear ... |
take up the pen
wield a pen |
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gente de esa calaña
|
people of that sort
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¡nos ha caladao!
|
he penetrated us!
(he´s on to us! |
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está calando en la sociedad
caló hondo en... |
is catching on in society
made a deep impression on... |
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es calcado al mío
|
is just like mine
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es calcado a su padre
|
he´s identical to his father
(spitting image |
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darle la vuelta al calcetín
|
turn the sock inside out
(turn things upside down) |
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calculé mal la distancia
|
I misjudged the distance
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hoja de cálculo
|
spreadsheet
|
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las calderas de Pedro Botero
|
the furnaces of Pedro the Boatman
(hell |
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calderero remendón
|
tinker
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el caldo de cultivo del fascismo
|
the culture medium of fascism
(breeding ground... |
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si no quieres caldo, taza y media
|
if you don´t want soup, you get a cup and a half
(it never rains but it pours |
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calentamiento global
... del planeta ... de la atmósfera |
global warming
planetary atmospheric |
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calentar piernas
|
to warm legs
(to warm up (i.e., before exercising) |
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calentar motores
|
to warm engines
(to gather steam |
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tras calentarle mucho la cabeza...
|
after warming his head...
(after pestering him endlessly |
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está con calentura
tiene ... |
he has a fever
|
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tiene calentura de pollo
|
he has a chicken fever
(he´s pretending to be ill, humorous |
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te lo digo en calidad de amigo
|
in the quality of a friend
(I´m telling you as a friend |
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un café bien caliente
|
a piping hot coffee
|
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en caliente
|
in heat
(on the spur of the moment, offhand |
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me calificó de impertinente
|
he described me as impertinent
|
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sólo merece el calificativo de...
|
only deserves the qualifier of...
(can only be described as |
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lo que han hecho no tiene calificativos
|
what they did has no qualifiers
(beggars belief |
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dar la callada por respuesta
|
give silence for an answer
(say nothing in response |
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nunca te quedas callado
|
you never keep quiet
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más callado que un muerto
|
more quiet than a dead man
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¡calla! ¡eso no puede ser!
|
no way, that can´t be true!
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quien calla, otorga
|
one who is silent gives consent
|
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calló a los niños con un cuento
|
he got the children to be quiet with a story
|
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echar por la calle de en medio
|
push on regardless
|
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he estado todo el día en la calle
|
I´ve been in the street all day
(I´ve been out all day |
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¡iros a la calle a jugar!
|
go out to the street to play
(go play outside |
|
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llevo varios días sin salir a la calle
|
I haven´t gone out to the street for several days
(haven´t been out of the house |
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iba vestido de calle
|
he was dressed for the street
(in civvies |
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|
están en un callejón sin salida
|
are at a deadend, impasse
|
|
|
criar callos
|
to grow calluses
(to become hardened |
|
|
es un callo
|
she´s a callus
(ugly as sin |
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|
pasó la noche en calma
|
passed the night in peace
(had a peaceful night |
|
|
mantener la calma
perder... tomárselo con calma |
keep one´s cool
lose... take it easy |
|
|
las aguas se calmarán tras...
|
the waters will calm down after...
(things will quiet down.. |
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|
esta camisa me da demasiado calor
|
this shirt is too warm for me
|
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un café para entrar en calor
|
a coffee to get warm
|
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|
nunca he pasado tanto calor como hoy
|
I´ve never been so hot as today
|
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|
calumnia, que algo queda
|
if you throw enough mud, something sticks
|
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|
está en calzas prietas
|
he´s in tight breeches
(in a fix |
|
|
el que primero llega se la calza
|
first come, first shod
(first served |
|
|
amarrarse los calzones
|
do up your pants
(act resolutely |
|
|
hablar a calzón quitado
|
talk with your pants off
(call a spade a spade |
|
|
hacer la cama
|
make the bed
|
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|
cama redonda
|
round bed
(group sex |
|
|
son lobos de una camada
|
they´re wolves of a litter
(birds of a feather |
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hacer camerón
|
make like a shrimp
(change sides, Andes |
