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1 Brit
brɪtnoun (colloq) británico, -ca m,f[brɪt]N británico(-a) m / f ; (loosely) inglés(-esa) m / f* * *[brɪt]noun (colloq) británico, -ca m,f -
2 brit
s.1 británico(a) (familiar)2 arenque joven que sirve de alimento a las ballenas.3 ciudadano británico.4 Gran Bretaña. -
3 clever Dick Brit
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4 to build castles in the air or Brit in Spain
English-spanish dictionary > to build castles in the air or Brit in Spain
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5 earthwards esp Brit
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6 to get out of bed (on the wrong side Brit)
(US) levantarse con el pie izquierdoEnglish-spanish dictionary > to get out of bed (on the wrong side Brit)
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7 to get out of bed (on the wrong side Brit)
(US) levantarse con el pie izquierdoEnglish-spanish dictionary > to get out of bed (on the wrong side Brit)
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8 to lift the roof Brit
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9 to look like the cat that ate the canary or Brit that got the cream
estar más ancho que largo, no caber en sí de satisfacciónEnglish-spanish dictionary > to look like the cat that ate the canary or Brit that got the cream
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10 to sweep sth under the carpet Brit
(US) ocultar algoEnglish-spanish dictionary > to sweep sth under the carpet Brit
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11 Gt. Brit.
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12 a safe pair of hands
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13 apples and pears
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14 to ask for one's cards
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15 to bay for blood
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16 to bay for sb's blood
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17 to be a dab hand at (doing sth)
(Brit) ser un hacha para (hacer) algoEnglish-spanish dictionary > to be a dab hand at (doing sth)
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18 to be in Queer Street
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19 to be left to carry the can
(Brit) * pagar el pato -
20 to be off one's face
(Brit) ** estar como una cuba *
См. также в других словарях:
brit — brit·ain; brit·i·cism; brit·ish·er; brit·ish·ism; brit·ish·ly; brit·on; brit·ta·ny; brit·ton·ic; brit; brit·ish; brit·tle; brit·ish·ness; brit·tle·ly; brit·tle·ness; brit·tly; ca·brit; em·brit·tle·ment; … English syllables
Brit — may refer to: *Briton **British Islands **United Kingdom *BRIT Awards *Bedford Road Invitational Tournament, a basketball tournament held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada *Botanical Research Institute of Texas *Brit, the young of a herring or a … Wikipedia
Brit — [brɪt] written abbreviation forBritain orBritish * * * Brit UK US /brɪt/ noun [C] INFORMAL ► a British person: »The company has named a Brit to head its worldwide pharmaceutical operations … Financial and business terms
Brit- — /brit / combining form Denoting contemporary British culture Britˈart noun A movement in British modern art originating in the 1990s Britˈpop noun A type of guitar based British popular music of the mid 1990s … Useful english dictionary
brit — [brit] pl.n. sing. brit [Cornish < OCelt brith, varicolored; akin to Cornish bruit, speckled] 1. the young of the herring and some other fishes 2. small sea animals, esp. certain crustaceans, as copepods, eaten by the baleen whales and many… … English World dictionary
Brit — Brit, Britt Britt, n. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The young of the common herring; also, a small species of herring; the sprat. (b) The minute marine animals (chiefly Entomostraca) upon which the right whales feed. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brit — [brıt] n [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: British] informal someone from Britain … Dictionary of contemporary English
Brit — [ brıt ] noun count INFORMAL someone who comes from the U.K … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Brit — Brit1 [brit] Informal adj. British n. Britisher Brit2 abbrev. British … English World dictionary
Brit — Brit, Küstenfluß im südlichen England, mündet 3 km unterhalb Bridport (s.d.) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
brit — /brit/, n. 1. the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales. 2. the young of herring and sprat. Also, britt. [1595 1605; perh. < Cornish brythel mackerel; akin to Old Cornish bryth, Welsh brith speckled] * * * … Universalium