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121 pifia
f.1 blunder (informal).2 big error, goof, blunder, costly error.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: pifiar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: pifiar.* * *1 familiar blunder\hacer una pifia familiar to make a blunder* * *SF1) (Billar) miscue2) * (=error) blunder, bloomer *hacer pifia de — (=burlarse) to mock, poke fun at; (=bromear) to make a joke of, joke about
* * *1)a) (fam) ( error) boo-boo (colloq), boob (colloq)b) ( en billar) miscuec) (Chi) ( defecto) fault2) (Chi, Per) ( del público) booing and hissing* * *= boner, goof, bobble, clanger, blooper, blunder, slip-up.Ex. Inferencing skills can be learned as students clarify contextual meanings of ambiguous statements, mispronunciations, and boners that may be found in newspaper headlines, texts, and conversations.Ex. The film's supple structure, surprisingly light touch, and bravura performances make it perhaps the most fully formed, half-hearted goof ever.Ex. Gary's back pass took a bobble from a divot and in that moment Robinson suddenly found himself the subject of ridicule.Ex. Whilst this might work in the short term, this strategy is to be avoided even if the clanger isn't entirely your fault.Ex. Throughout the year we collect bloopers, funny things that happen while we are producing the program.Ex. There is no better way for reference librarians to see how their efforts are perceived by library users than to see themselves in action -- blunders and all.Ex. Minor slip-ups are things like - your fly is undone while giving a presentation, you accidentally let out an audible burp at a work luncheon, wardrobe malfunctions, you pass gas.----* meter una pifia = drop + a bollock, drop + a clanger, make + a blunder, make + a bloomer, blunder.* * *1)a) (fam) ( error) boo-boo (colloq), boob (colloq)b) ( en billar) miscuec) (Chi) ( defecto) fault2) (Chi, Per) ( del público) booing and hissing* * *= boner, goof, bobble, clanger, blooper, blunder, slip-up.Ex: Inferencing skills can be learned as students clarify contextual meanings of ambiguous statements, mispronunciations, and boners that may be found in newspaper headlines, texts, and conversations.
Ex: The film's supple structure, surprisingly light touch, and bravura performances make it perhaps the most fully formed, half-hearted goof ever.Ex: Gary's back pass took a bobble from a divot and in that moment Robinson suddenly found himself the subject of ridicule.Ex: Whilst this might work in the short term, this strategy is to be avoided even if the clanger isn't entirely your fault.Ex: Throughout the year we collect bloopers, funny things that happen while we are producing the program.Ex: There is no better way for reference librarians to see how their efforts are perceived by library users than to see themselves in action -- blunders and all.Ex: Minor slip-ups are things like - your fly is undone while giving a presentation, you accidentally let out an audible burp at a work luncheon, wardrobe malfunctions, you pass gas.* meter una pifia = drop + a bollock, drop + a clanger, make + a blunder, make + a bloomer, blunder.* * *A2 (en billar) miscue* * *
Del verbo pifiar: ( conjugate pifiar)
pifia es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
pifia
pifiar
pifia sustantivo femenino
1
2 (Chi, Per) ( del público) booing and hissing
pifiar ( conjugate pifiar) verbo transitivo
1 (fam) ( fallar) to fluff (colloq);◊ pifiala (fam) to blow it (colloq)
2 (Chi, Per) [ público] to boo
pifia f fam blunder
pifiar verbo transitivo to blow, cock up: ¡ya volvió a pifiarla!, he messed up again
' pifia' also found in these entries:
English:
cock-up
* * *pifia nfhacer una pifia to make a blunder2. [en billar] miscue* * *f1 fam ( error) booboo fam2 Chi, Pe, Rpldefect* * * -
122 pitada
f.1 whistling (silbidos).2 drag, puff (informal) (de cigarrillo). ( Latin American Spanish)3 hooting.past part.past participle of spanish verb: pitar.* * *1 (bocinazo) hoot, honk2 (pitido) whistle3 (del público) booing* * *SF1) (=silbido) whistle; (=rechifla) hiss2) LAm * [de cigarrillo] puff, drag *3) * (=salida inoportuna) silly remark* * *1)a) ( pitido) beeplas pitadas de los coches — the beeping o hooting of the car horns
b) ( en espectáculo) ≈ booing and hissing, whistling ( as sign of disapproval)2) (AmL) ( de cigarrillo) puff, drag (colloq)* * *1)a) ( pitido) beeplas pitadas de los coches — the beeping o hooting of the car horns
b) ( en espectáculo) ≈ booing and hissing, whistling ( as sign of disapproval)2) (AmL) ( de cigarrillo) puff, drag (colloq)* * *A1 (pitido) beepse oían las pitadas de los coches you could hear the beeping o hooting o honking of the car horns2 (en un espectáculo) ≈ booing and hissing, whistling ( as sign of disapproval)* * *
pitada sustantivo femenino
1
2 (AmL) ( de cigarrillo) puff, drag (colloq)
pitada sustantivo femenino
1 (como signo de protesta) whistling, booing
2 (pitido) whistle
(de automóvil) toot, honk
' pitada' also found in these entries:
English:
hissing
- puff
* * *pitada nf1. [silbidos de protesta] whistling;despidieron al equipo con una sonora pitada the team were loudly whistled off the field2. [con bocina] beep;dar una pitada to beep one's horn* * *f1 ( abucheo) whistle2 S.Am.de cigarillo puff -
123 siseo
m.hiss, hissing.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: sisear.* * *1 hiss, hissing* * *SM hiss, hissing* * *masculino hiss* * *masculino hiss* * *hiss* * *siseo nm[de serpiente, cinta magnética, aire] hiss; [de tela, brisa] rustle;el siseo del público le puso muy nervioso the hissing from the audience really flustered him* * *m hiss, hissing* * *siseo nm: hiss -
124 sifflement
sifflement [sifləmɑ̃]masculine noun[de personne, oiseau, train, bouilloire, vent] whistling uncount ; [de serpent, vapeur, gaz, machine à vapeur] hissing uncount• un sifflement d'admiration or admiratif a whistle of admiration* * *sifləmɑ̃nom masculin (de personne, train) whistle; (de bouilloire, vent) whistling [U]; (d'oiseau, insecte) chirping [U]; ( de serpent) hissing [U]* * *sifləmɑ̃1. nm1) (= bruit) whistle, whistling no pl2) [toux, respiration] wheezing no pl2. sifflements nmpl[public] hissing (and booing)* * *sifflement nm (de personne, train, projectile) whistle; (de bouilloire, vent) whistling ¢; (d'oiseau, insecte) chirping ¢; ( de serpent) hissing ¢; émettre un sifflement admiratif to give a whistle of admiration; les sifflements et les huées du public the hisses and boos of the audience.sifflement d'oreilles Méd ringing in the ears ¢, tinnitus ¢.[sifləmɑ̃] nom masculin2. [bruit] whistle -
125 sibilante
sibilante agg.1 hissing, sibilant: un suono sibilante, a hissing sound2 (fon.) sibilant◆ s.f. (fon.) sibilant.* * *[sibi'lante]1. agg(suono) hissing, Fonetica sibilant2. sfFonetica sibilant* * *[sibi'lante]1) [ suono] hissing, sibilant2) fon. [ consonante] sibilant* * *sibilante/sibi'lante/1 [ suono] hissing, sibilant2 fon. [ consonante] sibilant. -
126 sibilante
adj.sibilant.m.sibilant.* * *► adjetivo1 sibilant1 sibilant* * *ADJ SF sibilant* * *adjetivo sibilant* * *= hissing.Ex. Talk about charm! This fellow has about as much as a pailful of hissing snakes.* * *adjetivo sibilant* * *= hissing.Ex: Talk about charm! This fellow has about as much as a pailful of hissing snakes.
* * *sibilant* * *sibilante adjsibilant* * *f/adj sibilant* * *sibilante adj & nf: sibilant -
127 silbido
m.1 whistle (sonido).el silbido del viento the whistling of the wind2 whistle.su actuación fue recibida con silbidos y abucheos her performance was greeted with hissing and booinglos silbidos del público eran ensordecedores the whistling of the crowd was deafening* * *1 (acción) whistle, whistling2 (abucheo) hissing3 (del teléfono) ring, ringing* * *noun m.whistle, whistling* * *a) (con la boca, un silbato) whistleb) ( del viento) whistling; ( de respiración) wheezingc) ( en los oídos) ringing, whistlingd)silbidos — ( en señal de desaprobacion) catcalls
* * *= hiss, whine, whistle, swish, swishing sound.Ex. 'That's not realistic,' he said and looked at her, as if to indicate that the balloon of her argument had suddenly had a pin stuck in it, and was expiring with a hiss.Ex. The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.Ex. The author reports on a project for the revival of traditional toys in which a group of adults made toys (e.g., dolls, carts, tops, whistles) that recalled their childhoods.Ex. At times when I'm in bed I can hear a swishing sound in my head, not a constant swish but a pulsating swish.Ex. At times when I'm in bed I can hear a swishing sound in my head, not a constant swish but a pulsating swish.* * *a) (con la boca, un silbato) whistleb) ( del viento) whistling; ( de respiración) wheezingc) ( en los oídos) ringing, whistlingd)silbidos — ( en señal de desaprobacion) catcalls
* * *= hiss, whine, whistle, swish, swishing sound.Ex: 'That's not realistic,' he said and looked at her, as if to indicate that the balloon of her argument had suddenly had a pin stuck in it, and was expiring with a hiss.
Ex: The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.Ex: The author reports on a project for the revival of traditional toys in which a group of adults made toys (e.g., dolls, carts, tops, whistles) that recalled their childhoods.Ex: At times when I'm in bed I can hear a swishing sound in my head, not a constant swish but a pulsating swish.Ex: At times when I'm in bed I can hear a swishing sound in my head, not a constant swish but a pulsating swish.* * *1 (con la boca) whistledio un silbido he whistled2 (con un silbato) whistle3 (del viento) whistlingel silbido de las balas the whistling of the bulletsel silbido que acompañaba su respiración the wheezing that accompanied his breathing4 (en los oídos) ringing, whistling* * *
silbido sustantivo masculino
( de respiración) wheezing
d)
silbido sustantivo masculino whistle
(del viento) whistling
' silbido' also found in these entries:
English:
hiss
- swish
- whine
- whistle
- zip
* * *silbido nm1. [sonido] whistle;llamó al perro con un silbido she called the dog with a whistle;el silbido del viento the whistling of the wind;se oía el silbido del ventilador you could hear the whirring of the fan2. [para abuchear] whistle, catcall;los silbidos del público eran ensordecedores the whistling of the crowd was deafening;su actuación fue recibida con silbidos y abucheos her performance was greeted with hissing and booing3. [de serpiente] hiss;la cobra emite un silbido agudo antes de atacar the cobra emits a sharp hissing sound o hiss before attacking* * *m whistle* * *silbido nm: whistle, whistling* * *silbido n whistle -
128 silba
f.whistling, catcall, hissing (in public derision).pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: silbar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: silbar.* * *1 hissing* * *SF hissing, catcalls plarmar o dar una silba (a) — to hiss
* * *catcalls (pl), whistling ( as a sign of disapproval)* * *silba nfhissing* * *f whistling
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