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2 tribunal improvisado e irresponsable
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3 canguro
f. & m.babysitter (informal) (person). (peninsular Spanish)hacer de canguro to babysitm.1 kangaroo (animal).2 sling to carry a baby, sling.3 babysitter, baby tender, baby-sitter, child-minder.4 police van, paddy-wagon.* * *1 ZOOLOGÍA kangaroo1 familiar baby-sitter* * *1. SM1) (Zool) kangaroo2) (=impermeable) cagoule3) (=mochila) baby-sling, baby-carrier ( worn on the chest)4) (Náut) ferry2.SMF * [de niños] baby-sitter-¿a qué te dedicas? -trabajo de canguro — "what do you do for a living?" - "I do some baby-sitting"
* * *1) (Zool) kangaroo2)a) ( anorak) cagouleb) ( para llevar a un niño) sling* * *= baby-sitter, sitter.Ex. These are some of the questions the librarian may have to answer: 'Can you recommend a baby-sitter I can trust?', 'How can I stop the hire-purchase company taking back my furniture?', 'Which is the best shoe repairer's in the neighbourhood?'.Ex. One of the questions that a reference librarian might be asked is, 'Is there some organization that could find a sitter for my invalid brother so I could get out sometimes? I can't afford a nurse'.----* servicio de canguros = baby-sitting service.* * *1) (Zool) kangaroo2)a) ( anorak) cagouleb) ( para llevar a un niño) sling* * *= baby-sitter, sitter.Ex: These are some of the questions the librarian may have to answer: 'Can you recommend a baby-sitter I can trust?', 'How can I stop the hire-purchase company taking back my furniture?', 'Which is the best shoe repairer's in the neighbourhood?'.
Ex: One of the questions that a reference librarian might be asked is, 'Is there some organization that could find a sitter for my invalid brother so I could get out sometimes? I can't afford a nurse'.* servicio de canguros = baby-sitting service.* * *A ( Zool) kangarooB1 (anorak) cagoule2 (para llevar a un niño) slingD ( Esp)1(trabajo): esta noche tengo que hacer canguro I have to babysit tonight2hace de canguro tres veces por semana she babysits three times a week* * *
canguro sustantivo masculino
1 (Zool) kangaroo
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3 (Esp)◊ canguro sustantivo masculino y femenino
babysitter;
hacer de canguro to babysit
canguro
I sustantivo masculino Zool kangaroo
II mf familiar baby-sitter
' canguro' also found in these entries:
English:
baby-sitter
- kangaroo
- baby
- sling
* * *♦ nm[animal] kangaroo♦ nmfEsp Fam [persona] babysitter;hacer de canguro to babysit* * *I m ZO kangarooII m/f fambaby-sitter* * *canguro nm1) : kangaroo2)* * *canguro n2. (persona) babysitter -
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m.game park.* * *natural park* * ** * *(n.) = nature parkEx. The proximity of nature parks to our homes means that sometimes this natural cycle in the kangaroo population can be quite visible.* * ** * *(n.) = nature parkEx: The proximity of nature parks to our homes means that sometimes this natural cycle in the kangaroo population can be quite visible.
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5 brincar
v.1 to skip (about).brincar de alegría to jump for joy2 to jump, to hop, to spring, to leap.El canguro brinca The kangaroo jumps.3 to jump over, to jump.María brinca el agujero Mary jumps over the hole.4 to jump in front of.El sapo le brincó a Ricardo The toad jumped in front of Richard.* * *\brincar de alegría to jump for joyestar alguien que brinca to be hopping mad* * *verb* * *1.VT [+ pasaje] [en lectura] to skip, miss out2. VI1) esp LAm (=saltar) [niño] to jump (up and down); [con un solo pie] to hop; [cordero] to skip about, gambol2) (=rebotar) to bounce3.See:* * *1. 2.brincar vt (Méx) <valla/obstáculo> to jump* * *= skip.Ex. The article 'Hop, skip, and jump' reviews the range of specialist browsing tools available to beginners for navigating the World Wide Web.* * *1. 2.brincar vt (Méx) <valla/obstáculo> to jump* * *= skip.Ex: The article 'Hop, skip, and jump' reviews the range of specialist browsing tools available to beginners for navigating the World Wide Web.
* * *brincar [A2 ]vi«niño» to jump up and down; «cordero» to gambol, skip aroundbrincar de alegría to jump for joy, leap with joy* * *
brincar ( conjugate brincar) verbo intransitivo [ niño] to jump up and down;
[ cordero] to gambol, skip around;
[ liebre] to hop;
verbo transitivo (Méx) ‹valla/obstáculo› to jump
brincar verbo intransitivo to skip
' brincar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cojo
- saltar
English:
cavort
- jig
- skip
- caper
- hop
- jump
- leapfrog
- prance
* * *brincar vi1. [saltar] to skip (about);brincar de alegría to jump for joy;Esp Famestá que brinca [enfadado] he's hopping mad* * *v/i jump up and down* * *brincar {72} vi1) saltar: to jump around, to leap about2) : to frolic, to gambol* * *brincar vb to jump -
6 rata
adj.stingy, mean (informal).f.1 rat.rata de agua water rat2 pickpocket, sneak thief, filcher.3 despicable person, rat.4 rate.5 Atlantic stargazer, Uranoscopus scaber.f. & m.stingy person (informal).* * *1 ZOOLOGÍA rat1 (tacaño) miser, skinflint\ser más pobre que las ratas familiar to be as poor as a church mouse* * *noun f.* * *1.SF ratrata negra — black rat, house rat
2. SMF *1) (=tacaño) miser, mean devil, stingy devil *2) (=ladrón) sneak thief* * *I II III1) (Zool) rathacerse la rata — (RPI fam) to play hooky (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)
ser más pobre que una rata — to be as poor as a church mouse
2) (Col) (Econ, Mat) ( tasa) rate; ( razón) ratio; ( porcentaje) percentage* * *= rat.Ex. There are two books published under the titles 'Denmark's Day of Doom' and ' Rats in the Larder'.----* rata almizclada = muskrat.* rata almizclera = muskrat.* rata del desierto = desert rat.* * *I II III1) (Zool) rathacerse la rata — (RPI fam) to play hooky (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)
ser más pobre que una rata — to be as poor as a church mouse
2) (Col) (Econ, Mat) ( tasa) rate; ( razón) ratio; ( porcentaje) percentage* * *= rat.Ex: There are two books published under the titles 'Denmark's Day of Doom' and ' Rats in the Larder'.
* rata almizclada = muskrat.* rata almizclera = muskrat.* rata del desierto = desert rat.* * *rata1rata2rata3A ( Zool) ratno se salvó ni una rata no-one escapedser más pobre que las ratas or que una rata to be as poor as a church mouseCompuestos:white ratsewer ratlaboratory rat* * *
rata sustantivo femenino
1 (Zool) rat;◊ hacerse la rata (RPI fam) to play hooky (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)
2 (Col) (Econ, Mat) ( tasa) rate;
( razón) ratio;
( porcentaje) percentage
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam) ( tacaño) miser, stingy devil (colloq), tightwad (AmE colloq)
rata
I sustantivo femenino
1 Zool rat
2 pey (persona despreciable) swine, rat
II mf fam (persona tacaña) miser
III adjetivo familiar (tacaño, avaro) mean, stingy
' rata' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tamaña
- tamaño
English:
poor
- pro rata
- rat
- hooky
- truant
* * *rata1 nfrat;RP Fam rata de agua water vole o rat;rata de alcantarilla [animal] brown rat;Fam [persona despreciable] swine;rata campestre black rat;rata canguro kangaroo rat;Fam rata de sacristía [persona] fanatical churchgoer♦ adjstingy, mean♦ nmfcheapskate;ser un rata to be a cheapskate* * *I f ZO rat;una rata poor as a church mouseII m/f famrat fam* * *rata nf1) : rat2) Col, Pan, Peru : rate, percentage* * *rata n1. (animal) rat2. (persona) miser -
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• baby-sitter• babysitter• kangaroo -
8 canguros
m.pl.kangaroos, kangaroo. -
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11 tribunal desautorizado
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12 mustang court
Hendrickson references this term as synonymous with kangaroo court. In the Southwest this was one run by vigilantes rather than legal officials, especially in early Texas or in mining communities.
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