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1 rana
f.1 frog.te devolverá el libro cuando las ranas críen pelo (informal) you'll be waiting till the cows come home for him to give you that book back2 Rana.* * *1 frog\salir rana familiar to be a letdown, be a disappointment* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (Zool) frog¡hasta que las ranas críen pelo! — if I never see you again it'll be too soon!
2) (=juego) game of throwing coins into the mouth of an iron frog* * *femenino (Zool) frogcuando las ranas críen pelo — (fam)
salir rana — (Esp fam) to be a real disappointment
* * *= frog.Ex. The system identifies frog calls and measures their abundance.* * *femenino (Zool) frogcuando las ranas críen pelo — (fam)
salir rana — (Esp fam) to be a real disappointment
* * *= frog.Ex: The system identifies frog calls and measures their abundance.
* * *1 ( Zool) frogcuando las ranas críen pelo or ( RPl) cola ( fam): a este paso terminará cuando las ranas críen pelo at this rate he won't finish in a month of Sundays ( colloq)* * *
rana sustantivo femenino (Zool) frog
rana sustantivo femenino
1 Zool frog
2 (hombre) rana, frogman
♦ Locuciones: cuando las ranas críen pelo, when pigs learn to fly, salir rana, to be a disappointment
' rana' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
anca
- hombre
English:
croak
- frog
- frogman
- into
- spawn
- bull
* * *rana nf1. [animal] frog;Famcuando las ranas críen pelo: te devolverá el libro cuando las ranas críen pelo you'll be waiting till the cows come home for him to give you that book back;Famsalir rana to be a major disappointmentrana de San Antonio European tree frog2. [juego] = game in which the players throw coins or counters into the mouth of a metal frog* * *f ZO frog;salir rana fam be a let-down;cuando la(s) rana(s) críe(n) pelo fig not in a month of Sundays* * *rana nf1) : frog2)rana toro : bullfrog* * *rana n frog
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