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1 gallīna
gallīna ae, f [1 gallus], a hen, domestic hen, Cs., C., H.: Gallina cecinit (a prodigy), T.— Prov.: gallinae filius albae, i. e. of fortune, Iu.* * * -
2 gallina dalle uova d'oro
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3 gallina vecchia fa buon brodo
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4 gallina de Guinea
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5 gallina de agua
coot -
6 gallina de mar
stargazer -
7 gallina vieja hace buen caldo
figurado there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle -
8 gallina
adj.chicken-hearted.f.1 hen.cría gallinas he keeps chickens (gallinas, pollos y gallos)matar la gallina de los huevos de oro (informal figurative) to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs2 coward, wimp, quitter, yellow-belly.f. & m.chicken, coward (informal) (person).* * *1 hen1 familiar chicken, coward\acostarse con las gallinas to go to bed very earlycomo gallina en corral ajeno familiar like a fish out of waterjugar a la gallina ciega to play blind man's buffmatar la gallina de los huevos de oro familiar to kill the goose that lays the golden eggsgallina clueca broody hengallina de agua cootgallina de Guinea guinea fowlgallina de mar stargazerpiel de gallina gooseflesh, goose pimples plural* * *noun f.* * *1. SF1) (=ave) hengallina ciega — CAm, Caribe (=gusano) white worm
gallina clueca — broody o (EEUU) brooding hen
2) (Culin) chickengallina en pepitoria — chicken in a sauce made with wine, bread, egg, almonds and pine nuts
2.SMF * (=cobarde) chicken *, coward* * *Iadjetivo (fam) chicken (colloq)II1) (Zool) hen; (Coc) chickenacostarse/levantarse con las gallinas — (fam) to go to bed early/to get up at the crack of dawn
estar/sentirse como gallina en corral ajeno — (fam) to be/feel like a fish out of water
matar la gallina de los huevos de oro — to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
* * *= hen, wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.Ex. So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.Ex. He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.Ex. Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.Ex. And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.Ex. What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.----* dilema de qué es primero el huevo o la gallina = chicken and egg situation.* gallina de campo = free-range hen.* gallina de corral = free-range hen.* gallina de granja = free-range hen.* gallina ponedora = egg-laying hen.* * *Iadjetivo (fam) chicken (colloq)II1) (Zool) hen; (Coc) chickenacostarse/levantarse con las gallinas — (fam) to go to bed early/to get up at the crack of dawn
estar/sentirse como gallina en corral ajeno — (fam) to be/feel like a fish out of water
matar la gallina de los huevos de oro — to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
* * *= hen, wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.Ex: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.
Ex: He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.Ex: Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.Ex: And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.Ex: What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.* dilema de qué es primero el huevo o la gallina = chicken and egg situation.* gallina de campo = free-range hen.* gallina de corral = free-range hen.* gallina de granja = free-range hen.* gallina ponedora = egg-laying hen.* * *¡qué gallina eres! chicken! o don't be so chicken!caldo de gallina chicken brothacostarse con or (Bol, RPl) como las gallinas to go to bed earlyestar/sentirse como gallina en corral ajeno ( fam); to be/feel like a fish out of waterla gallina de los huevos de oro the goose that lays/laid the golden eggslevantarse con or (Bol, RPl) como las gallinas ( fam); to get up at the crack of dawn, be up with the larkCompuestos:(empollando) broody hen; (cuidando la pollada) mother henme tocó sentarme al lado de un grupo de gallinas cluecas ( fam); I had to sit next to a group of squawking women ( colloq)estar como or parecer una gallina clueca ( fam); to be like a mother henguinea fowl● gallina or gallinita ciegablind man's bufflaying henB* * *
gallina sustantivo femenino
1 (Zool) hen;
(Coc) chicken;
( cuidando la pollada) mother hen;
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gallina
I sustantivo femenino
1 Zool hen
2 (juego) la gallina/gallinita ciega, blind man's buff
II mf fam coward, chicken
III adjetivo coward: no seas tan gallina y pídeselo de una vez, stop being such a chicken - just go ahead and ask him
♦ Locuciones: familiar ¡cuando las gallinas meen!, and pigs might fly!
estar como gallina en corral ajeno, to feel like a fish out of water
la gallina de los huevos de oro, the goose that lays the golden eggs;
' gallina' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cacarear
- cacareo
- carne
- carné
- empollar
- piel
- aletear
English:
chicken
- egg
- goosebumps
- gooseflesh
- goosepimples
- hen
- goose
- speckle
* * *♦ adjFam [persona] chicken, wimp;es muy gallina he's such a chicken o wimp♦ nfhen;cría gallinas [gallinas, pollos y gallos] he keeps chickens;Famacostarse con las gallinas to go to bed early;Famlevantarse con las gallinas to get up at cock-crow, to be up with the lark;Famcomo gallina en corral ajeno like a fish out of watergallina de agua coot; Fam la gallina ciega blind man's buff;gallina clueca broody hen;gallina de Guinea guinea fowl;la gallina de los huevos de oro the golden goose, the goose that lays the golden eggs;Fammatar la gallina de los huevos de oro to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs;gallina pintada guinea fowl♦ nmfFam [persona] chicken, coward* * *I f hen;matar la gallina de los huevos de oro kill the goose that lays the golden eggsII m/f famchicken* * *gallina nf1) : hen2)gallina de Guinea : guinea fowl* * *gallina n1. (ave) hen2. (cobarde) chicken / coward -
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f hen* * *gallina s.f.1 hen; ( la carne) fowl, chicken: brodo di gallina, chicken broth; gallina lessa, boiled chicken; il coccodè di una gallina, the cackle of a hen; gallina che chioccia, cackler; gallina che cova, sitter // avere il cervello di una gallina, to be bird-brained (o pea-brained) // avere il coraggio di una gallina, to be chicken-hearted (o chicken-livered o lily-livered) // zampe di gallina, (fig.) ( rughe intorno agli occhi) crow's feet; ( scrittura incomprensibile) scrawl (o illegible handwriting) // andare a letto con le galline, (fig.) to go to bed very early // gallina dalle uova d'oro, (fig.) the goose that lays the golden egg // essere, credersi figlio di gallina bianca, (fig.) to think oneself a cut above everyone else // avere, sentirsi la pelle di gallina, (fig.) to have goose pimples (o gooseflesh) // (prov.): gallina vecchia fa buon brodo, an old hen makes good broth; meglio un uovo oggi che una gallina domani, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; gallina che canta ha fatto l'uovo, qui s'excuse, s'accuse; chi di gallina nasce convien che razzoli, what's bred in the bone comes out in the flesh2 (zool.): gallina domestica, barndoor; gallina faraona, ( Numida meleagris) guinea-fowl (o guinea-hen o galeeny); gallina prataiola, ( Otis tetrax) little bustard; gallina ovaiola, layer; gallina sultana, sultana* * *[gal'lina]sostantivo femminile hen••andare a letto con le -e — = to go to bed very early
gallina vecchia fa buon brodo — prov. good broth can be made in an old pot
* * *gallina/gal'lina/sostantivo f.hen\andare a letto con le -e = to go to bed very early; gallina dalle uova d'oro golden goose; gallina vecchia fa buon brodo prov. good broth can be made in an old pot. -
10 gallina sf
[ɡal'lina]gallina vecchia fa buon brodo — (Proverbio) an old hen makes good broth
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11 gallina
sf [ɡal'lina]gallina vecchia fa buon brodo — (Proverbio) an old hen makes good broth
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12 Gallina
1.gallīna, ae, f. [1. gallus], a hen.I.Lit., Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 1; Col. 8, 2, 1; Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 27 sq.; Cic. de Sen. 16, 56; id. Ac. 2, 18, 57; id. Div. 2, 26, 56; id. N. D. 2, 48, 124; Hor. S. 2, 2, 24; 2, 4, 18 al.—As a term of endearment:II.dic me igitur tuom passerculum, gallinam, coturnicem,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 76.—Comic.: has (litteras) quidem gallina scripsit. these are hen-tracks, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 28.—Prov.:gallinae filius albae,
child of fortune, fortune's favorite, Juv. 13, 141; v. filius and albus.—Transf.:2.ad Gallinas,
a villa of the Cœsars on the Tiber, near Rome, Suet. Galb. 1; cf. Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 137.Gallīna, ae, m., the name of a gladiator, Hor. S. 2, 6, 44. -
13 gallina
1.gallīna, ae, f. [1. gallus], a hen.I.Lit., Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 1; Col. 8, 2, 1; Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 27 sq.; Cic. de Sen. 16, 56; id. Ac. 2, 18, 57; id. Div. 2, 26, 56; id. N. D. 2, 48, 124; Hor. S. 2, 2, 24; 2, 4, 18 al.—As a term of endearment:II.dic me igitur tuom passerculum, gallinam, coturnicem,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 76.—Comic.: has (litteras) quidem gallina scripsit. these are hen-tracks, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 28.—Prov.:gallinae filius albae,
child of fortune, fortune's favorite, Juv. 13, 141; v. filius and albus.—Transf.:2.ad Gallinas,
a villa of the Cœsars on the Tiber, near Rome, Suet. Galb. 1; cf. Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 137.Gallīna, ae, m., the name of a gladiator, Hor. S. 2, 6, 44. -
14 gallina clueca
f.brooding hen, brooder, sitting-down hen, broody.* * *broody hen* * *( empollando) broody hen; ( cuidando la pollada) mother hen* * *( empollando) broody hen; ( cuidando la pollada) mother hen -
15 gallina
n (f) henexpr no cantar-ne ni gall ni gallina (to be) gone with the wind -
16 gallina ciega
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17 gallina de campo
(n.) = free-range henEx. But even if free-range hens were given all the space they could use, they will still be killed for meat when their egg production wanes.* * *(n.) = free-range henEx: But even if free-range hens were given all the space they could use, they will still be killed for meat when their egg production wanes.
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18 gallina de corral
(n.) = free-range henEx. But even if free-range hens were given all the space they could use, they will still be killed for meat when their egg production wanes.* * *(n.) = free-range henEx: But even if free-range hens were given all the space they could use, they will still be killed for meat when their egg production wanes.
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19 gallina de granja
(n.) = free-range henEx. But even if free-range hens were given all the space they could use, they will still be killed for meat when their egg production wanes.* * *(n.) = free-range henEx: But even if free-range hens were given all the space they could use, they will still be killed for meat when their egg production wanes.
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20 gallina ponedora
f.laying hen, hen in lay, layer hen.* * *(n.) = egg-laying henEx. Osteoporosis is another common ailment afflicting egg-laying hens, whose bodies lose more calcium to form egg shells than they can assimilate from their diets.* * *(n.) = egg-laying henEx: Osteoporosis is another common ailment afflicting egg-laying hens, whose bodies lose more calcium to form egg shells than they can assimilate from their diets.
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