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noun (a mistake so bad as to be funny: an exam paper full of howlers.) pifia, despistetr['haʊləSMALLr/SMALL]1 familiar despiste nombre masculino, pifia, plancha\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto make a howler cometer un error garrafaln.• aullador s.m.'haʊlər, 'haʊlə(r)noun (colloq) barbaridad f, error m garrafal['haʊlǝ(r)]N falta f garrafal* * *['haʊlər, 'haʊlə(r)]noun (colloq) barbaridad f, error m garrafal -
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3 howler
s.1 error grave o (familiar) (mistake)de bulto (España)2 aullador.3 error estúpido y risible, metida de pata, falta garrafal. -
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7 ursine howler
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1. verb1) (to make a long, loud cry: The wolves howled; He howled with pain; We howled with laughter.) aullar (animal); dar alaridos (persona)2) ((of wind) to make a similar sound: The wind howled through the trees.) rugir, bramar; aullar
2. noun(such a cry: a howl of pain; howls of laughter.) alarido; grito; aullido- howlerhowl1 n aullidohowl2 vb aullartr[haʊl]1 (cry) aullido1 aullar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto howl with laughter familiar reír a carcajadashowl ['haʊl] vi: aullarhowl n: aullido m, alarido mn.• alarido s.m.• aullido s.m.• baladro s.m.• bramido s.m.• chillido s.m.• gemido s.m.• ululato s.m.v.• aullar v.• bramar v.• gañir v.• gemir v.• rugir v.• ulular v.
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1. haʊla) \<\<dog/wolf\>\> aullar*; \<\<person\>\> dar* alaridos; \<\<wind/gale\>\> aullar*, bramarto howl (with laughter) — reírse* a carcajadas
b) ( weep noisily) (colloq) berrear (fam)
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vt bramar, gritar
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howls of laughter — carcajadas fpl, risotadas fpl
b) c ( something hilarious) (AmE colloq)[haʊl]it really was a howl — fue para morirse de risa (fam), fue un plato (AmL) or (Méx) un relajo (fam)
1.N [of animal] aullido m ; [of wind] rugido m ; (fig) [of protest] clamor m, grito mhowls of laughter — (fig) carcajadas fpl
2.VI [animal] aullar; [person] dar alaridos; [wind] rugir, bramar; [child] (=weep) berrearhe howled with pain — aullaba de dolor, daba alaridos de dolor
to howl with laughter — (fig) reír a carcajadas
to howl with rage — bramar de furia, bramar furioso
3.VT (=shout) gritar* * *
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1. [haʊl]a) \<\<dog/wolf\>\> aullar*; \<\<person\>\> dar* alaridos; \<\<wind/gale\>\> aullar*, bramarto howl (with laughter) — reírse* a carcajadas
b) ( weep noisily) (colloq) berrear (fam)
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vt bramar, gritar
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howls of laughter — carcajadas fpl, risotadas fpl
b) c ( something hilarious) (AmE colloq)it really was a howl — fue para morirse de risa (fam), fue un plato (AmL) or (Méx) un relajo (fam)
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