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1 liebre
f.1 hare.2 small bus.3 nervous nellie.* * *1 (animal) hare2 DEPORTE pacemaker\levantar la liebre to let the cat out of the bag* * *SF1) (Zool) haregato I2) (=cobarde) coward3) Chile (=microbús) minibus* * *1) (Zool) harecuando/donde menos se piensa, salta la liebre — things often happen when you least expect them to
levantar la liebre — to let the cat out of the bag
2) (Dep) pacemaker3) (Chi) (Transp) small bus* * *= hare, jackrabbit.Ex. The article is entitled 'The immunologist and the Internet -- a tale of the tortoise and the hare?.Ex. Thus the brown hare, the blue hare, the Arctic hare, and the jackrabbit are all species of the genus Leporidae.----* dar gato por liebre = buy + a pig in a poke, pass off + a lemon.* levantar la liebre = spill + the beans, blow + the gaff, let + the cat out of the bag.* liebre marina = sea hare.* tan rápido como una liebre = as quick as a wink.* * *1) (Zool) harecuando/donde menos se piensa, salta la liebre — things often happen when you least expect them to
levantar la liebre — to let the cat out of the bag
2) (Dep) pacemaker3) (Chi) (Transp) small bus* * *= hare, jackrabbit.Ex: The article is entitled 'The immunologist and the Internet -- a tale of the tortoise and the hare?.
Ex: Thus the brown hare, the blue hare, the Arctic hare, and the jackrabbit are all species of the genus Leporidae.* dar gato por liebre = buy + a pig in a poke, pass off + a lemon.* levantar la liebre = spill + the beans, blow + the gaff, let + the cat out of the bag.* liebre marina = sea hare.* tan rápido como una liebre = as quick as a wink.* * *A ( Zool) harecuando or donde menos se piensa, salta la liebre things often happen when you least expect them toB ( Dep) pacemaker* * *
liebre sustantivo femenino
1 (Zool) hare
2 (Chi) (Transp) small bus
liebre sustantivo femenino
1 Zool hare
2 Dep pacemaker
♦ Locuciones: LAm fam correr la liebre, to go through rough times
dar gato por liebre, to fool
levantar la liebre, to let the cat out of the bag
' liebre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gato
- brincar
- coger
English:
cat
- hare
- jack
- pace
* * *liebre nf1. [animal] hare;correr como una liebre to run like a hare;levantar la liebre to let the cat out of the bag;donde menos se piensa, salta la liebre you never know what might happenliebre patagónica Patagonian hare2. Dep pacemaker* * *f ZO hare;levantar la liebre fig let the cat out of the bag, spill the beans* * *liebre nf: hare* * *liebre n hare -
2 lepóridos
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3 liebre
• female hare• hardworking man• hare-brained• jackrabbit
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