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1 coco
m.1 coconut (fruto).2 nut, head (informal) (cabeza).está mal del coco he's soft o isn't right in the headpor más vueltas que le doy al coco no consigo entenderlo I've racked my brains but I still can't understand itcomerse el coco to worry (one's head)3 bogeyman (informal) (fantasma).si no te portas bien vendrá el coco if you're not good the bogeyman will come and get you4 coccus (biology) (bacteria).5 coconut plant.6 weevil.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: cocar.* * *2 (fruta) coconut\coco rallado desiccated coconut————————1 (bacteria) coccus————————1 (larva) larva, worm, grub————————1 familiar (fantasma) bogeyman\comer el coco a alguien familiar to brainwash somebodycomerse el coco familiar to get worked up, worry about it* * *ISM1) (Bot) (=fruto) coconut; (=árbol) coconut palm2) ** (=cabeza) nut *, noggin (EEUU) *, headse ha dado un golpe en el coco — he banged his head, he banged himself on the nut *
tuve que romperme el coco para resolver el problema — I had to rack my brains to come up with an answer to the problem
comer el coco a algn —
mira, tío, no me comas el coco — hey, stop going on about it
3) (=prodigio) whizz *IISM1) (=fantasma) bogeyman, boogeyman (EEUU) *¡que viene el coco! — the bogeyman's coming!
2) (=persona fea)es un coco — he's an ugly devil, he's ugly as sin *
3)IIIhacer cocos a algn — (=carantoñas) to make eyes at sb; (=halagos) to coax sb, wheedle sb
SM1) (=bacteria) coccus2) (=insecto) weevil* * *I- ca adjetivo (AmC) baldII1) (Bot, Coc) coconutcaerse de un coco — (Ven fam) to be disappointed
2) (fam) ( cabeza) headanda or está mal del coco — he's off his head (colloq)
comerle el coco a alguien — (Esp fam)
comerse el coco con algo — (Esp fam) to worry about something
3) (fam) (fantasma, espantajo) boogeyman (AmE), bogeyman (BrE); ( persona fea) ugly person4) ( bacteria) coccus* * *= coconut.Ex. This ready-to-eat nutritious food is made by admixing condensed milk with rolled oats, honey, dates, wheat germ, coconuts, and walnuts.----* coco, el = bogeyman [bogeymen], bogey [bogie].* extracto de coco = coconut extract.* * *I- ca adjetivo (AmC) baldII1) (Bot, Coc) coconutcaerse de un coco — (Ven fam) to be disappointed
2) (fam) ( cabeza) headanda or está mal del coco — he's off his head (colloq)
comerle el coco a alguien — (Esp fam)
comerse el coco con algo — (Esp fam) to worry about something
3) (fam) (fantasma, espantajo) boogeyman (AmE), bogeyman (BrE); ( persona fea) ugly person4) ( bacteria) coccus* * *el coco(n.) = bogeyman [bogeymen], bogey [bogie]Ex: The article is entitled 'Micrographics and eyestrain: more bogeyman than real threat'.
Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.= coconut.Ex: This ready-to-eat nutritious food is made by admixing condensed milk with rolled oats, honey, dates, wheat germ, coconuts, and walnuts.
* coco, el = bogeyman [bogeymen], bogey [bogie].* extracto de coco = coconut extract.* * *( AmC) baldcoco2anda or está mal del coco he's off his head ( colloq)no voy a romperme el coco I'm not going to lose any sleep over itle comí el coco a mi padre para que me prestara el coche I softsoaped my father into lending me the car ( colloq)durante la dictadura nos comían el coco a todos during the dictatorship we were all brainwashedexprimirse el coco ( fam); to rack one's brainsC2 ( fam) (persona fea) ugly personD (bacteria) coccusG( Ven fam) (obsesión): anda con un coco que quiere comprarse un perro she has a real thing about wanting to buy a dog ( colloq)* * *
coco sustantivo masculinoa) (Bot, Coc) coconut
◊ está mal del coco he's off his head (colloq)
coco sustantivo masculino
1 Bot (fruto) coconut u familiar (inteligencia) brains: tiene mucho coco, she has a good brain
2 fam (cabeza) no sabes cómo me duele el coco hoy, you can't imagine how my head is aching today
3 familiar (hombre del saco) bogeyman
♦ Locuciones: familiar comerle el coco a alguien, to brainwash somebody
familiar comerse el coco, to get obsessed
' coco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
comer
- comerse
- comedura de coco
- icaco
- palma
- partir
English:
bogeyman
- coconut
- nut
- desiccated
* * *coco nm1. [fruto] coconutese chico está mal del coco that boy is soft o isn't right in the head;por más vueltas que le doy al coco no consigo entenderlo I've Br racked o US cudgeled my brains, but I still can't understand it;Famcomer el coco: le están comiendo el coco para que les ayude they're going on at him to help them;Famno te comas el coco, no ha sido él don't worry yourself about it, it wasn't him;Famtener mucho coco to be really brainysi no te portas bien vendrá el coco if you're not good, the bogeyman will come and get youes un coco de chico he's an ugly devil* * *m1 BOT coconut2 monstruo bogeyman fam3:comerse el coco fam worry;estar hasta el coco fam be fed up* * *coco nm1) : coconut* * *coco n1. (fruto) coconut2. (cabeza) head -
2 coco rallado
desiccated coconut
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