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bi:n1) (any one of several kinds of pod-bearing plant or its seed: black beans; green beans; red beans.) judía, habichuela2) (the bean-like seed of other plants: coffee beans.) granobean n1. judía / alubia / haba2. granotr[biːn]1 (vegetable) alubia, judía, haba2 (of coffee) grano\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be full of beans rebosar vitalidadto spill the beans descubrir el pastelnot a bean SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL ni un duronot to know beans about something SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL no saber ni jota de algobean shoot brote nombre masculino de sojabroad bean habaFrench bean judía verdegreen bean judía verdekidney bean frijol nombre masculinorunner bean judía verdestring bean judía verdebean ['bi:n] n1) : habichuela f, frijol m2)broad bean : haba f3)string bean : judía fn.• algarroba s.f.• alubia s.f.• haba s.f.• judía s.f.v.• golpear en la cabeza v.
I biːn1)a) (fresh, in pod) green beanb) ( dried) frijol m or (Esp) alubia f or judía f or (CS) poroto m or (Ven) caraota fto be full of beans — (colloq) estar* lleno de vida
to spill the beans — descubrir* el pastel, levantar la liebre or (RPl) la perdiz
c) ( coffee bean) grano m (de café)2) (colloq)a) (scrap, trace) (esp BrE) (with neg)not to have a bean — (BrE) estar* pelado (fam)
not to know beans about something — (AmE) no saber* ni papa de algo (fam)
b) ( head) (AmE) coco m (fam), mate m (AmS fam)
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transitive verb (AmE colloq)[biːn]to bean somebody — darle* un porrazo or un mamporro en la cabeza a alguien (fam)
1. N1) (gen) frijol m, alubia f (Sp); (kidney) frijol m, judía f (Sp), poroto m (S. Cone); (broad, haricot) haba f ; (green) habichuela f, judía f verde (Sp), ejote m (Mex), poroto m verde (S. Cone); (coffee) grano mnot a bean! * — ¡nada en absoluto!
I haven't a bean — (Brit) * estoy pelado *, no tengo un duro (Sp) *, no tengo un peso (LAm) *
- be full of beans- know how many beans make fivespill I, 1., 1)hello, old bean! — (Brit) † * ¡hola, macho! (Sp) *, ¡hola, viejo! (LAm) *
3) (US) * (=head, brain) coco * m2.CPDbean counter * N — pej contable o gerente obsesionado por los números
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I [biːn]1)a) (fresh, in pod) green beanb) ( dried) frijol m or (Esp) alubia f or judía f or (CS) poroto m or (Ven) caraota fto be full of beans — (colloq) estar* lleno de vida
to spill the beans — descubrir* el pastel, levantar la liebre or (RPl) la perdiz
c) ( coffee bean) grano m (de café)2) (colloq)a) (scrap, trace) (esp BrE) (with neg)not to have a bean — (BrE) estar* pelado (fam)
not to know beans about something — (AmE) no saber* ni papa de algo (fam)
b) ( head) (AmE) coco m (fam), mate m (AmS fam)
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transitive verb (AmE colloq)to bean somebody — darle* un porrazo or un mamporro en la cabeza a alguien (fam)
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