me comí un filete que no se lo salta un gitano

Gypsy, Gipsy, Romany, tzigane.

Gypsy, caird, Gipsy, tinker.

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► adjetivo

1 gypsy, gipsy

2 figurado (zalamero) flattering

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 gypsy, gipsy

2 figurado (zalamero) flatterer

3 familiar (estafador) fiddler, swindler

4 familiar (vagabundo) vagrant

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1. ADJ

1) [de gitanos] gypsy antes de s

2) pey (=camelador) wheedling, cajoling; (=taimado) wily, sly

3) * (=sucio) dirty

SM / F gypsy

- vivir como gitanos

- volvió hecho un gitano

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- na adjetivo gypsy (before n)

- na masculino, femenino gypsy

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= gypsy [gipsy], gippo [gyppo].

Ex. For instance: rhyme is still RIME; gypsy is spelled G-I-P -- most of us are instructed to spell it 'g-y-p'.

Ex. As a child he was bullied at school and called ' gippos'.

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- na adjetivo gypsy (before n)

- na masculino, femenino gypsy

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gypsy ( before n)

una boda/costumbre gitana a gypsy wedding/custom

gitano² -na gitano (↑ gitano a1)

gypsy

no se lo salta un gitano ( Esp fam): ese bocadillo no se lo salta un gitano that sandwich looks delicious o ( colloq) yummy

A member of Spain's gypsy community. Gypsies often live in camps and retain their nomadic habits. They have preserved many of their customs and do not usually integrate into the mainstream of Spanish society. Their language is caló (↑ caló a1). Gypsies have been a great influence on flamenco (↑ flamenco a1), and many of the best performers are gypsies.

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◊ -na adjetivo

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♦ adj

1. [raza, persona] gypsy

2. Fam [artero]

3. Fam [con gracia]

♦ nm,f

gypsy;

que no se lo salta un gitano: tengo un hambre que no se la salta un gitano I'm absolutely ravenous;

me comí un filete que no se lo salta un gitano I had an absolutely huge steak

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I adj gypsy atr

II m, gitana f gypsy

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gitano, -na adj & n

: Gypsy

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gitano adj n gypsy [pl. gypsies]