cover a wall with paper

Brot mit Butter beschmíéren — to butter bread

Brot mit Käse beschmíéren — to spread cheese on bread

ein Buch mit Bemerkungen beschmíéren — to scrawl comments all over a book

sich von oben bis unten mit etw beschmíéren — to get sth all over oneself, to cover oneself with sth

recubrir algo DE or CON algo — to cover something with something

recubrir algo DE or CON algo — to cover something with something

Ex: I have used the following as structures on which to mount displays: packing cases used like building blocks and attractively covered and painted.

• cubrir a algn de alabanzas — to heap praises on sb

• cubrir a algn de atenciones — to lavish attention on sb

• cubrir a algn de besos — to smother sb with kisses

• cubrir a algn de improperios — to shower sb with insults

• cubrir a algn de oprobio — to bring shame on sb

cubre su tristeza con una falsa alegría — she covers up o conceals her sadness with a false cheerfulness

Ex: This started in 1980, and has around forty members who receive some support to cover telephone charges.

revêtir quelque chose de — to cover something with [moquette]

se revêtir de — ( se vêtir) to put on; ( se recouvrir) to become covered with [neige]

revêtir qch de — to cover sth with, fig, [apparence, aspect] to cloak sth in

revêtir qn de [habit] — to dress sb in, fig, [autorité, dignité] to endow sb with, to invest sb with

¡lleno, por favor! — [en una gasolinera] fill her up, please!

lleno absoluto, lleno hasta la bandera, lleno total — (Cine, Teat) packed house; (Dep) capacity crowd

lleno de algo — <de granos/manchas/polvo> covered in something

lleno de algo — <de granos/manchas/polvo> covered in something

Ex: When you arrive at the check-out desk you have a laden trolley and many more items than on your shopping list.

mettre or apposer un tampon sur un document — to stamp a document

solution(-)tampon — Chimie buffer (solution)

mémoire(-)tampon — Informatique buffer (storage)

lo puedes pegar con celo — you can stick it on with Sellotape ®, you can sellotape it on

es un crimen pegar a los niños — it's a crime to hit o smack children

• me pegó un golpe — he hit me

• pegar un grito — to shout, cry out

• le han pegado un puntapié — they gave him a kick, they kicked him

• pegar un salto — to jump ( with fright {etc}4})

• pegar un susto a algn — to scare sb, give sb a fright

• le pegaron un tiro — they shot him

pegar una silla a una pared — to move o put a chair up against a wall

pegar en algo — (=dar) to hit sth; (=rozar) to touch sth

pegaba con un palo en la puerta — he was pounding on o hitting the door with a stick

ese sombrero no pega con el abrigo — that hat doesn't match o go with the coat

este vino pega (mucho) — this wine is really strong o goes to your head

pegó un póster en la pared — she stuck (o pinned etc) a poster up on the wall

pegarla — (RPl fam) to be dead on (AmE colloq), to be spot on (BrE colloq)

pegarle a alguien — to hit somebody; (a un niño, como castigo) to smack somebody

su disco está pegando fuerte — her record is a big hit (colloq)

no pegar ni con cola — (fam)

me pegué con la mesa — I knocked o hit myself on the table

me pegué en la cabeza — I banged o knocked my head

se pegó un porrazo — (fam) she gave herself a nasty knock

pegársela — (Esp fam) to have a crash

pegársela a alguien — (Esp fam) ( ser infiel) to be unfaithful to somebody

pegarse una ducha — (fam) to take o have a shower

anoche nos pegamos una comilona tremenda — we had an amazing meal (colloq)

me voy a pegar unas vacaciones...! — I'm going to give myself a good vacation o (BrE) holiday

cómo se pega al teléfono! — she never stops yakking on the phone (colloq)

se pegó al or del timbre — she kept her finger on the doorbell