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1 calabacín grande
(n.) = marrow, marrow squashEx. Fruit flies were found to feed on gourds, cucumbers, marrows, cantaloupes and guavas.Ex. Contamination of turnip, marrow squash, radish and coriander crops spread with raw sewage.* * *(n.) = marrow, marrow squashEx: Fruit flies were found to feed on gourds, cucumbers, marrows, cantaloupes and guavas.
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2 calabaza
f.pumpkin, gourd.dar calabazas a alguien (informal figurative) to turn somebody down (a pretendiente), to knock somebody back; (British) to fail o (en exámenes) flunk somebody (United States)* * *1 gourd, pumpkin2 figurado (cabeza humana) hard nut, bonce\dar calabazas a alguien familiar (suspender un examen) to fail somebody 2 (rechazar un pretendiente) to turn somebody down, send somebody packing* * *SF1) (Bot) pumpkin; (=recipiente) gourd, calabash2) (=idiota) dolt3) * (=cabeza) bonce **, nut *, noggin (EEUU) **4)dar calabazas a — [+ candidato, estudiante] to fail; [+ amante] to jilt; (=ofender) to snub, offend
llevarse o recibir calabazas — [estudiante] to fail; [amante] to be jilted
salir calabaza — to be a flop *, prove a miserable failure
* * *dar calabazas — (fam) ( a un pretendiente) to give... the brush-off (colloq); ( a un estudiante) to fail, flunk (AmE colloq)
* * *= pumpkin, calabash, gourd.Ex. For some of our readers, no matter how we wave the magic wand of persuasion, the library catalogue remains obdurately a pumpkin.Ex. He makes reference to a scrimmage with a Spaniard when Ahab spat into a silver calabash.Ex. Fruit flies were found to feed on gourds, cucumbers, marrows, cantaloupes and guavas.----* farol de calabaza = jack-o'-lantern.* * *dar calabazas — (fam) ( a un pretendiente) to give... the brush-off (colloq); ( a un estudiante) to fail, flunk (AmE colloq)
* * *= pumpkin, calabash, gourd.Ex: For some of our readers, no matter how we wave the magic wand of persuasion, the library catalogue remains obdurately a pumpkin.
Ex: He makes reference to a scrimmage with a Spaniard when Ahab spat into a silver calabash.Ex: Fruit flies were found to feed on gourds, cucumbers, marrows, cantaloupes and guavas.* farol de calabaza = jack-o'-lantern.* * *dar calabazas ( fam) (a un pretendiente) to give … the brush-off ( colloq) (a un estudiante) to fail, flunk ( AmE colloq)2 (recipiente) gourd* * *
calabaza sustantivo femenino ( fruto — redondo) pumpkin;
(— alargado) squash
calabaza f Bot pumpkin, gourd
♦ Locuciones: familiar dar calabazas, (a un pretendiente) to give sb the brush off
' calabaza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ahuecar
- guacal
- jícara
- mate
- pepita
- pipa
English:
pumpkin
- scoop out
- gourd
- marrow
- squash
* * *calabaza nf1. [planta, fruto] pumpkin, gourd;Fam calabaza de peregrino bottle gourd* * *f pumpkin;* * *calabaza nf1) : pumpkin, squash2) : gourd3)dar calabazas a : to give the brush-off to, to jilt* * * -
3 cantalupe
= cantaloupe.Nota: Variedad de melón.Ex. Fruit flies were found to feed on gourds, cucumbers, marrows, cantaloupes and guavas.* * *= cantaloupe.Nota: Variedad de melón.Ex: Fruit flies were found to feed on gourds, cucumbers, marrows, cantaloupes and guavas.
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4 cantalupo
= cantaloupe.Nota: Variedad de melón.Ex. Fruit flies were found to feed on gourds, cucumbers, marrows, cantaloupes and guavas.* * *= cantaloupe.Nota: Variedad de melón.Ex: Fruit flies were found to feed on gourds, cucumbers, marrows, cantaloupes and guavas.
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5 guayaba
f.guava (fruit).imperf.indicat.1st person singular (yo) Imperfect Indicative of Spanish verb: guayar.* * *1 guava* * *SF1) LAm (Bot) guava; (=jalea) guava jelly2) LAm * (=mentira) fib, lie3) LAm (=tobillo) ankle5)la guayaba — CAm power
* * *1) ( fruta) guava2) (Méx fam & euf) ( en insultos)eres un hijo de la guayaba! — you s.o.b.! (colloq & euph)
* * *= guava.Ex. Fruit flies were found to feed on gourds, cucumbers, marrows, cantaloupes and guavas.* * *1) ( fruta) guava2) (Méx fam & euf) ( en insultos)eres un hijo de la guayaba! — you s.o.b.! (colloq & euph)
* * *= guava.Ex: Fruit flies were found to feed on gourds, cucumbers, marrows, cantaloupes and guavas.
* * *A (fruta) guavaB( Méx fam euf) (en insultos): ¡eres un hijo de la guayaba! ya me las pagarás you s.o.b.! I'll get you for this ( AmE colloq euph), you little bar steward! I'll get you for this ( BrE hum)¡vete a la guayaba! get lost! ( colloq)* * *
guayaba sustantivo femenino ( fruta) guava
guayabo,-a
I sustantivo masculino y femenino LAm (persona guapa) smasher
II sustantivo masculino Bot guava tree
guayaba sustantivo femenino
1 (fruta) guava
2 LAm fib, lie
* * *guayaba nf1. [fruta] guava* * *f BOT guava* * *guayaba nf: guava (fruit)
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