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1 calaboose
( calabozo [kalaβóso] < Vulgar Latin * calafodium < pre-Roman * cala 'cave, protected place' and Vulgar Latin * fodere 'to dig'; some variant forms may have been influenced by French calabouse)1) Nevada: 1866. Town jail; its use today connotes a humorous or playful reference. The DRAE confirms that calabozo is used in Spanish to refer to a jail or dungeon. Cobos attests to its use in Southwestern Spanish.Alternate forms: calabooza, calaboso, calaboz, calaboza, calabozo, calabozo, cattle boose.See also carcel.2) Watts references a verb form to "calaboose," meaning 'to incarcerate.' -
2 calabozo
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3 furgón de cola
guard's van* * *(Ferr) calaboose (AmE), guard's van (BrE)* * *(Ferr) calaboose (AmE), guard's van (BrE)* * *caboose, Brguard’s van;ser el furgón de cola de algo be last in sth -
4 furgón
m.1 trailer truck, boxcar, goods van, box wagon.2 railway baggage car, van.3 guard's van.* * *1 AUTOMÓVIL van, truck2 (de tren) (goods) wagon, US boxcar\furgón de cola guard's van* * *SM (Aut) truck, van; (Ferro) goods van, boxcar (EEUU)furgón acorazado — armoured van, armored truck (EEUU)
furgón blindado — armoured o (EEUU) armored truck
furgón celular — police van, prison van
furgón de cola — guard's-van, caboose (EEUU)
furgón de equipajes — luggage car, baggage car (EEUU)
furgón de mudanzas — removal van, removal truck (EEUU)
furgón de reparto — delivery van, delivery truck (EEUU)
furgón postal — mail van, post office van
* * *masculino (Auto) truck, van; (Ferr) boxcar (AmE), goods van (BrE)* * *= van, boxcar.Nota: Del tren.Ex. The vast majority of inquiries received by the van had nothing to do with consumer problems and, with the cutbacks of the 1980s, the service was withdrawn.Ex. This program tells the Haggard story -- warts and all -- from his humble beginnings growing up in a boxcar to his election to the Hall of Fame.----* asesoría itinerante en furgón = mobile advice van.* asesoría y oficina de información itinerante en furgón = mobile information and advice van.* furgón celular = police van, police wagon.* furgón itinerante = travelling van.* furgón policial = paddy wagon, police wagon, police van.* * *masculino (Auto) truck, van; (Ferr) boxcar (AmE), goods van (BrE)* * *= van, boxcar.Nota: Del tren.Ex: The vast majority of inquiries received by the van had nothing to do with consumer problems and, with the cutbacks of the 1980s, the service was withdrawn.
Ex: This program tells the Haggard story -- warts and all -- from his humble beginnings growing up in a boxcar to his election to the Hall of Fame.* asesoría itinerante en furgón = mobile advice van.* asesoría y oficina de información itinerante en furgón = mobile information and advice van.* furgón celular = police van, police wagon.* furgón itinerante = travelling van.* furgón policial = paddy wagon, police wagon, police van.* * *1 ( Auto) truck, vanCompuestos:son el furgón de cola de la economía mundial they are at the very bottom of the world economic rankings* * *
furgón sustantivo masculino (Auto) truck, van;
(Ferr) boxcar (AmE), goods van (BrE)
furgón m Auto van
' furgón' also found in these entries:
English:
boxcar
- van
- caboose
- guard
- truck
* * *furgón nm1. [furgoneta] vanfurgón policial Br police van, US patrol wagon2. [de tren] wagon, vanfurgón de cola = rear wagon of a train;el país ocupa el furgón de cola en lo que se refiere a inversión en educación en Europa this country brings up the rear in terms of investment in education in Europe;la cultura continúa siendo el furgón de cola de la construcción europea culture is still the poor relation in terms of developing EU policy;* * *m van; FERR boxcar, Brgoods van* * *1) : van, truck2) : freight car, boxcar3)furgón de cola : caboose* * *furgón n van -
5 calabooza
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6 calaboso
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7 calaboz
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8 calaboza
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9 calabozo
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10 carcel
West: 1840. General Spanish term for jail. Not frequent in English, and not as widely used as calaboose.Alternate form: caracel.
См. также в других словарях:
Calaboose — Cal a*boose , n. [A corruption of Sp. calabozo dungeon.] A prison; a jail. [Local, U. S.] [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
calaboose — prison, 1792, Amer.Eng., from Louisiana Fr. calabouse, from Sp. calabozo dungeon, probably from V.L. *calafodium, from pre Roman *cala protected place, den + L. fodere to dig (see FOSSIL (Cf. fossil)) … Etymology dictionary
calaboose — ☆ calaboose [kal′ə bo͞os΄ ] n. [Sp calabozo] [Dial. or Old Slang] a prison; jail … English World dictionary
calaboose — [“kaelabus] n. jail. (From a Spanish word.) □ One night in the calaboose is enough. □ Are we going to tell what happened, or are we going to spend the night in the calaboose? … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
calaboose — noun Etymology: Spanish calabozo dungeon Date: 1792 jail; especially a local jail … New Collegiate Dictionary
calaboose — /kal euh boohs , kal euh boohs /, n. Slang. jail; prison; lockup. [1785 95, Amer.; ( < North American F) < Sp calabozo dungeon, of obscure orig.] * * * … Universalium
calaboose — noun A prison or gaol/jail … Wiktionary
calaboose — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Chiefly Regional. A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention: brig, house of correction, jail, keep, penitentiary, prison. Informal: lockup, pen3. Slang: big house, can, clink, cooler, coop, hoosegow,… … English dictionary for students
calaboose — n. jail, prison (Slang) … English contemporary dictionary
calaboose — (KAH lah booss) [Creole, from Spanish] A jail … Dictionary of foreign words and phrases
calaboose — [ˌkalə bu:s] noun US informal a prison. Origin C18: from black Fr. calabouse, from Sp. calabozo dungeon … English new terms dictionary