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grinning

  • 1 sonrisa

    f.
    smile.
    * * *
    1 smile
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino smile
    * * *
    = smile, grin, smiley, smiley face, emoticon.
    Nota: En Internet, combinación de caracteres y números que si se miran torciendo la cabeza hacia la izquierda representan expresiones faciales que indican el estado emocional del que los escribe: tristeza:-(, alegría:-), guiño ;-), aburrimiento:-0, regañando:-<, etc. Proviene de la combinación de emotion (emoción) y icon (símbolo).
    Ex. Possessed of a phenomenal memory and a perpetual smile, this paragon always is ready to meet the public without losing balance or a sense of humor.
    Ex. A wonderful grin spread over the manager's face.
    Ex. Smileys are combinations of alphanumeric and punctuation characters to represent facial expressions and figures, typically used to indicate tone of voice, emotion, or state of mind.
    Ex. To view a smiley face or emoticon, tilt your head to the left, or the image to the right, until the left-hand side is at the top.
    Ex. To view a smiley face or emoticon, tilt your head to the left, or the image to the right, until the left-hand side is at the top.
    ----
    * ofrecer una sonrisa = give + a grin.
    * reírse con una sonrisa de oreja a oreja = grin from + ear to ear.
    * sonrisa controlada = subdued laugh.
    * * *
    femenino smile
    * * *
    = smile, grin, smiley, smiley face, emoticon.
    Nota: En Internet, combinación de caracteres y números que si se miran torciendo la cabeza hacia la izquierda representan expresiones faciales que indican el estado emocional del que los escribe: tristeza:-(, alegría:-), guiño ;-), aburrimiento:-0, regañando:-<, etc. Proviene de la combinación de emotion (emoción) y icon (símbolo).

    Ex: Possessed of a phenomenal memory and a perpetual smile, this paragon always is ready to meet the public without losing balance or a sense of humor.

    Ex: A wonderful grin spread over the manager's face.
    Ex: Smileys are combinations of alphanumeric and punctuation characters to represent facial expressions and figures, typically used to indicate tone of voice, emotion, or state of mind.
    Ex: To view a smiley face or emoticon, tilt your head to the left, or the image to the right, until the left-hand side is at the top.
    Ex: To view a smiley face or emoticon, tilt your head to the left, or the image to the right, until the left-hand side is at the top.
    * ofrecer una sonrisa = give + a grin.
    * reírse con una sonrisa de oreja a oreja = grin from + ear to ear.
    * sonrisa controlada = subdued laugh.

    * * *
    smile
    una sonrisa forzada a forced smile
    siempre tiene la sonrisa en los labios she's always smiling, she always has a smile on her face
    con una sonrisa de oreja a oreja grinning from ear to ear
    sin perder la sonrisa without losing her smile
    se le heló la sonrisa en los labios the smile froze on his lips
    * * *

     

    sonrisa sustantivo femenino
    smile
    sonrisa sustantivo femenino smile
    ' sonrisa' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    agradecer
    - amagar
    - elocuente
    - embrujar
    - evocar
    - inconfundible
    - vislumbrar
    - amplio
    - arrebatador
    - artificial
    - coqueto
    - delator
    - dulce
    - empalagoso
    - falso
    - forzar
    - franco
    - fugaz
    - hechicero
    - imperturbable
    - infantil
    - irresistible
    - leve
    - pícaro
    - significativo
    - tenue
    - triunfal
    English:
    artificial
    - beaming
    - boyish
    - bright
    - crooked
    - delighted
    - forced
    - grin
    - icy
    - lopsided
    - mischievous
    - muster
    - set
    - smile
    - smirk
    - sneer
    - stiff
    - manage
    * * *
    smile;
    una sonrisa de felicidad/triste a happy/sad smile
    Arte la sonrisa etrusca Mona Lisa smile
    * * *
    f smile
    * * *
    : smile
    * * *
    sonrisa n smile

    Spanish-English dictionary > sonrisa

  • 2 chalado

    adj.
    crazy, mad, batty, insane.
    f. & m.
    crackpot, basket case, crank, cuckoo.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: chalar.
    * * *
    1→ link=chalar chalar
    1 (loco) mad, crazy, nuts
    \
    estar chalado,-a por algo/alguien to be mad about something/somebody, be crazy about something/somebody
    * * *
    (f. - chalada)
    adj.
    nutty, crazy
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (fam) [estar] crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq)
    II
    - da masculino, femenino nutter (colloq)
    * * *
    = nuts, bonkers, wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, nutty [nuttier -comp., nuttiest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], space cadet, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].
    Ex. I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex. This client was bonkers, but believable.
    Ex. 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.
    Ex. Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.
    Ex. Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.
    Ex. A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.
    Ex. The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex. He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex. When squirrels are acting ' nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.
    Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex. There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.
    Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex. He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    ----
    * chalado perdido = as daft as a brush, stir-crazy, knucklehead.
    * estar chalado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse chalado = go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (fam) [estar] crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq)
    II
    - da masculino, femenino nutter (colloq)
    * * *
    = nuts, bonkers, wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, nutty [nuttier -comp., nuttiest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], space cadet, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].

    Ex: I think some people would think my approach is nuts.

    Ex: This client was bonkers, but believable.
    Ex: 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.
    Ex: Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.
    Ex: Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.
    Ex: A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.
    Ex: The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex: He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex: When squirrels are acting ' nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.
    Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex: There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.
    Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    * chalado perdido = as daft as a brush, stir-crazy, knucklehead.
    * estar chalado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse chalado = go off + Posesivo + rocker.

    * * *
    chalado1 -da
    ( fam) [ ESTAR] crazy ( colloq), nuts ( colloq)
    está chalado, no le hagas ni caso he's nuts o crazy, don't take any notice of him ( colloq)
    ¿qué te pasa? estás chalado, tío what's the matter with you? you're out of your mind o you're crazy o you're nuts
    chalado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    nutter ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo chalar: ( conjugate chalar)

    chalado es:

    el participio

    chalado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (fam) [estar] crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq)

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    nutter (colloq)
    chalado,-a adjetivo familiar crazy, nuts

    ' chalado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chalada
    English:
    crazy
    - daft
    * * *
    chalado, -a Fam
    ♦ adj
    crazy, mad;
    estar chalado por algo/alguien to be crazy about sth/sb
    ♦ nm,f
    loony
    * * *
    adj fam
    crazy fam
    ( por about)
    * * *
    chalado, -da adj, fam : crazy, nuts
    chalado, -da n
    : nut, crazy person
    * * *
    chalado adj crazy [comp. crazier; superl. craziest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > chalado

  • 3 chiflado

    adj.
    nutty, batty, crazy, bananas.
    f. & m.
    nut, crackpot, eccentric person, fruitcake.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: chiflar.
    * * *
    1→ link=chiflar chiflar
    1 familiar mad, crazy, barmy, nuts, bonkers
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar nut, loony, headcase
    \
    estar chiflado,-a con/por algo familiar to be crazy about something, be mad about something
    estar chiflado,-a por alguien familiar (enamorado) to be madly in love with somebody
    * * *
    (f. - chiflada)
    adj.
    nutty, crazy
    * * *
    chiflado, -a *
    1.
    ADJ crazy *, barmy *

    estar chiflado con o por algo/algn — to be crazy about sth/sb

    2.
    SM / F nutter *, nutcase *
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (fam) crazy (colloq), mad (BrE)

    ese viejo está chiflado — that old guy's crazy, that old guy's a nutter (colloq)

    estar chiflado por algo/alguien — to be crazy o nuts o (BrE) mad about something/somebody (colloq)

    II
    - da masculino, femenino (fam) nutcase (colloq), nutter (colloq)
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], crank, loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], nuts, zany [zanier -comp., zaniest -sup.], bonkers, wacko, screwy [screwier -comp., screwiest -sup.], wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, lunatic, nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, nutty [nuttier -comp., nuttiest -sup.], mad, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], space cadet, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].
    Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.
    Ex. The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.
    Ex. Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.
    Ex. I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex. His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.
    Ex. This client was bonkers, but believable.
    Ex. Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.
    Ex. This is the newspaper that ran a lengthy article about LaRouche's screwy assertion that the greenhouse effect doesn't exist and that the ozone layer is not disappearing.
    Ex. 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.
    Ex. Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.
    Ex. It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.
    Ex. Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex. This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.
    Ex. Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.
    Ex. Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.
    Ex. A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.
    Ex. The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex. He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex. When squirrels are acting ' nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.
    Ex. When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex. There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.
    Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex. He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    ----
    * chiflado de la informática = computer geek.
    * chiflado perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, stir-crazy, knucklehead.
    * estar chiflado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * estar chiflado por = have + a crush on.
    * volverse chiflado = go + potty, go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (fam) crazy (colloq), mad (BrE)

    ese viejo está chiflado — that old guy's crazy, that old guy's a nutter (colloq)

    estar chiflado por algo/alguien — to be crazy o nuts o (BrE) mad about something/somebody (colloq)

    II
    - da masculino, femenino (fam) nutcase (colloq), nutter (colloq)
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], crank, loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], nuts, zany [zanier -comp., zaniest -sup.], bonkers, wacko, screwy [screwier -comp., screwiest -sup.], wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, lunatic, nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, nutty [nuttier -comp., nuttiest -sup.], mad, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], space cadet, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].

    Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

    Ex: The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.
    Ex: Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.
    Ex: I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex: His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.
    Ex: This client was bonkers, but believable.
    Ex: Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.
    Ex: This is the newspaper that ran a lengthy article about LaRouche's screwy assertion that the greenhouse effect doesn't exist and that the ozone layer is not disappearing.
    Ex: 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.
    Ex: Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.
    Ex: It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.
    Ex: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex: This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.
    Ex: Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.
    Ex: Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.
    Ex: A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.
    Ex: The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex: He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex: When squirrels are acting ' nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.
    Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex: There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.
    Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    * chiflado de la informática = computer geek.
    * chiflado perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, stir-crazy, knucklehead.
    * estar chiflado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * estar chiflado por = have + a crush on.
    * volverse chiflado = go + potty, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

    * * *
    chiflado1 -da
    ( fam); crazy ( colloq), mad ( BrE)
    ese viejo está chiflado that old guy's crazy o mad o nuts ( colloq), that old guy's a nutter o off his rocker o round the bend ( colloq)
    estar chiflado POR algo/algn to be crazy o nuts o mad ABOUT sth/sb ( colloq)
    está chiflado por ti he's crazy o nuts o mad about you ( colloq)
    chiflado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); nutcase ( colloq), nutter ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo chiflar: ( conjugate chiflar)

    chiflado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    chiflado    
    chiflar
    chiflado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (fam) crazy (colloq), mad (BrE);

    estar chiflado por algo/algn to be crazy o mad about sth/sb (colloq)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) nutter (colloq)
    chiflar ( conjugate chiflar) verbo transitivo ‹actor/cantante› to whistle at ( as sign of disapproval), ≈ to boo
    verbo intransitivo
    1 ( silbar) to whistle
    2 (fam) ( gustar mucho):

    chiflarse verbo pronominal (fam) chifladose por algo/algn to be crazy about sth/sb (colloq)
    chiflado,-a
    I adjetivo familiar mad, crazy [por, about]
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino (loco) nut, loony
    chiflar verbo intransitivo
    1 (con la boca) to whistle
    (con un silbato) to blow
    2 familiar (gustar mucho) me chifla esta música, I love this music
    ' chiflado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chiflada
    - sonada
    - sonado
    - loco
    English:
    barmy
    - batty
    - bend
    - loony
    - mental
    - moonstruck
    - nut
    - nutcase
    - nuts
    - nutty
    - plumb
    - potty
    - wacky
    - zany
    - cracked
    - crush
    - dotty
    - kooky
    - screw
    * * *
    chiflado, -a Fam
    ♦ adj
    crazy, mad;
    está chiflado por la música étnica he's crazy o mad about ethnic music;
    está chiflado por una compañera de clase he's really fallen for one of his classmates
    ♦ nm,f
    loony
    * * *
    adj fam
    crazy fam
    ( por about), nuts fam
    ( por about)
    II m, chiflada f nutcase fam, basketcase fam
    * * *
    chiflado, -da adj, fam : nuts, crazy
    chiflado, -da n, fam : crazy person, lunatic
    * * *
    chiflado adj crazy [comp. crazier; superl. craziest] / mad [comp. madder; superl. maddest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > chiflado

  • 4 chillar a grito pelado

    (v.) = scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee
    Ex. By the time I had gotten to the front door, however, I could hear a woman screaming at the top of her head some incoherent nonsense.
    Ex. He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    Ex. She shouted at the top of her lungs, causing Gabrielle to cringe slightly.
    Ex. In no time she took off her sandals and thrashed one of the snatchers and started shouting at the top of her voice.
    Ex. She ran into the street stark naked, waving her arms wildly and screaming at the top of her voice, 'Stop, stop!'.
    Ex. Speaking specifically about manic depression, she asked, 'How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs?'.
    Ex. He was arrested for disorderly conduct because he was screaming like a banshee.
    Ex. In her arms she held a child, round, pink, and wailing like a banshee.
    * * *
    (v.) = scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee

    Ex: By the time I had gotten to the front door, however, I could hear a woman screaming at the top of her head some incoherent nonsense.

    Ex: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    Ex: She shouted at the top of her lungs, causing Gabrielle to cringe slightly.
    Ex: In no time she took off her sandals and thrashed one of the snatchers and started shouting at the top of her voice.
    Ex: She ran into the street stark naked, waving her arms wildly and screaming at the top of her voice, 'Stop, stop!'.
    Ex: Speaking specifically about manic depression, she asked, 'How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs?'.
    Ex: He was arrested for disorderly conduct because he was screaming like a banshee.
    Ex: In her arms she held a child, round, pink, and wailing like a banshee.

    Spanish-English dictionary > chillar a grito pelado

  • 5 chillar como un loco

    (v.) = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee
    Ex. He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    Ex. She has a vicious temper and is always screaming her head off about something.
    Ex. She shouted at the top of her lungs, causing Gabrielle to cringe slightly.
    Ex. By the time I had gotten to the front door, however, I could hear a woman screaming at the top of her head some incoherent nonsense.
    Ex. In no time she took off her sandals and thrashed one of the snatchers and started shouting at the top of her voice.
    Ex. She ran into the street stark naked, waving her arms wildly and screaming at the top of her voice, 'Stop, stop!'.
    Ex. Speaking specifically about manic depression, she asked, 'How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs?'.
    Ex. He was arrested for disorderly conduct because he was screaming like a banshee.
    Ex. In her arms she held a child, round, pink, and wailing like a banshee.
    * * *
    (v.) = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee

    Ex: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.

    Ex: She has a vicious temper and is always screaming her head off about something.
    Ex: She shouted at the top of her lungs, causing Gabrielle to cringe slightly.
    Ex: By the time I had gotten to the front door, however, I could hear a woman screaming at the top of her head some incoherent nonsense.
    Ex: In no time she took off her sandals and thrashed one of the snatchers and started shouting at the top of her voice.
    Ex: She ran into the street stark naked, waving her arms wildly and screaming at the top of her voice, 'Stop, stop!'.
    Ex: Speaking specifically about manic depression, she asked, 'How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs?'.
    Ex: He was arrested for disorderly conduct because he was screaming like a banshee.
    Ex: In her arms she held a child, round, pink, and wailing like a banshee.

    Spanish-English dictionary > chillar como un loco

  • 6 desgañitarse

    pron.v.
    to shout one's head off, to scream, to scream one's head off.
    * * *
    1 familiar to shout oneself hoarse, shout one's head off
    * * *
    verbo pronominal (fam) to shout oneself hoarse
    * * *
    = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs.
    Ex. He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    Ex. She has a vicious temper and is always screaming her head off about something.
    Ex. She shouted at the top of her lungs, causing Gabrielle to cringe slightly.
    Ex. By the time I had gotten to the front door, however, I could hear a woman screaming at the top of her head some incoherent nonsense.
    Ex. In no time she took off her sandals and thrashed one of the snatchers and started shouting at the top of her voice.
    Ex. She ran into the street stark naked, waving her arms wildly and screaming at the top of her voice, 'Stop, stop!'.
    Ex. Speaking specifically about manic depression, she asked, 'How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs?'.
    * * *
    verbo pronominal (fam) to shout oneself hoarse
    * * *
    = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs.

    Ex: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.

    Ex: She has a vicious temper and is always screaming her head off about something.
    Ex: She shouted at the top of her lungs, causing Gabrielle to cringe slightly.
    Ex: By the time I had gotten to the front door, however, I could hear a woman screaming at the top of her head some incoherent nonsense.
    Ex: In no time she took off her sandals and thrashed one of the snatchers and started shouting at the top of her voice.
    Ex: She ran into the street stark naked, waving her arms wildly and screaming at the top of her voice, 'Stop, stop!'.
    Ex: Speaking specifically about manic depression, she asked, 'How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs?'.

    * * *
    ( fam); to shout one's head off ( colloq), to shout oneself hoarse
    * * *

    desgañitarse vr fam to shout oneself hoarse
    * * *
    to scream oneself hoarse
    * * *
    v/r fam
    yell one’s head off fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > desgañitarse

  • 7 grillado

    adj.
    insane, barmy, batty, nuts.
    * * *
    1 familiar barmy
    * * *
    = barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].
    Ex. He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    * * *
    = barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].

    Ex: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.

    * * *
    ( Esp fam) batty ( colloq), barmy ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo grillarse: ( conjugate grillarse)

    grillado es:

    el participio

    grillado,-a adj fam crazy
    ' grillado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    grillada
    * * *
    grillado, -a adj
    Esp Fam crazy, loopy;
    estar grillado to be crazy o loopy
    * * *
    adj fam
    crazy, loopy fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > grillado

  • 8 gritar como un loco

    (v.) = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee
    Ex. He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    Ex. She has a vicious temper and is always screaming her head off about something.
    Ex. She shouted at the top of her lungs, causing Gabrielle to cringe slightly.
    Ex. By the time I had gotten to the front door, however, I could hear a woman screaming at the top of her head some incoherent nonsense.
    Ex. In no time she took off her sandals and thrashed one of the snatchers and started shouting at the top of her voice.
    Ex. She ran into the street stark naked, waving her arms wildly and screaming at the top of her voice, 'Stop, stop!'.
    Ex. Speaking specifically about manic depression, she asked, 'How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs?'.
    Ex. He was arrested for disorderly conduct because he was screaming like a banshee.
    Ex. In her arms she held a child, round, pink, and wailing like a banshee.
    * * *
    (v.) = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee

    Ex: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.

    Ex: She has a vicious temper and is always screaming her head off about something.
    Ex: She shouted at the top of her lungs, causing Gabrielle to cringe slightly.
    Ex: By the time I had gotten to the front door, however, I could hear a woman screaming at the top of her head some incoherent nonsense.
    Ex: In no time she took off her sandals and thrashed one of the snatchers and started shouting at the top of her voice.
    Ex: She ran into the street stark naked, waving her arms wildly and screaming at the top of her voice, 'Stop, stop!'.
    Ex: Speaking specifically about manic depression, she asked, 'How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs?'.
    Ex: He was arrested for disorderly conduct because he was screaming like a banshee.
    Ex: In her arms she held a child, round, pink, and wailing like a banshee.

    Spanish-English dictionary > gritar como un loco

  • 9 gritar desaforadamente

    v.
    to scream.
    * * *
    (v.) = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs
    Ex. He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    Ex. She has a vicious temper and is always screaming her head off about something.
    Ex. She shouted at the top of her lungs, causing Gabrielle to cringe slightly.
    Ex. In no time she took off her sandals and thrashed one of the snatchers and started shouting at the top of her voice.
    Ex. She ran into the street stark naked, waving her arms wildly and screaming at the top of her voice, 'Stop, stop!'.
    Ex. Speaking specifically about manic depression, she asked, 'How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs?'.
    * * *
    (v.) = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs

    Ex: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.

    Ex: She has a vicious temper and is always screaming her head off about something.
    Ex: She shouted at the top of her lungs, causing Gabrielle to cringe slightly.
    Ex: In no time she took off her sandals and thrashed one of the snatchers and started shouting at the top of her voice.
    Ex: She ran into the street stark naked, waving her arms wildly and screaming at the top of her voice, 'Stop, stop!'.
    Ex: Speaking specifically about manic depression, she asked, 'How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs?'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > gritar desaforadamente

  • 10 lelo

    adj.
    silly, foolish, stupid, simpleton.
    m.
    halfwit, dope, silly person.
    * * *
    1 familiar gormless, stupid
    * * *
    lelo, -a *
    1.
    ADJ (=tonto) slow
    2.
    SM / F (=tonto) halfwit

    parece que te ven cara de lelo — they seem to think you're totally stupid, they seem to think you were born yesterday

    * * *
    - la adjetivo (fam) ( tonto) dim; ( pasmado) speechless
    * * *
    = dullard, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], nonce, gaga, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].
    Ex. The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.
    Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex. The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex. He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex. So if Ellen and Baltar are anything to go by, it seems exceptionally smart people are a bit gaga.
    Ex. He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    * * *
    - la adjetivo (fam) ( tonto) dim; ( pasmado) speechless
    * * *
    = dullard, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], nonce, gaga, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].

    Ex: The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.

    Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex: The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex: He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex: So if Ellen and Baltar are anything to go by, it seems exceptionally smart people are a bit gaga.
    Ex: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.

    * * *
    lelo1 -la
    ( fam)
    1 (tonto) slow on the uptake, goofy ( AmE colloq), dozy ( BrE colloq)
    2 (pasmado) speechless
    me quedé lelo con su respuesta I was struck dumb by his reply, his reply left me speechless
    lelo2 -la
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); dummy ( colloq), fool
    * * *

    lelo
    ◊ -la adjetivo (fam) ( tonto) slow on the uptake;


    ( pasmado) speechless
    lelo,-a familiar
    I adjetivo stupid, silly
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino dummy, dimwit
    ' lelo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    boba
    - bobo
    - lela
    English:
    barmy
    - birdbrained
    - dopey
    * * *
    lelo, -a
    ♦ adj
    stupid, slow
    ♦ nm,f
    idiot
    * * *
    adj slow(-witted)
    * * *
    lelo, -la adj
    : silly, stupid

    Spanish-English dictionary > lelo

  • 11 majareta

    adj.
    nuts, crazy.
    f.
    loony, crazy person, crackpot, basket case.
    * * *
    1 familiar→ link=majara majara
    * * *
    = wacko, stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, madman, lunatic, basket case, nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, mad, crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].
    Ex. Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.
    Ex. Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.
    Ex. It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.
    Ex. Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex. Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex. This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.
    Ex. They are seen as basket cases, 'damaged goods', the vulnerable children of the world who need the help and protection of the UN, NGOs and armies of therapists from the West.
    Ex. Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.
    Ex. Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.
    Ex. A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.
    Ex. The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex. He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex. When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.
    Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex. He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    ----
    * estar majareta = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse majareta = go + potty, go out of + Posesivo + mind, go off + the rails, go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * * *
    = wacko, stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, madman, lunatic, basket case, nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, mad, crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].

    Ex: Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.

    Ex: Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.
    Ex: It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.
    Ex: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex: This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.
    Ex: They are seen as basket cases, 'damaged goods', the vulnerable children of the world who need the help and protection of the UN, NGOs and armies of therapists from the West.
    Ex: Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.
    Ex: Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.
    Ex: A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.
    Ex: The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex: He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.
    Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    * estar majareta = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse majareta = go + potty, go out of + Posesivo + mind, go off + the rails, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

    * * *

    majara, majareta adj fam loony, nutty
    ' majareta' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    majara
    English:
    marble
    - rocker
    * * *
    majareta, Esp majara Fam
    ♦ adj
    nutty
    ♦ nmf
    nutcase
    * * *
    adj fam
    nutty fam, screwy fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > majareta

  • 12 oreja

    f.
    1 ear (anatomy).
    tenía una sonrisa de oreja a oreja he was grinning from ear to ear
    calentarle a alguien las orejas to box somebody's ears
    con las orejas gachas with one's tail between one's legs
    verle las orejas al lobo to see what's coming
    orejas de soplillo stick-out ears
    2 wing.
    3 handle, lug.
    4 squealer, stool pigeon, snitch, grass.
    * * *
    1 ear
    \
    poner/tener una sonrisa de oreja a oreja to grin like a Cheshire cat, grin from ear to ear
    verle las orejas al lobo to see the red light, wake up to a danger, realize things could go wrong
    oreja de mar ear shell, ormer
    sillón de orejas wing chair
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    1. SF
    1) (Anat) ear
    - pegar la oreja en algo
    tirón I, 1)
    2) (=pieza) [de sillón] wing; [de zapato] tab; [de jarra] handle; [de envase de zumo, leche] flap; [de martillo] claw; [de libro] flap; [de tambor] lug
    3) LAm (=curiosidad) curiosity; (=escucha) eavesdropping; (=prudencia) caution
    2.
    SMF ** (=soplón) grass *, fink (EEUU) *, informer
    * * *
    I
    1) (Anat) ear

    tiene las orejas despegadas or salidas — his ears stick out

    calentarle la oreja a alguien — (Ven fam) to try to talk somebody into something

    con las orejas gachas — with one's tail between one's legs

    jalarle las orejas a alguien — (Méx, Per, Ven fam) to tell somebody off

    parar la oreja — (AmL fam) to pay attention

    tirarle a alguien de las orejas or (AmL) tirarle las orejas a alguien — ( literal) to pull somebody's ears; ( reprender) to tell somebody off

    2) ( de sillón) wing
    II
    masculino y femenino (Méx fam) ( soplón - de la policía) stool pigeon (colloq), grass (BrE colloq); ( que escucha a escondidas) eavesdropper
    * * *
    = ear.
    Ex. They are followed in turn by the see and see also references to the heading: HEAD see also BRAIN; ear; EYE; FACE; HAIR; NOSE.
    ----
    * con las orejas gachas = with a flea in + Posesivo + ear, depressed.
    * dar un tirón de orejas a Alguien = slap + Nombre + on the wrist.
    * echar humo por las orejas = go + berserk, go + postal, work up + a lather.
    * lóbulo de la oreja = ear lobe, earlobe.
    * mojarle la oreja a Alguien = knock + spots off + Nombre, outdo, outrun [out-run], trump.
    * oreja caída = drop ear.
    * oreja de mar = abalone.
    * oreja gacha = drop ear.
    * orejas de burro = dunce cap.
    * planchar la oreja = bunk down.
    * reírse con una sonrisa de oreja a oreja = grin from + ear to ear.
    * tirar de las orejas = tell + Nombe + off.
    * tirón de orejas = slap on the wrist.
    * verle las orejas al lobo = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + coming.
    * * *
    I
    1) (Anat) ear

    tiene las orejas despegadas or salidas — his ears stick out

    calentarle la oreja a alguien — (Ven fam) to try to talk somebody into something

    con las orejas gachas — with one's tail between one's legs

    jalarle las orejas a alguien — (Méx, Per, Ven fam) to tell somebody off

    parar la oreja — (AmL fam) to pay attention

    tirarle a alguien de las orejas or (AmL) tirarle las orejas a alguien — ( literal) to pull somebody's ears; ( reprender) to tell somebody off

    2) ( de sillón) wing
    II
    masculino y femenino (Méx fam) ( soplón - de la policía) stool pigeon (colloq), grass (BrE colloq); ( que escucha a escondidas) eavesdropper
    * * *
    = ear.

    Ex: They are followed in turn by the see and see also references to the heading: HEAD see also BRAIN; ear; EYE; FACE; HAIR; NOSE.

    * con las orejas gachas = with a flea in + Posesivo + ear, depressed.
    * dar un tirón de orejas a Alguien = slap + Nombre + on the wrist.
    * echar humo por las orejas = go + berserk, go + postal, work up + a lather.
    * lóbulo de la oreja = ear lobe, earlobe.
    * mojarle la oreja a Alguien = knock + spots off + Nombre, outdo, outrun [out-run], trump.
    * oreja caída = drop ear.
    * oreja de mar = abalone.
    * oreja gacha = drop ear.
    * orejas de burro = dunce cap.
    * planchar la oreja = bunk down.
    * reírse con una sonrisa de oreja a oreja = grin from + ear to ear.
    * tirar de las orejas = tell + Nombe + off.
    * tirón de orejas = slap on the wrist.
    * verle las orejas al lobo = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + coming.

    * * *
    de orejas grandes big-eared o with big ears
    tiene las orejas paradas or despegadas or salidas his ears stick out
    el perro puso las orejas tiesas the dog pricked up its ears
    puso una sonrisa de oreja a oreja she grinned from ear to ear
    orejas de paila ( Chi fam); big ears
    asomar la oreja to show one's true colors
    calentarle la oreja a algn ( Ven fam); to try to talk sb into sth
    con las orejas gachas with one's tail between one's legs
    estar hasta las orejas de algo ( fam); to be up to one's ears o eyes in sth ( colloq)
    jalarle las orejas a algn (Méx, Per fam); to tell sb off
    parar la oreja ( AmL fam); to pay attention
    para bien la oreja, que esto es importante pay attention, this is important o ( AmE colloq) listen up, this is important
    paré la oreja para ver de qué hablaban I pricked up my ears to hear what they were talking about ( colloq)
    planchar or chafar la oreja ( fam); to get some shut-eye ( colloq)
    voy a planchar la oreja I'm going to get some shut-eye, I'm off to bed ( colloq)
    tirarle a algn de las orejas or ( AmL) tirarle las orejas a algn (literal) to pull sb's ears; (reprender) to tell sb off, slap sb's wrists ( colloq)
    verle las orejas al lobo to realize sth is wrong
    B
    1 (de una taza) handle
    Compuesto:
    dog-ear
    1 (soplón — de la policía) informer, stool pigeon ( colloq), grass ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

     

    oreja sustantivo femenino (Anat) ear;

    tirarle a algn de las orejas or (AmL) tirarle las orejas a algn to pull sb's ears
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (Méx fam) ( soplón — de la policía) stool pigeon (colloq), grass (BrE colloq);

    ( que escucha a escondidas) eavesdropper
    oreja sustantivo femenino
    1 Anat ear
    2 (de sillón) wing
    ♦ Locuciones: ver las orejas al lobo, to see the danger signs
    con las orejas gachas, with one's tail between one's legs
    ' oreja' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    lóbulo
    - mosca
    English:
    ache
    - belt
    - ear
    - grin
    - push
    - broad
    - lobe
    - prick
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    1. [de persona, animal] ear;
    orejas de soplillo sticky-out ears;
    el perro puso las orejas tiesas the dog pricked up his ears;
    tirar a alguien de las orejas to pull sb's ears [traditionally done to a person celebrating their birthday];
    Fig to give sb a good telling-off;
    tenía una sonrisa de oreja a oreja he was grinning from ear to ear;
    Fam
    agachar o [m5] bajar las orejas [en discusión] to back down;
    Am Fam
    le deben arder las orejas his ears must be burning;
    Fam Fam
    descubrir o [m5] enseñar la oreja to show one's true colours;
    Fam
    con las orejas gachas with one's tail between one's legs;
    Am Fam
    parar la oreja to pay attention, to listen up;
    ponerle las orejas coloradas a alguien to tell sb off, to make sb feel uncomfortable;
    Fam
    ver las orejas al lobo to see what's coming
    2. [de sillón] wing
    3. [de vasija] handle
    4. oreja de mar abalone
    ♦ nmf
    Méx Fam informer, Br grass
    * * *
    f
    1 ear;
    orejas despegadas protruding ears;
    una sonrisa de oreja a oreja a smile from ear to ear;
    aguzar las orejas L.Am. prick one’s ears up;
    parar la oreja pay attention;
    descubrir la oreja show one’s true colors o Br colours;
    ver las orejas al lobo fig fam wake up to the danger;
    agachar las orejas fig back down;
    hasta las orejas fig up to one’s eyes o
    ears
    2 Méx fam ( delator) informer
    * * *
    oreja nf
    : ear
    * * *
    oreja n ear

    Spanish-English dictionary > oreja

  • 13 reírse con una sonrisa de oreja a oreja

    (v.) = grin from + ear to ear
    Ex. Carpozzi, grinning from ear to ear, asked when a person would have cause to write upon, injure, deface, tear, or destroy a book, plate, picture, engraving, or statue.
    * * *
    (v.) = grin from + ear to ear

    Ex: Carpozzi, grinning from ear to ear, asked when a person would have cause to write upon, injure, deface, tear, or destroy a book, plate, picture, engraving, or statue.

    Spanish-English dictionary > reírse con una sonrisa de oreja a oreja

  • 14 saber a ciencia cierta que

    (v.) = know + for a fact that
    Ex. 'I know for a fact that it has to be modified, and more than a little,' she said, grinning awkwardly.
    * * *
    (v.) = know + for a fact that

    Ex: 'I know for a fact that it has to be modified, and more than a little,' she said, grinning awkwardly.

    Spanish-English dictionary > saber a ciencia cierta que

  • 15 sonreír

    v.
    1 to smile, to crack a smile.
    Ella sonríe cuando le pagan She smiles when they pay her.
    2 to smile at, to smile to.
    Me sonrió María Mary smiled at me.
    3 to smile on.
    Le sonrió la vida Life smiled on her.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ REÍR], like link=reír reír
    1 to smile
    1 to smile at
    2 figurado (favorecer) to smile on, smile upon
    1 to smile
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VI
    1) [persona] to smile
    2) (=favorecer)
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    a) persona to smile
    b) vida/fortuna (+ me/te/le etc) to smile on
    2.
    sonreírse v pron to smile
    * * *
    = break into + a smile, give + a grin, grin, beam.
    Ex. Her face broke into a warm friendly smile.
    Ex. James gave her what amounted to a grin.
    Ex. 'I know for a fact that it has to be modified, and more than a little,' she said, grinning awkwardly.
    Ex. Natasha continued to lean out of the window for a long time, beaming at him with her kindly, slightly quizzical, happy smile.
    ----
    * dejar de sonreír = extinguish + smile.
    * sonreír (a) = smile (at).
    * sonreír socarronamente = smirk.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    a) persona to smile
    b) vida/fortuna (+ me/te/le etc) to smile on
    2.
    sonreírse v pron to smile
    * * *
    = break into + a smile, give + a grin, grin, beam.

    Ex: Her face broke into a warm friendly smile.

    Ex: James gave her what amounted to a grin.
    Ex: 'I know for a fact that it has to be modified, and more than a little,' she said, grinning awkwardly.
    Ex: Natasha continued to lean out of the window for a long time, beaming at him with her kindly, slightly quizzical, happy smile.
    * dejar de sonreír = extinguish + smile.
    * sonreír (a) = smile (at).
    * sonreír socarronamente = smirk.

    * * *
    vi
    1 «persona» to smile
    al pasar por mi lado, me sonrió he smiled at me as he went past
    2 «vida/fortuna» (+ me/te/le etc) to smile on
    el futuro le sonríe his future is bright
    to smile
    * * *

     

    sonreír ( conjugate sonreír) verbo intransitivo

    sonreír(le) a algn to smile at sb
    b) [vida/fortuna] (+ me/te/le etc) to smile on

    sonreír vi, sonreírse verbo reflexivo to smile: le sonreía, she was smiling at him
    ' sonreír' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sonreírse
    English:
    beam
    - grin
    - smile
    - smirk
    - raise
    * * *
    ♦ vi
    1. [reír levemente] to smile;
    me sonrió she smiled at me
    2. [ser favorable]
    sonreír a alguien to smile on sb;
    le sonrió la fortuna fortune smiled on him
    * * *
    v/i smile;
    sonreír a alguien smile at s.o.;
    la suerte le sonríe fortune smiles on him
    * * *
    sonreír {66} vi
    : to smile
    * * *
    sonreír vb to smile

    Spanish-English dictionary > sonreír

  • 16 tener motivo para

    (v.) = have + cause to
    Ex. Carpozzi, grinning from ear to ear, asked when a person would have cause to write upon, injure, deface, tear, or destroy a book, plate, picture, engraving, or statue.
    * * *
    (v.) = have + cause to

    Ex: Carpozzi, grinning from ear to ear, asked when a person would have cause to write upon, injure, deface, tear, or destroy a book, plate, picture, engraving, or statue.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tener motivo para

  • 17 vociferar

    v.
    1 to shout.
    2 to vociferate, to shout, to scream, to blare.
    * * *
    1 to vociferate, shout
    1 to vociferate, shout
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=gritar) to yell, shout
    2) (=jactarse) to proclaim boastfully
    2.
    VI to yell, shout, vociferate frm
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to shout, vociferate (frml)
    * * *
    = boom, howl, mouth off, belt out, shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs.
    Ex. And those users who are unfortunate enough to hit on a librarian who booms (or shrills) their private problems around the library floor may never ask a question again.
    Ex. If we do not listen to other people whispering their prayers today we may have to meet them tomorrow when they are howling their war cries.
    Ex. She walked into the tavern and started mouthing off about my less than exemplary manliness.
    Ex. Singers will belt out Beatles hits to help charity.
    Ex. He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    Ex. She has a vicious temper and is always screaming her head off about something.
    Ex. She shouted at the top of her lungs, causing Gabrielle to cringe slightly.
    Ex. By the time I had gotten to the front door, however, I could hear a woman screaming at the top of her head some incoherent nonsense.
    Ex. In no time she took off her sandals and thrashed one of the snatchers and started shouting at the top of her voice.
    Ex. She ran into the street stark naked, waving her arms wildly and screaming at the top of her voice, 'Stop, stop!'.
    Ex. Speaking specifically about manic depression, she asked, 'How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs?'.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to shout, vociferate (frml)
    * * *
    = boom, howl, mouth off, belt out, shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs.

    Ex: And those users who are unfortunate enough to hit on a librarian who booms (or shrills) their private problems around the library floor may never ask a question again.

    Ex: If we do not listen to other people whispering their prayers today we may have to meet them tomorrow when they are howling their war cries.
    Ex: She walked into the tavern and started mouthing off about my less than exemplary manliness.
    Ex: Singers will belt out Beatles hits to help charity.
    Ex: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    Ex: She has a vicious temper and is always screaming her head off about something.
    Ex: She shouted at the top of her lungs, causing Gabrielle to cringe slightly.
    Ex: By the time I had gotten to the front door, however, I could hear a woman screaming at the top of her head some incoherent nonsense.
    Ex: In no time she took off her sandals and thrashed one of the snatchers and started shouting at the top of her voice.
    Ex: She ran into the street stark naked, waving her arms wildly and screaming at the top of her voice, 'Stop, stop!'.
    Ex: Speaking specifically about manic depression, she asked, 'How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs?'.

    * * *
    vociferar [A1 ]
    vi
    to shout, yell, vociferate ( frml)
    * * *

    vociferar ( conjugate vociferar) verbo intransitivo
    to shout, vociferate (frml)
    vociferar verbo intransitivo to shout, scream, vociferate
    ' vociferar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    vocear
    English:
    bluster
    - bawl
    - storm
    * * *
    to shout
    * * *
    v/i shout
    * * *
    gritar: to shout, to yell

    Spanish-English dictionary > vociferar

  • 18 tener cara de pascua(s)

    Spanish-English dictionary > tener cara de pascua(s)

  • 19 tener cara de pascua(s)

    Spanish-English dictionary > tener cara de pascua(s)

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