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1 gaita
f.1 bagpipes (instrument).2 drag, pain (informal) (pesadez). (peninsular Spanish)3 bagpipe, bagpipes, pipe, doodlesack.* * *2 familiar bother, drag, pain\¡menuda gaita! / ¡qué gaita! familiar what a drag!templar gaitas familiar to smooth things out* * *noun f.* * *1. SF1) (Mús) bagpipes pl2) (Mús) (=flauta) flute; (=organillo) hurdy-gurdy3) * (=pescuezo) neck4) * (=dificultad) bother, nuisance¡qué gaita! — what a pain! *
déjame, que hoy no estoy para gaitas — leave me alone, I don't need any hassle today *
y toda esa gaita — * and all that jazz *
5) Méx * (=maula) cheat, trickster6) Ven folk music2.* * *1)a) tbgaita gallega/escocesa — (Galician/Scottish) bagpipes (pl)
templar gaitas — (fam) to try and keep people happy
b) (Ven) ( canción) lively Christmas song2) (Esp fam) (lata, cosa fastidiosa) drag (colloq)* * *= bagpipe.Ex. Such subject bibliographies exist in huge quantities with their scope as wide as 'The Social Sciences' or as narrow as ' bagpipe Music'.* * *1)a) tbgaita gallega/escocesa — (Galician/Scottish) bagpipes (pl)
templar gaitas — (fam) to try and keep people happy
b) (Ven) ( canción) lively Christmas song2) (Esp fam) (lata, cosa fastidiosa) drag (colloq)* * *= bagpipe.Ex: Such subject bibliographies exist in huge quantities with their scope as wide as 'The Social Sciences' or as narrow as ' bagpipe Music'.
* * *A1tb gaita gallega/escocesa (Galician/Scottish) bagpipes (pl)templar gaitas ( fam); to try and keep people happymenuda gaita tener que salir con este frío it's a real drag o pain having to go out in this cold2(cuento, rollo): después de habernos pasado la vida con la gaita del anticomunismo after a lifetime of listening to this anti-communist rhetoric o ( colloq) stuffno me vengas con gaitas, ya te he dicho que no stop going on about it o don't keep on about it, I've already said nodéjate de gaitas I don't want any more of your excuses¡qué paciencia ni qué gaitas! ya me he cansado de esperar patience! I'll give him/them patience! I've had enough of this waiting ( colloq)* * *
gaita sustantivo femenino tb◊ gaita gallega/escocesa (Galician/Scottish) bagpipes (pl)
gaita sustantivo femenino
1 (instrumento) bagpipes pl
2 familiar (molestia, pesadez) nuisance, drag: es una gaita tener que ir a estas horas, it's a real drag having to go at this time
3 familiar (pescuezo): vimos que sacaba la gaita por la ventana, we saw how he craned his neck to get a look out of the window
♦ Locuciones: templar gaitas, to be conciliatory: tuvimos que estar templando gaitas con su padre, we had to tread carefully with his father
' gaita' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fuelle
English:
bagpipes
- pipe
- bag
* * *♦ nf1. [instrumento con bolsa] bagpipesgaita escocesa (Scottish) bagpipes;gaita gallega Galician bagpipes2. [flauta] = flute similar to a flageoletes una gaita tener que ir en tren it's a pain o drag having to go on the train;¡qué gaita! me he vuelto a olvidar what a pain o nuisance! I've forgotten again¡qué lluvia ni qué gaitas! iremos aunque nieve rain? never mind the rain! we're going even if it snows♦ nmfRP Fam [español] = sometimes pejorative term used to refer to a Spaniard, especially an immigrantgaita2 nmVen [canto] = Christmas folksong* * *f MÚS bagpipes pl ;templar gaitas fam tread carefully;estar de gaita be happy* * *gaita nf: bagpipes pl* * *gaita n1. (instrumento) bagpipes2. (molestia) drag / pain
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