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1 brass monkey
s.placa de soporte de bronce para las balas de cañón usada antiguamente. -
2 it's brass monkey weather
(Brit) ** ¡hace un frío que pela! * -
3 it's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
(Brit) ** ¡hace un frío que pela! *English-spanish dictionary > it's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
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4 brass
1) (an alloy of copper and zinc: This plate is made of brass; (also adjective) a brass door-knocker.) latón2) (wind musical instruments which are made of brass or other metal.) metales•- brassy- brass band
- brass neck
- get down to brass tacks
brass n latóntr[brɑːs]1 latón nombre masculino3 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL metales nombre masculino plural4 familiar figurative use cara, jeta1 de cobre\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be brass monkeys slang hacer un frío que pelato be brassed off familiar estar cabreado,-a, estar moscahe's got a brass neck tiene mucho morroto get down to brass tacks ir al granonot a brass farthing familiar ni un durobrass band banda (municipal)brass ['bræs] n1) : latón m2) gall, nerve: descaro m, cara f fam3) officers: mandamases mpl famn.• descaro s.m.n.• azófar s.m.• cobre s.m.• latón (Metalurgia) s.m.• metal s.m.bræs, brɑːs1) ua) ( Metall) latón mto be as bold as brass — ser* muy descarado; (before n) < button> dorado
b) ( Mus) (+ sing or pl vb) bronces mpl, metales mpl; (before n)brass instrument — instrumento m de metal
the brass section — los bronces, los metales
2) c ( in church) placa conmemorativa o mortuoria de latón grabada con inscripciones o figuras[brɑːs]1. N2) (=plate) placa f conmemorativa; (Rel) plancha f sepulcral (de latón)3)the brass —
a) (Mus) los metalesb) (Mil) los jefazos; top I, 5.4) (Brit) ** (=money) pasta * f5) ** (=impudence) cara * f2.ADJ (=made of brass) (hecho) de latón- get down to brass tacks3.CPDbrass band N — banda f de metal
brass hat * N — (Mil) jefazo(-a) * m / f
brass knuckles NPL — (US) nudilleras fpl
brass neck * N — cara(dura) * f, valor m
brass rubbing N — (=art, object) calco m de plancha sepulcral (de latón)
the brass section N — (Mus) los metales
* * *[bræs, brɑːs]1) ua) ( Metall) latón mto be as bold as brass — ser* muy descarado; (before n) < button> dorado
b) ( Mus) (+ sing or pl vb) bronces mpl, metales mpl; (before n)brass instrument — instrumento m de metal
the brass section — los bronces, los metales
2) c ( in church) placa conmemorativa o mortuoria de latón grabada con inscripciones o figuras
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Brass Monkey (band) — Brass Monkey are an English folk band from the 1980s, who reunited in the late 1990s. They were innovative in their use of a brass section which was atypical for English folk music.The band originally consisted of Martin Carthy (vocals, guitar,… … Wikipedia
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